The Chinese provider of lidar systems RoboSense has announced the marketing of its solid-state lidar.
The Chinese company RoboSense produces lidar systems and is particularly successful because of the price. In this way, the company also has the market leader Velodyne a blow in China added.
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The company has now announced the market launch of the solid state lidar RS-LiDAR-M1Simple. The price is $ 1,898 and it measures 110mm x 50mm x 120mm. It is smaller than its predecessor and has better performance. But there are lidar companies and Aeva has one recently lidar introduced, which should only cost $ 500, fits on a chip and can look up to 300 meters away. RoboSense reaches 150 meters.
The Chinese provider is also currently on the CES where to present the RS-LiDAR-M1Smart (Smart Sensor Version), which is installed in a vehicle and on the streets of Las Vegas wrong. Both have in common that they have 125 laser beams and cover a field of view of 120 degrees by 25 degrees. The laser ranks in the 905 nm range.
The market leader Velodyne is suing RoboSense and accuses the company of patent infringement,
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