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
Lidar
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
Andrew Williams finds that 3D scanning systems that can pinpoint dents and imperfections on aircraft body panels are being welcomed by aviation businesses to replace manual inspection
Feature
Anne Wendel, director of VDMA Machine Vision, reports from the joint VDMA and Vision CEO roundtable event at the beginning of February
Feature
Greg Blackman visited the Embedded World conference and exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany, at the end of February to find vision in abundance
Feature
Matthew Dale explores new algorithms, processing boards and interfaces for viewing images, all for improving airborne surveillance