Not long ago, global laser radar leader Velodyne released a 128-line radar with the best resolution and the longest detection range, VLS-128. It can be said that this product is specially designed for L5-level autopilot. Replacing the current status of the 64-line radar HDL-64, this will undoubtedly advance driving safety and autonomous driving.
Finally, based on mass-produced semiconductor technology, the VLS-128 can be assembled automatically at Velodyne's facility using proprietary laser alignment and manufacturing systems to address under-capacity issues.
The most noteworthy of these three enhancements is the first one, skipping the multi-sensor data fusion step, collecting raw data and running the algorithm directly for positioning, object detection and classification. With a lower resolution laser radar, it is necessary to fuse its data with the camera data, and after some processing, let the computer understand the situation in the environment. But with higher resolution lidar images, you can use this data to run image classification algorithms directly, reducing complexity and time.
Summary: From the current point of view, Velodyne has set a new benchmark for the laser radar industry. However, for car companies, the most demanding is still the laser radar with moderate performance and low price to help realize the automatic driving function of L3 and below. Therefore, the most intense war is still how to reduce the cost of low-beam LIDAR.
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