Velodyne LiDAR has announced that the company is going to present the future trend and development of LiDAR technology at IDTechEx Show. The discussions will focus on how LiDAR will enable advanced vehicle safety and performance for autonomous vehicles.

(Image: Velodyne LiDAR)

Velodyne LiDAR’s CTO, Anand Gopalan, and Director of Mechanical Engineering, Stephen Nestinger, will share their insights at the conference sessions discussing how LiDAR sensor involved in the performance and reliability required for autonomous vehicles to operate safely. Gopalan and Nestinger will discuss LiDAR’s role and importance in autonomous perception, illustrating the current state of LiDAR technology and its future outlook.

(Anand Gopalan, CTO, Velodyne LiDAR)

Gopalan will elaborate the potential of LiDAR for autonomous vehicles in level four and five, as well as its future development trend. He said, “As the leader in LiDAR technology, Velodyne has a unique, bird’s-eye view on where the autonomous mobility industry is headed in terms of the hardware requirements for perception.”

(Stephen Nestinger, Director of Mechanical Engineering, Velodyne LiDAR)

Meanwhile, Nestinger will discuss how Velodyne’s revolutionary sensing portfolio provides precise situational awareness for applications ranging from forest canopy surveying to autonomous vehicles and embeddable ADAS. The session will also address technological development towards the integration of additional sensing modalities that will enhance perception and save lives.