Velodyne’s VLS-128 offers more resolution, smaller package, lower price

Re:Velodyne’s VLS-128 offers more resolution, smaller packag... by deepnotderp on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @04:51PM (#15657448)

Perhaps my title was a bit sensational, but I was very surprised to see solid state LIDAR shipping already. Anyone care to speculate on their technology? I doubt it's an OPA (power output problem), so perhaps it's a MEMS?

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Re:Velodyne’s VLS-128 offers more resolution, smaller packag... by dllu on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @05:04PM (#15657571)

I'm pretty sure it's still a spinning lidar.

Nowhere in the official press release [0] did it say it's solid state.

Moreover, a recent Verge article [1] says that Velodyne is shifting attention away from solid state lidar to focus on producing spinning ones.

Note that Velodyne called its spinning lidars "hybrid solid state" which is rather misleading.

[0] http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171107005794/en/Velo...

[1] "Employees told The Verge that resources had been redirected to the production of high-end rotating LIDAR, and that the press release touting the solid state unit had been premature." https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/18/16491052/velodyne-lidar-...

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Re:Velodyne’s VLS-128 offers more resolution, smaller packag... by deepnotderp on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @05:11PM (#15657617)

Ah, that makes sense, thanks for correcting me!

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