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Podcast: The Autonomous Race & Drift Cars Of The Not So Distant Future

In this episode, we talk about how Toyota and Stanford are collaborating to utilize AI for drifting controls and the efforts behind a team at TUM which has resulted in an autonomous race car performing at the capacity of an amateur F1 driver.

Daniel Mitchell

fromThe Next Byte

06 Sep, 2022.

image: Toyota Research Institute

Topic

autonomous vehicles

EPISODE NOTES

(3:55) - Drifting Autonomous Vehicle🚗

(16:50) - Autonomous F1 Races By 2025🏎

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How to Choose the Right LiDAR Sensor for Your Project

LiDARs have grown in popularity in recent years as better manufacturing techniques and mass production have lowered the price of this technology.

Autonomous Vehicles

- lidar

Shahab Khokhar

fromClearpath Robotics

21 Jan, 2021.

LiDARs have grown in popularity in recent years as better manufacturing techniques and mass production have lowered the price of this technology.

But since no single LiDAR solution is best for all applications, choosing the right LDAR can be tricky, a >$50k LiDAR is great for autonomous vehicles but it may not be able to properly detect an obstacle less than a meter away, a <$1k LiDAR can do that job effectively but may not be able to look very far.

If you are considering using a LiDAR for any of your projects keep reading to find out how to choose the right LiDAR for your application.

What is a LiDAR used for?

LiDARs have been used in surveying, forestry, geology, mining, architecture, and mapping for many years, but they are now becoming a popular component of autonomous vehicle and robot applications.

In architecture, for example, you can get a handheld LiDAR device that you carry while walking around a building. The device creates a 3D point cloud, so you can match the scan of the building to the CAD file of the construction design to see if the real building measures up and also to assist in the as-built process and survey.

In mining, you can use LiDAR for safety and surveillance. Instead of putting humans in danger, you can send a LiDAR-equipped robot down mines to detect anomalies like cracks in the walls or other physical objects that may be a hazard. Although you could do this with cameras as well, cameras aren’t great at picking up depth, even if you can see a crack in the wall, a camera can't tell you how deep it is. Cameras are also heavily influenced by lighting conditions, which may not be ideal in some environments.