Google spin-off Waymo plans to sell ... security and agriculture not other self-drive cars. It did not say how much it would cost. Lidar technology is seen by many as crucial to the success ...

So far, almost every autonomous vehicle we've encountered uses lidar to determine how far away things are, just as the winners of the DARPA Grand Challenges did back in the early 2000s.

outlined their reasoning behind removing both the radar and ultrasonics from Tesla cars, as well as never using LIDAR or maps. While Elon Musk is best known for making statements on this ...

To make that happen, cars need a sophisticated system of vehicle sensors and related processing. Beyond camera and radar, a third sensor – light detection and ranging (LiDAR) – is gaining popularity.