
The future of autonomous cars could be in the tiny sensor
AutomotiveAutonomous cars may be able to determine physical spaces, the location of other people or other objects like cars in real time and also do so accurately, is key to this technology. For this use it is made of so- called LIDAR sensors (Light Detection and Ranging or Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging) technology using a laser beam to determine the distance between the transmitter and an object or surface.
The disadvantage of these sensors is their size and price that can cost tens of thousands of dollars, that although there are smaller options where the price is almost the same. But this could change in the future because of a new development that aims to have the benefits of a LIDAR sensor smaller than a grain of rice chip.
The benefits of a sensor focused on a chip
It is a development where collaborating researchers at MIT and DARPA, who say they have found a way to mimic the capabilities of 3D mapping LIDAR sensors within a microchip equipped with technology of silicon photonics, which is to create miniature circuit that guide and direct the light at the microscopic level.
Christopher Poulton and Michael Watts, project leaders claim that the first prototypes have managed to receive a lot of information in a lighter and cheaper way, that to what we have today in LIDAR systems available today in market.
The manufacture of these microchips is a reduction of systems and components on a transistor, obtaining a chip of just 0.5 6 mm under a cost of large – scale production would not exceed $ 10. But not all good news, since this sensor has limitations, since the range of vision is just two meters, a relatively short before the twenty 150 meters on average are achieved in the high range LIDAR sensors available on the market.
You may also like to read another article on xWorld: Nissan: You need a car brand to keep the future
Its creators are already working on ways to improve the properties of the chip, something they believe will be achieved relatively quickly, pointing to an increase in vision of at least 10 meters in a year. This could mean that not only autonomous driving systems could support these chips, but could also be the eyes of robots, drones, mapping systems on smartphones, and even artificial intelligence systems.
This development does not seek to replace existing sensors, but live with them, and that while a LIDAR sensor provides accuracy long – range chip solid state LIDAR also assist in the depth and detection at short distances, focusing on details that sometimes They go unnoticed.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Archives
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
Leave a Reply