Velodyne scans a route into the ADAS market

Competition in the LiDAR segment has been heating up in recent years. The debate around the laser-based technology’s necessity for self-driving vehicles seems largely settled, with only a few dissenting voices remaining – Elon Musk, for example, still held as recently as February 2018 that cameras and radar were enough to get the job done. But preparing the technology for serial production remains a challenge: cost remains the primary concern, and efforts continue to ensure the technology can truly give a self-driving vehicle the vision it needs.