Credit: Velodyne The $75,000 Velodyne HDL-64E is $75,000 because it uses 64 lasers and 64 photodiodes to scan the world (a laser/photodiode pair is a "channel" in LIDAR parlance).

Until now, the pick of the commercially available crop has been Velodyne’s HDL-64E —a coffee-can-size lump that fires 64 laser beams, one atop the other, as it spins in circles.

Uber's self-driving Volvo XC90 uses a Velodyne lidar (light detection and range) unit, said to be an HDL-64E.

Payloads will include Velodyne’s HDL-64E, HDL-32E and VLP-16 real-time LiDAR systems combined with Geodetics’ Geo-iNAV inertial navigation systems. Geodetics and Velodyne are exhibiting this week at ...

Velodyne Lidar, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high definition LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensors, today announced the introduction of the HDL-32E to meet the demand for a smaller, lighter, ...

When I asked Hall how the Velodyne's HDL-64E lidar compares to the 64-laser OS-1 price-wise, she responded, "Velodyne's HDL-64E was developed ten years ago and since then Velodyne has made many ...

Here's how the MIT story explains it: Velodyne, for example, has a range of offerings. Its high-end model is an $80,000 behemoth called HDL-64E —this is the one that looks a lot like a coffee can.

“As the PTAB found, Mr. Hall’s claimed invention, as embodied in Velodyne’s HDL-64E sensor, resolved a long-felt need for a LiDAR sensor that could capture distance points rapidly in all ...

Velodyne will award the winners with one Velodyne HDL-64E and two Velodyne Puck™ sensors for future AV development.

The Velodyne HDL-64E is used by commercial, government and defense organizations for high-precision 3D mapping, surveying and security along with applications for terrestrial and marine autonomous ...

For the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, the Velodyne HDL-64E lidar was mounted atop five of the six vehicles that finished.

AUVSI kicks off on May 12 and wraps up on May 15. Velodyne will display its flagship HDL products -- the classic HDL-64E and the lightweight and compact HDL-32E.