Sensors & Hardware
How LiDAR Works and Key Products — Livox, Velodyne, Hesai
LiDAR measures distance from the round-trip time of light, from the rotating Velodyne Puck to the non-rotating Livox Mid-360S that drove costs down, to the Chinese players Hesai and RoboSense. We compare real specs from actual products in production — and trace the industry's real backstory, from the DARPA Grand Challenge to the DJI spinoff to the collapse of Volvo's deal with Luminar.