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Velodyne Lidar Announces Sales Agreement with Baidu

October 14, 2020 Leave a comment

Velodyne Lidar Announces Three-Year Sales Agreement with Baidu SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR) today announced a three-year sales agreement with Baidu for its Alpha Prime™ lidar sensors. The Alpha Prime sensors will be utilized for autonomous applications. Velodyne’s low-cost, high-scale manufacturing delivers attractive pricing for Baidu and its Apollo partners. Baidu and Baidu’s Apollo program, an open-source autonomous vehicle software […]

Velodyne Lidar Announces Partnership Agreement with Outsight

June 18, 2020 Leave a comment

Velodyne Lidar Announces Multi-Year Partnership Agreement with Outsight Outsight’s 3D Cameras Incorporate Velodyne’s Lidar Sensors to Provide Advanced Intelligence to Airports, Shopping Malls and Train Stations SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced a multi-year partnership agreement with Outsight, the company that is a leading innovator in Smart Cities monitoring. Outsight uses Velodyne Lidar sensing technology in its 3D Semantic […]

Velodyne Lidar Sensors Power AGROINTELLI’s Autonomous Farm Vehicles

June 11, 2020 Leave a comment

Velodyne Lidar Sensors Power AGROINTELLI’s Autonomous Farm Vehicles AGROINTELLI uses Velodyne lidar sensors in production of its Robotti autonomous tool carriers that increase efficiency on fields and help professional farmers save time and money. (Photo: AGROINTELLI) SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced a three-year sales agreement with AGROINTELLI, a developer of intelligent farming solutions. AGROINTELLI uses Velodyne lidar sensors in […]

Finally, affordable insurance policy for rented or owned LiDAR

May 16, 2020 Leave a comment

Finally, an affordable insurance policy for rented or owned LiDAR, high valued sensors, and other payload attached to drones, airplanes, and more. LiDARinsurance.com is providing equipment coverage for your property that is being used for mapping, geospatial, light-detection, surveying, scanning, engineering, and other similar industries. After over a year of underwriting, LiDARinsurance.com, has partnered with the top rated insurance carriers […]

Quanergy – Return to Work with 3D LiDAR Solutions for Social Distancing

April 30, 2020 Leave a comment

Quanergy Accelerates a Safe Return to Work with 3D LiDAR Solutions for Social Distancing Quanergy’s Flow Management™ Platform anonymously tracks people flows and measures the distance between individuals to ensure safe social distancing measures The platform provides integration with thermal cameras to identify and track people with high-body temperatures Privacy is assured without requiring opt-in and there is zero PII […]

Ouster Releases Full Lineup of 128-Channel Resolution Lidar Sensors

January 6, 2020 Leave a comment

Ouster Releases New Ultra-Wide View OS0 Lidar Sensor and Full Lineup of 128-Channel Resolution Lidar Sensors Introducing the OS0, a new category of ultra-wide field-of-view lidar 128-channel resolution now available across Ouster OS0, OS1, and OS2 series lidar sensors Long-range OS2-128 honored with CES Innovation Award and is shipping now All Ouster sensors are based on its proprietary digital lidar […]

How Velodyne’s Next Generation Sensors Enable True Vehicle Autonomy

October 24, 2019 Leave a comment

Velodyne Lidar Executive Addresses How Velodyne’s Next Generation Sensors Enable True Vehicle Autonomy Anand Gopalan, Velodyne Lidar CTO, Discusses Lidar’s Role in Autonomous Vehicle Success at PRECISE Industry Day Conference SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Anand Gopalan, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Velodyne Lidar, Inc., will deliver a featured presentation on lidar technology at the upcoming PRECISE Industry Day Conference at the […]

Teledyne Optech – next offering in new line of compact lidar sensors

September 13, 2019 Leave a comment

VAUGHAN, Canada — September 12, 2019 — Teledyne Optech, a Teledyne Technologies [NYSE:TDY] company and global leader in advanced lidar sensors, is pleased to announce the CL-360, the next offering in its new line of compact lidar sensors for UAV and mobile applications. The CL-360 boasts survey-grade data precision that is synonymous with Teledyne Optech lidar sensors and is designed specifically to meet the needs […]

Optimus Ride Selects Velodyne Lidar’s Trailblazing Sensors

August 28, 2019 Leave a comment

Optimus Ride Selects Velodyne Lidar’s Trailblazing Sensors to Power its Self-Driving Vehicles Velodyne Sensors Deliver Industry-Leading Range and Resolution to Optimus Ride Fleet SAN JOSE, Calif. – August 27, 2019 – Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced that Optimus Ride will use Velodyne’s groundbreaking lidar sensors in its entire fleet of self-driving vehicles. The sensors provide rich computer perception data that enables real-time object and free […]

Velodyne Lidar’s Groundbreaking Sensors Power Kaarta Mobile Mapping

July 17, 2019 Leave a comment

SAN JOSE, Calif. & PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Allvision Parkview Uses Kaarta Platform with Velodyne Lidar to Inventory Roads, Curbs, and Sidewalks Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced Kaarta has included Velodyne’s smart, powerful lidar technology in Kaarta’s new Stencil 2-32 ground surface mapping solution. Equipped with Velodyne lidar, Stencil 2-32 accurately scans ground level surfaces, mapping items such as curbs, manholes, signs, poles, and other features at […]

Velodyne Achieves Half a Billion Dollars in Lidar Sensors Shipped

March 29, 2019 Leave a comment

Velodyne Alpha Puck™ is a lidar sensor specifically made for autonomous driving and advanced vehicle safety at highway speeds. Velodyne is the Lidar Industry Leader in Mass Production SAN JOSE, Calif. — Velodyne has shipped a cumulative total of 30,000 lidar sensors with a total value of half a billion dollars. This achievement underscores Velodyne’s lidar market leadership and ability to deliver […]

VELODYNE DEMONSTRATES LIDAR SOLUTION FOR RICH PERCEPTION DATA COLLECTION

March 19, 2019 Leave a comment

VELODYNE LIDAR SENSORS PROVIDE INTELLIGENCE TO VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS AND TIER 1 SUPPLIERS FOR VEHICLE AUTONOMY AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced its surround-view lidar solutions for collecting rich perception data in testing and validation are available on the NVIDIA DRIVE™ autonomous driving platform–allowing full, 360-degree perception in real time, facilitating highly accurate localization and path-planning […]

Blackmore Announces First Doppler Lidar for Autonomous Fleets

January 24, 2019 Leave a comment

Blackmore’s AFDL and LDP product lines deliver interference-free operation with range extent beyond 450 meters Blackmore’s systems measure instantaneous velocity on every data point, which enhances AI perception and informs safer autonomous systems LAS VEGAS — January 8, 2019 — Blackmore Sensors and Analytics, Inc., the pioneers behind Doppler lidar for automotive applications, today announced two new product lines. The Blackmore AFDL is […]

Ouster Announces OS-1 128 Channel Lidar Sensor

January 3, 2019 Leave a comment

Ouster – New sensor equals the highest resolution sensor on the market at a fraction of the price, size, and weight, with dramatically improved image quality SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Ouster, a leading manufacturer of high-resolution lidar sensors, today announced its newest multi-beam flash lidar sensor, the OS-1-128. The OS-1-128 is the highest resolution lidar on the market […]

RIEGL to Exhibit and Present at Latin America Geospatial Forum 2018!

October 30, 2018 Leave a comment

RIEGL will be exhibiting and presenting at Latin America Geospatial Forum 2018! Latin America Geospatial Forum 2018 will take place from November 6-8, 2018 at the Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel in Mexico City, Mexico. RIEGL will be exhibiting at Booth 12 during the conference. Meet with our team of RIEGL experts during this conference to learn about the RIEGL LiDAR sensors and […]

Single Photon Lidar – Is it the Best Sensor for Every Job?

September 30, 2018 Leave a comment

As lidar choices expand, knowing the right tool for the job is key. Single Photon Lidar – SPL offers many benefits over traditional linear mode lidar, but it is not a panacea. Over the last 25 years, the introduction and evolution of lidar to the geospatial mapping community has revolutionized the digital terrain modeling process. Lidar acquisitions, which literally map […]

Riegl Wins MAPPS Geospatial Excellence Award

February 1, 2018 Leave a comment

The team of RIEGL USA proudly presenting the MAPPS Geospatial Excellence Award for Technology Innovation Horn, Austria, February 1, 2018: On Wednesday, January 31, 2018, RIEGL became the proud recipient of the 2017 MAPPS Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Award. This prestigious award was bestowed upon the RIEGL miniVUX-1UAV miniaturized LiDAR sensor for unmanned laser scanning in the Technology Innovation […]