iReporter: What is your simplest argument on behalf of lidar and why it is necessary for an atonomous vehicle? Or is actually, it's quite easy. M i saw last week, one of my most popular tweats of recent memory, was i saw a george hots, our friend avision base, teto aas and after market systems. He said, you know, humans do not have spinning censers on their heads, um, and they drive just fine. And i quoteted that and said, a, flippers help himan swim better, ergo. Are flippers? I cam, so what is your simplest argument in favor of lidar
Lidar and autonomous vehicles have gone hand-in-hand since the DARPA Grand Challenges, propelling the self-driving stack into the modern era. But turning a new kind of sensor into an automotive-grade qualified component that can hold up to real-world road conditions and be made at scale is an entirely different challenge than inventing something new. This week the gang dives into the nature of that challenge with help from Omer Keilaf, CEO of the lidar maker Innoviz Technologies, who explains how this controversial sensor is going from the bleeding edge to a real business.