: a device that is similar in operation to radar but emits pulsed laser light instead of microwaves
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Tesla claims its choice to mostly use cameras instead of expensive sensors like lidar will make its autonomous vehicles more economically viable.
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Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 10 July 2025
By taking lidar scans from an airplane, scientists can generate 3D maps of the landscape below.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
That, says Musk, will be safe and much less expensive than lidar and radar systems added by rivals.
—Norihiko Shirouzu, USA Today, 22 June 2025
Companies like Alphabet's Waymo and Amazon's Zoox each use both radar and lidar.
—Robert Ferris,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 27 June 2025
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Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 10 July 2025
By taking lidar scans from an airplane, scientists can generate 3D maps of the landscape below.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
That, says Musk, will be safe and much less expensive than lidar and radar systems added by rivals.
—Norihiko Shirouzu, USA Today, 22 June 2025
Companies like Alphabet's Waymo and Amazon's Zoox each use both radar and lidar.
—Robert Ferris,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 27 June 2025
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“Lidar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lidar. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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