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Ho Chi Minh City to pilot level-4 self-driving vehicles in real-world conditions
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (392+ words) Thursday, July 2, 2026, 19: 05 GMT+7 Ho Chi Minh City will launch a three-month pilot of level-4 autonomous vehicles, a high level of driving automation that is gradually being commercialized around the world, to evaluate their safety and performance in the city's real-world…...
Depth Sensing Companies Driving AI-Powered Vision
3+ hour, 49+ min ago (373+ words) Home / Blogs / Depth Sensing Industry Sony Semiconductor Solutions rolled out the AS-DT1, which is considered to be the world's smallest and lightest Li DAR miniature depth sensor that employs Direct Time-of-Flight (d To F) technology together with SPAD image sensing in…...
Near-immediate access to aerial imaging data
9+ hour, 3+ min ago (508+ words) Geoscience and remote sensing researchers from UQ's Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) have taken part in a European-led consortium called "m4mining' that delivered a hyperspectral aerial imaging system. The system is capable of mapping surface patterns of minerals, soils and plants in…...
Section 164 Is Here: The Complete Guide to NDAA-Compliant Li DAR in 2026
23+ hour, 4+ min ago (477+ words) For years, the phrase "national security compliance" was something only defense contractors and military procurement officers had to worry about. If you ran a commercial surveying firm, a municipal utility mapping crew, or a state Department of Transportation (DOT) project,…...
The Feds Could Soon Clear The Way For A Tesla With No Brake Pedal
16+ hour, 30+ min ago (11+ words) New federal proposal could help Tesla, Zoox, and other robotaxi developers...
Self-driving cars may not pick up pedestrians depending on what they're wearing, warns autonomy expert
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (266+ words) Concerns that self-driving cars may not pick up pedestrians depending on what they're wearing emerged during a recent London Assembly meeting. The warning comes as driverless taxis or robotaxi trials are currently under way in London, with operators including Waymo…...
Rivian R2 with Li DAR spotted in the wild
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (175+ words) Ro, 01 July 2026 Rivian announced its more affordable R2 model back in February and even opened up its configurator, but we are yet to see shipments start. One notable omission from the configurator, however, is the option to add a Li DAR....
Volkswagen and Bosch End Joint Autonomous Driving Project | Technology
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (233+ words) Volkswagen and Bosch End Joint Autonomous Driving Project Devdiscourse Volkswagen and Bosch End Joint Autonomous Driving Project Volkswagen's software unit Cariad and Bosch have ended their autonomous driving project. Both companies will independently develop the technologies they jointly created. This…...
Rivian R2 Li DAR-equipped model spotted, hides protruding sensor
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (333+ words) A Li DAR-equipped version of Rivian's next-generation electric SUV, the R2, has been spotted for the first time in the United States. With no camouflage, analysts say it is likely close to the final form of autonomous-driving hardware to be used…...
Improved perception for machine vision under complex illumination - Nature Sensors
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (179+ words) Nature Sensors (2026) Cite this article Ouyang, B. et al. Bioinspired in-sensor spectral adaptation for perceiving spectrally distinctive features. Nat. Electron. 7, 705713 (2024). This article presents how variability in glare and illumination affect perception in driving scenarios, motivating strategies for adaptive spectral sensing. Guo,…...