NEWS
Leti launches project to characterise lidar sensors
9 July 2018
French research institute Leti has announced a pilot programme to characterise and assess lidar sensors for autonomous vehicles
Lidar
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Enhanced time-of-flight: CMOS solution for automotive lidar
29 May 2018
After speaking at AutoSens Detroit on 16 May, Nadav Haas, product manager at Israeli firm Newsight Imaging, gives his opinion on why the company’s CMOS solution is a good fit for lidar sensing in autonomous driving
NEWS
On Semiconductor acquires SensL for lidar sensing tech
15 May 2018
On Semiconductor has acquired SensL Technologies, a producer of silicon photomultipliers, single photon avalanche diodes, and lidar sensing products
NEWS
Newsight and TowerJazz announce high-volume lidar CMOS production
10 May 2018
Israeli firm Newsight Imaging is to produce CMOS image sensors for high-volume automotive lidar markets using TowerJazz’s foundry in Israel
NEWS
BMW selects Innoviz lidar for 2021 series production
26 April 2018
BMW has selected a solid-state lidar solution from Israeli company Innoviz Technologies for series production of its autonomous vehicles, starting in 2021
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Real commitment for lidar from automotive OEMs
23 March 2018
Lidar could become an important part of autonomous driving and potentially a huge market opportunity for laser and detector manufacturers, as Greg Blackman discovers at the Image Sensors conference in London
FEATURE
Gift of Sight
3 March 2017
Rob Ashwell on the advances being made in robot guidance, from the rise of robotics in warehouses to lighting control for robot-vision systems
NEWS
European project to adapt autonomous vehicle sensors into wearable detection device
17 February 2017
A three-year European collaborative project, Inspex, which aims to develop a wearable obstacle-detection system based on autonomous vehicle technology, has begun
ANALYSIS & OPINION
On the road: test driving a driverless car
9 August 2013
Following a successful trial of its BRAiVE autonomous vehicle on the streets of Parma, Italy, last month, Dr Alberto Broggi, director of VisLab, speaks to Imaging and Machine Vision Europe about the sensors used in its driverless car
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Driver assistance with time-of-flight at IS2013
21 March 2013
Greg Blackman reports from the Image Sensors 2013 conference, including the latest from Toyota Central R&D Labs on its time-of-flight sensor for driver assistance
Feature
Damir Dolar, managing director of Croatian firm Smartek Vision, spoke at the European Machine Vision Association’s business conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia, in June. Here, he gives his view on the European industrial imaging market
Feature
Matthew Dale discovers that polarised imaging could soon see a surge in uptake in industrial inspection, thanks to a new sensor from Sony
Feature
Active Silicon turns 30 in September. Greg Blackman speaks to founder Colin Pearce (below) on building the company and the importance of FPGA technology
Feature
Greg Blackman on the deep learning software tools now being deployed in industrial imaging
Feature
Keely Portway looks at some of the miniature imaging technology used in endoscopes