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3D printed Arduino hexapod robot project introduction

In this series I will be documenting my design and testing process for making a 3D printed arduino hexapod. This video sets up the basic premise of the project with a quick test of a servo controlled ...
Hackaday

Back To Basics: Hacking On Key Matrixes

A lot of making goes on in this community these days, but sometimes you’ve just gotta do some old fashioned hacking. You ...
The Conversation

Aerial lidar mapping can reveal archaeological sites while overlooking Indigenous peoples and their knowledge

Christopher Hernandez received funding from the National Science Foundation (grant number SPRF 1715009) for the lidar work in Puerto Bello Metzabok. Picture an aircraft streaking across the sky at ...
Phys.org

Bionic LiDAR system achieves beyond-retinal resolution through adaptive focusing

In a recent study, researchers from China have developed a chip-scale LiDAR system that mimics the human eye's foveation by dynamically concentrating high-resolution sensing on regions of interest ...
Optics

Luminar agrees $22M sale of lidar unit

Quantum Computing, Inc. (QCi), the New Jersey-headquartered startup with a thin-film lithium niobate foundry operation in Arizona, looks set to acquire the lidar business unit currently belonging to ...
Motor Trend

The Great Sensor War Behind Self-Driving Cars Just Got Way More Interesting

Full vehicle autonomy has been about two years away for a decade or more, but at CES 2026—as happened at its past umpteen predecessors—we got a preview of promising new technologies that claim they’ll ...
Android Authority

Roborock's all-terrain robot mower gets ready for XXXL lawns with LiDAR vision

Roborock has announced three new robot lawn mowers, including RockMow X1, X1 LiDAR, and RockNeo Q1. The RockMow X1 and X1 LiDAR offer upgrades to last year’s model with better off-roading capabilities ...
TechCrunch

China’s Hesai will double production as lidar sensor industry shakes out

Chinese lidar-maker Hesai announced plans on Monday to double its production capacity from 2 million units to 4 million units this year, as it looks to corner the global market for the laser-based ...
The Verge

Mammotion’s flagship robot lawnmower now uses lidar to map your yard

The Luba 3 AWD roves your lawn using lidar navigation, dual AI-powered cameras, and a geopositioning system that connects to the internet. The Luba 3 AWD roves your lawn using lidar navigation, dual ...
EDN

FMCW LiDAR delivers 4D point clouds

Voyant has announced the Helium family of fully solid-state 4D FMCW LiDAR sensors and modules for simultaneous depth and velocity measurement. Based on a proprietary silicon photonic chip, the ...
Inside EVs

Sorry, Early Rivian R2 Buyers: No Lidar Retrofit For You

Rivian R2 launch is just months away. The automaker has confirmed that while R2 will eventually get lidar, its earliest units will launch without the hardware. Now, Rivian tells InsideEVs that a ...