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LiDAR

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Too Afraid to Ask

LiDAR is a fancy camera that uses lasers to see the world around the car, helping it drive safely.

Technical Definition

LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is a sensor that uses laser pulses to map surroundings, commonly used in advanced driver assistance and autonomous driving.

Hear It Discussed

"everybody else uses LIDAR in addition to cameras and he..."
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"Outside the car brings a roof mounted lidar, split headlights, new door handles, black window trim and some new large yellow brake calipers using lidar for the ADAS."
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"they're saying this AI driven automated system that incorporates everything that Tesla does, plus it has LiDAR plus it has radar. So they're doing redundancies that you like."
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