Self-driving cars, or autonomous vehicles, have long been earmarked as the next generation mode of transport. To enable the autonomous navigation of such vehicles in different environments, many ...

Robots and autonomous vehicles can use 3D point clouds from LiDAR sensors and camera images to perform 3D object detection. However, current techniques that combine both types of data struggle to ...

The laser sensors currently used to detect 3D objects in the paths of autonomous cars are bulky, ugly, expensive, energy-inefficient—and highly accurate. These Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) ...

Let the Apple Car rumors roll on. Apple has applied for a patent (number US 20230350018 A1) for “Object Detection” as a safety feature in a vehicle. In the patent filing, Apple notes that some folks ...

Although automakers work to make cars safer every year, there is still a potential that a collision between a car and a pedestrian might result in serious injuries or even fatalities. Over the past ...

Self-driving cars need to implement efficient, effective, and accurate detection systems to provide a safe and reliable experience to its users. To this end, an international research team has now ...