Lydar is a company that has been developing its own censor technology since 20 16. Lydar's first product was the 64-line spinner, but now they're working on an even more powerful version of the device. The team at inovis says it will be able to compete with Google and Apple for censored content one or five years from now. Inovis also hopes to get into automotive production by 2020.
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.