Self-driving sensor--laser radar

This paper mainly introduces the products of the main laser radar manufacturers in the automatic driving, the parameters, because the price information is not complete, to be completed in succession. Laser Radar

Two core functions of lidar in autonomous driving: 3D environmental awareness slam enhanced positioning

Single-line LiDAR has been widely used, such as sweeping robots, single-line can get things 2D information, but unable to obtain a high level of information.

In the case of multi-line lidar, 3D data can be obtained.

Laser radar at present to everyone's first impression is expensive, want to popularize in the unmanned vehicle first should reduce the price. There are two solutions: one is the use of low-line radar with other sensors, but with a very high computational capacity of the system of unmanned vehicles, the second is the use of solid-state laser radar. Today there are rotating parts of the laser radar technology is more mature, the most expensive lidar is mechanical rotating parts, solid-state laser radar without rotating parts, electronic equipment replacement, thus smaller, convenient integration in the body interior, system reliability, and the cost can be greatly reduced. Due to the lack of rotating parts, the horizontal viewing angle is less than 180, so multiple solid-state radar combinations need to be used together.

Foreign laser radar research and development companies are representative of the Velodyne, Ibeo and Quanergy, and in the domestic main have rapid teng , wo race technology , radium God intelligence, North Awakening Photon, think LAN technology, the following is a summary of these manufacturers of products. Manufacturer's Products Velodyne

About the price, hdl-64e at $80,000, hdl-32e at $40,000, VLP16 at $8000. but at the beginning of 18 Velodyne said the price of VLP16 was reduced to half, about $4000.
Happy New Year from Velodyne LiDAR, which are now offering the VLP-16 LiDAR Puck to customers around the world Percent cost reduction. " This puts, the price floor of the 600-gram LiDAR sensor at a lowly $4,000.

Velodyne in the United States time November 29, 2017 again launched a new product VLS-128, as the name implies, is Velodyne 128-line LiDAR, which is known as Velodyne developed the most powerful lidar, its detection distance is the previous generation of products HDL-64 3 times times, Reach 300 meters and the resolution is 10 times times.

Velodyne said VLS-128 has three aspects of automatic driving: VLS-128 's high-resolution data can be directly used for object detection, eliminating the need for additional sensor fusion, which can improve vehicle computing security and redundancy, reducing overall computational complexity. Thanks to the long detection distance and high resolution, the VLS-128 can adapt to high-speed and low-speed scenarios and can handle all the corner cases faced by fully automatic driving. Based on semiconductor technology for mass production, VLS-128 can use proprietary laser alignment and manufacturing systems in the Velodyne megafactory to automatically assemble and solve the problem of insufficient capacity. Ibeo

Ibeo current products are similar to the Mobileye Sensor + solution chip complete solution Ibeo. Had,

Ibeo. Had is a combination of LIDAR sensor systems and the corresponding algorithms for the development for your ADAS (advanced Driver assistance Systems) and had (highly automated Driving) applications. The Ibeo. Had LIDAR technology delivers a detailed and reliable high-level description even in complex traffic environments to Fulfi ll the needs of car manufacturers, automotive suppliers and institutes.

Where the LIDAR uses Scala lidar,

This compact LIDAR sensor system can is fully integrated in the vehicle–without disturbing the car's design or other Relevant attributes in terms of weight or other economical reasons.
ScaLa has multi-plane long range and imbedded object tracking and classification. This LIDAR sensor was one big step in the redefinition of further highly automated driving and autonomous driving mobility.
Technical facts:embedded feature-based Object Tracking and classification Wave length (905 nm) which ensures eye SA Fety (Laser Class 1) Horizontal field of view of 145°horizontal Resolution of 0.25°vertical field of view of 3.2°4 Vert ical Layers of 0.8°each Data Refresh time of 40/80 Ms Distance Resolution typical ranges:150 m for other vehicles or up To-M for
pedestrians low Power consumption CAN Interface for vehicle data and Ethernet Interface quanergy< /strong>

S3

The world's first affordable Solid state LiDAR Sensor
The S3 solid state sensor's housing fits in the palm of your hand for seamless integration to the the design of any vehicle. The elimination of all moving parts improves performance and reliability over mechanical models. Through the interaction of three major components, the S3 generates half a million data points per second. Lasers emit collimated light pulses in a 120°arc. Light receivers detect, the reflected light pulses. Signal processors calculate the Time-of-flight (TOF) of each light pulse. With the ability-scan in every direction, the unit creates a live 3D view around a vehicle to detect, classify, and TRA CK objects in the scene.

M8

A Proven LiDAR Powerhouse
The M8 is the first cost-effective long range LiDAR sensor enabling ubiquitous use of smart sensing in dynamic situations- Made and tested for 3D mapping, security, harsh industrial environments and the most demanding applications. The M8 sensor ' s small design sees by day or night, with no IR signature needed, and works in any weather. Multiple laser beams and time-of-flight (TOF) Depth perception result in 3D point clouds for spatial sensing. With a 360°field of view, 420,000 points per second, long measurement range, high accuracy, and fine resolution, this Sen Sor is now available at a breakthrough price.
The M8 features Multi-lidar fusion™, Quanergy ' s proprietary smart technology that combines multiple lidars to a single u Nified Point cloud, for tracking unique objects in complex environments. Fast Teng ju Chuang

At the CES show in 2018, Rs-lidar-m1pre released the latest LIDAR technology new MEMS LiDAR, a MEMS technology solution that replaces traditional mechanical rotation and allows the machine to be more tightly embedded in any body, with advantages of low cost, easy mass production, and vehicle regulation.

It is reported that the speed Teng Poly 16 line price in 30,000 yuan, 32 line 130,000 yuan, solid-state M1 price of about 200 dollars. wo Sai technology

wo Sai Technology 40-wire hybrid solid state laser radar

pandora-Environmental Awareness Suite
Pandora is an environment-aware hardware and software solution that integrates LiDAR, camera and recognition algorithms tailored for autonomous driving.

Radium God intelligence

Take the product model is very characteristic, respectively, the corresponding measuring range is 10m,30m,50m.

North Awake Photon

CE30 Solid State laser Radar

among them, ce30-a,5000 yuan, ce30-c,7000 yuan. si LAN technology

Slamtec LiDAR lidar rplidar-a3,

Performance parameters,

the price is 4095 yuan. Summary

At present, the price of lidar has been reduced by a magnitude, but still very expensive, the main reason or the automatic driving industry has not landed, the demand has not reached a qualitative improvement. As Velodyne Asia Pacific Director Ongwei said, if you can receive 100,000 orders, VLS 128 line product price can be achieved within 1000 U.S. dollars, VLS 32 line of products at about 650 USD. The 32-wire Velarry solid-state lidar can achieve $500 in mass production, while 8-wire products can do $150.