Volvo Cars and #Luminar, a leading start-up in the development of core sensing technology for autonomous vehicles, are demonstrating the most advanced LiDAR sensor and perception capabilities to date at this year’s Automobility LA trade show in #losangeles.
The ongoing development of LiDAR technology, which uses pulsed laser signals to detect objects, is a crucial element in creating safe autonomous cars. It allows autonomous cars to navigate safely in complex traffic environments and at higher speeds by providing these cars with reliable long-range perception capabilities.
Technology such as LiDAR can help #Volvo Cars to make its vision for autonomous travel, as showcased in the #Volvo #360c concept earlier this year, a reality. The development of advanced LiDAR technology and perception capabilities is one of many ways in which #Volvo Cars and its partners work towards a safe introduction of fully autonomous cars.
The new perception capabilities being developed by #Luminar in partnership with #Volvo Cars make it possible for the system to detect human poses, including individual limbs such as arms and legs – a level of detail not previously possible with this type of sensor. The new technology is also able to detect objects at a range of up to 250 meters, a much farther range than any LiDAR technology currently available.
“Autonomous technology will take driving safely to a new level, beyond human limitations. This promise to improve safety is why #Volvo Cars wants to be a leader in autonomous drive. Ultimately, the technology will also create new benefits for our customers and society as a whole,” said Henrik #green, Senior Vice President for Research and Development at #Volvo Cars. “Luminar shares our ambition in making those benefits a reality, and this new perception technology is an important next step in that process.”
“The #Volvo Cars R&D team is moving at an impressive pace to solve some of the most advanced problems in the development of autonomous driving,” said Austin Russell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of #Luminar. “As we’ve scaled up, they’ve remained at the forefront of developing an autonomous system to take the driver out of the loop – ultimately enabling deployment in real consumer vehicles.”
Earlier this year, #Volvo Cars took a stake in #Luminar via the #Volvo Cars Tech Fund, an investment fund that targets high-potential technology start-ups. That investment, the Tech Fund’s first, deepened Volvo’s existing collaboration with #Luminar, which focused on development and testing of their sensing technology on #Volvo cars. #Volvo Cars is the first of Luminar’s partners to fully leverage its expanded perception development platform.
Volvo Cars presented the #360c concept, a holistic view of a future of travel that is autonomous, electric, connected and safe, in September of this year. It imagines four potential uses of autonomous driving vehicles – a sleeping environment, mobile office, living room and entertainment space – which all reimagine the way people travel. The #360c also introduces a proposal for a global standard in how autonomous vehicles can safely communicate with all other road users.
A special virtual reality station demonstrating the #360c and #Volvo Cars’ vision of autonomous travel will be featured at this year’s Automobility LA.
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