For a hands-free driving system to keep a vehicle safely in its lane, the software first needs to know where that lane is and some information about it. We've explained how these systems rely on ...

The researcher took advantage of maps available freely online. Takeshi Inomata identified this ancient Maya site, dubbed La Carmelita, using LiDAR maps, seen here in both low and high resolution.

Ford’s current autonomous research vehicles already have LiDAR built into them for 3D mapping, but those sensors are big, spinning spikes on the roof of the car. At CES in Las Vegas last week, Ford ...

Mysterious unmarked vans roaming the Bay Area have been linked to Apple, and are likely generating detailed 3D maps for robot cars. Photo: Business Insider/Stephen Smith Some new data-gathering ...

Aeva® (NYSE: AEVA), a leader in next-generation sensing and perception systems, today announced that NASA’s Kinematic Navigation and Cartography Knapsack (KNaCK) Instrument project, a LiDAR-based ...

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering with John Hagan, president of Our Climate Common. In the remote northern half ...