If you've ever seen a picture of Google's self-driving cars, the lidar is that sizable spinning thing on top of the roof.
As self-driving cars approach commercial viability, smaller, cheaper sensors would be better. Luckily, sensors have been getting more miniature and affordable for decades, and lidars are no exception.
California startup Quanergy is making a lidar they say will cut the size of a typical lidar in half, and dramatically reduce the cost at the same time.
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