How the LIDAR tech GM just bought probably works

Re:How the LIDAR tech GM just bought probably works by baybal2 on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @03:54PM (#15544709)

Theoretical one is lower than that of lidar, but in practice a well made mm-wave radar, currently, has superior resolution to commercially available lidars

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Re:How the LIDAR tech GM just bought probably works by deepnotderp on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @06:26PM (#15545748)

Can you point to any reasonably priced mm wave radar that has greater than lidar resolution? Genuine question.

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Re:How the LIDAR tech GM just bought probably works by baybal2 on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @05:33AM (#15548676)

I researched the topic further, I would say that commercial offerings for automotive use with 1<degree resolution are not yet there, but that can be achieved.

Generally, to increase resolution you can do following - increase antenna size, increase number of antennas, increase amount of processing power thrown on it.

Right now, existing offerings can be improved in all 3 ways with ease.

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Re:How the LIDAR tech GM just bought probably works by deepnotderp on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @06:54PM (#15554993)

I mean sure, but there are difficulties with doing so, no? I mean,even the military has only really relatively recently been using AESA radars.

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Re:How the LIDAR tech GM just bought probably works by shusson on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @09:26PM (#15546648)

Yeah some links to actual products would be nice

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