For automated driving sensors are indispensable. Many car manufacturers are increasingly relying on LiDAR as a key technology for autonomous vehicles and advanced driver assistance systems. Ibeo Automotive, a Hamburg-based LiDAR company, in this backdrop, has announced a new product ibeoNEXT
The new sensor from the Hamburg-based company is a “real” solid-state LiDAR that is based on a new type of photon laser measurement technology and works completely without moving parts. The announced product generates a high-resolution 3D point cloud for reliable object detection and with it generates an additional black-and-white image, like a camera. The company claims it to be suitable for driver assistance systems as well as for automated driving at levels 3 and 4.
Some other features if ibeoNEXT-LiDAR according to the company:
- Modular design with various fields of view in the range
- Compact design
- Plug-and-play: ECU and display software available
- Processing of over 1 million distance values per second
- Applicable to a wide range of applications and markets
The LiDAR, developed in-house by the company and manufactured in accordance with automotive series production standards,will be delivered by to partners and customers from October 2020. Ibeo will also offer new software for environmental perception and classification of objects for the ibeoNEXT.
