#lidar — Public Fediverse posts

This mosquito zapper is more advanced than Tesla cars:

https://store.photonmatrixlab.com

#lidar #tesla

I am currently working with a LiDAR unit salvaged from a robot vacuum for an interactive light installation.
conveniently, it communicates seamlessly with an ESP32. The housing is designed in @freecad using a photograph of the sensor as start.

Once its finished I will share the files.
#freecadfriday #lidar #diy #electronic #esp #mesh #espnow

When obstacle avoidance is 'military-grade': the FCC plan that could pull approved drones from US shelves

Follow @1ban_news for daily coverage.

https://1ban.news/fcc-lidar-drone-ban-2026/

#1ban #fcc #lidar #drone #ban #tech

Those darn Chinese drones are at it again...

The FCC wants to ban drones with LiDAR that it previously approved - Engadget

https://www.engadget.com/2233213/the-fcc-wants-to-ban-drones-with-lidar-that-it-previously-approved/

#FCC #Ban #Drones #LiDAR #China #DJI #Hardware #Tech

Синхронизация камеры глубины Intel D455 и лидара Livox Mid-360 на STM32

Рассмотрим простой способ объединить лидар и камеру для построения карты проходимости при помощи таймеров микроконтроллера STM32H743VIT6 и распаиваемой платы с Aliexpress.

https://habr.com/ru/articles/1068274/

#realsense #lidar #stereovision

Pretty impressive lidar coverage of France (random starting point):

https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/carte?c=1.1677184113816175,49.4306770083343&z=15&l0=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.PLANIGNV2::GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&l1=IGNF_LIDAR-HD_MNH_ELEVATION.ELEVATIONGRIDCOVERAGE.SHADOW(1)&l2=IGNF_LIDAR-HD_MNT_ELEVATION.ELEVATIONGRIDCOVERAGE.SHADOW(1)&l3=IGNF_LIDAR-HD_MNS_ELEVATION.ELEVATIONGRIDCOVERAGE.SHADOW(1)&permalink=yes

#lidar #geography #france

Waymo CEO Argues Camera-Only Systems Fall Short for Full Autonomy

📰 Original title: Waymo CEO Explains Why Camera-Only Self-Driving Falls Short

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/waymo-ceo-argues-camera-only-systems-fall-short-for-full-autonomy.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world

#artificialintelligence #selfdrivingcars #lidar #autonomy

#Rauch der #Feuerwolken aus #Bordeaux in großer Höhe über Leipzig. #Rauchpartikel verteilen sich großflächig und beeinflussen das globale #Klima > https://www.tropos.de/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/details/rauch-der-feuerwolken-aus-bordeaux-in-grosser-hoehe-ueber-leipzig #Lidar #ACTRISD

https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/08/05/rauch-der-feuerwolken-aus-bordeaux-in-grosser-hoehe-ueber-leipzig

@claudiac
You are welcome.
Interesting, plus impressive and immense as lidar projects go. Immense funding made this possible.
My work, satellite imagery surveys and data compilation, contributed data on known geometric earthworks, mound villages, and roads. And my data files compile work by many archaeologists.
#Archaeology #Lidar

#Jetson Orin Nano #Ubuntu is very unfriendly with no good native apps and is relatively slow running most programs. So, it is only good for doing some small LLM inferencing and #edgeAI stuff like #LiDAR which I don't care cause I will be using #esp32 for that purpose.

But the good news is, I can use Pi Apps which uses #Flatpak, allowing some of my favorite apps. like #Obsidian notes, to run on this Jetson board that runs on an ARM 64 version of Ubuntu.

#AI #LLM

Volvo éteint définitivement le lidar de ses EX90 et rembourse environ 1 500 euros
https://mac4ever.com/197353
#Mac4Ever #LiDAR #Volvo

I got to talk to my old friend Greg Charvat about his new company Teradar on The Amp Hour this week. I think it has a huge opportunity to positively impact the #automotive industry replacing things like #radar and #lidar. Obviously there are other interesting application spaces in #robotics and #defense as well.

Check out episode 729 of The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast at the link below (new site design, btw) or on your favorite podcast player: https://theamphour.com/729-the-terahertz-frontier-greg-charvat-teradar/

Open Source Vacuum Avoids Cloud

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/07/21/open-source-vacuum-avoids-cloud/

(paywalled) #AI-powered virtual white cane https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-26214-1_4 "up to 60 fps on an iPhone 13 Pro Max"; #VirtualCane source code on GitLab at https://gitlab.upt.ro/tudor.ciutacu/virtual-cane #YOLOv11 #LiDAR #DETR; #CVC2026

India Today: As Dharavi is set to disappear, a digital twin will ensure it survives after it’s gone. “Dharavi is being preserved in a detailed digital twin before redevelopment starts in full swing and reshapes the settlement, which is India’s largest slum in Mumbai. The 3D archive is expected to guide relocation and planning while preserving a record of the neighbourhood that future […]

Das #OpenSource-Projekt #Oomwoo entwickelt einen DIY-Saugroboter mit #LiDAR und ROS 2 zur professionellen SLAM-Navigation. Komponenten werden über AliExpress bezogen, Gehäuse und Halterungen kommen aus dem 3D-Drucker. Der Roboter arbeitet lokal ohne Cloud und wird über #HomeAssistant gesteuert. https://www.heise.de/news/Maker-Projekt-Saugroboter-aus-dem-3D-Drucker-mit-SLAM-Navigation-11363023.html?seite=all

A new study in Borneo shows that cutting back invasive woody vines allows logged tropical forests to regenerate much faster.

Using LiDAR data, researchers found that thinning these lianas boosts tree growth and reduces mortality, outperforming simple tree-planting efforts.

Ruth Kamnitzer reports for #Mongabay.
https://mongabay.cc/A6E181

#Borneo #LiDAR

On July 1, 2026, The Company Once Known As Maxar Began Selling 3D Maps Of Earth It Can Refresh Within A Day Or Sharpen To 15 Centimeters, Built Less For People To Study Than For The Autonomous Drones And Weapons That Navigate By Matching Their Cameras Against The Terrain
(Vantor, the American Earth-observation company… is now rebuilding chosen stretches of the planet as three-dimensional models and delivering them within a day of imaging — a commercial first…)
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https://spacedaily.com/sd-on-july-1-2026-the-company-once-known-as-maxar-began-selling-3d-maps-of-earth-it-can-refresh-within-a-day-or-sharpen-to-15-centimeters-built-less-for-people-to-study-than-for-the-autonomous-dron/ <-- shared technical media article
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[this post should – most specifically – NOT be considered an endorsement of a particular organisation or product]
• “Built for GPS-denied warfare…
• The 3D twist changes the risk calculus…”
“Vantor, the American Earth-observation company…., is now rebuilding chosen stretches of the planet as three-dimensional models and delivering them within a day of imaging — a commercial first, the company says, and one aimed as much at autonomous machines as at the analysts and militaries who have always been its customers.
The service, called WorldView 3D, went live on July 1. It draws on a fleet of 10 satellites imaging Earth’s surface at 12-inch (30-centimeter) resolution, according to Space.com. The 3D views are constructed by combining multiple images taken from different orbital angles, then refreshed on a daily cadence — a speed the company says is impossible to match with aircraft or drones over remote or contested territory.
According to the company’s launch announcement… the service would enable rapid updates of remote and contested areas, calling it the future of spatial intelligence….
The product comes in two tiers…:
• Standard resolution delivers 20-inch (50 cm) imagery with 13-foot (4-meter) accuracy in all directions.
• The HD tier tightens that to 6-inch (15 cm) resolution with 10-foot (3-meter) positional accuracy in three dimensions.
Those numbers matter for a specific reason. Traditional 3D mapping — the kind used by autonomous vehicle companies and defense contractors — has historically relied on aircraft flights, drone surveys, or LiDAR passes. Those methods produce excellent detail. They also require physical access to the airspace above the target.
Vantor’s pitch is that satellites remove the access problem. A constellation in low Earth orbit passes over hostile territory as freely as it passes over Kansas…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #military #geoint #geointelligence #remotesensing #LiDAR #elevation #drones #weapons #warfare #conflict #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #imagery #3DModel #earthobservation #satellite #AI #machinelearning #GPS #hostileterritory #risk #hazard #WorldView3D #highresolution #changedetection #spatialintelligence

Validazione #LiDAR e modello di degrado: Tutti i vantaggi del #FilmingDay #Ferrari https://www.formula1.it/news/31620/1/validazione-lidar-e-modello-di-degrado-tutti-i-vantaggi-del-filming-day-ferrari?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Tree canopy change detection in Vaud: Engineering firm n+p used #swisstopo’s #LiDAR data from 2019 and 2025 to detect #TreeCanopy change across the canton of Vaud, with results explorable in a web app that includes orthophoto comparison for spot-checking. Despite methodological...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/07/08-tree-canopy-change-detection-in-vaud/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Cette loi pourrait interdire le Robotaxi de Tesla, coupable de rouler sans lidar
https://mac4ever.com/197035
#Mac4Ever #LiDAR #Tesla

We're thrilled to welcome back Hobu as a returning sponsor! Based in Iowa City, Iowa, Hobu is a software consultancy specialising in #opensource, #LiDAR, point cloud, and #geospatial software.

Learn more about Hobu and sponsorships ⤵️

#GIS #EO #CNG
https://www.foss4gna.org/2026-sponsors

3D-контроль кузова: как отличить исправную фуру от бракованной без участия человека

Клиент - производитель строительных материалов. Каждый день на погрузку стройматериалов приезжают десятки фур. При этом, габариты паллет, на которых грузят материалы, фиксированы жестко, а вот реальные размеры машин — нет. Внешне кузов может выглядеть ровным прямоугольником, а внутри могут быть скрыты «сюрпризы»: заниженная к кабине крыша, выгнутые борта или самодельные крючки на дверных стойках. Глазом эту кривизну не оценить. В момент погрузки, вилочный погрузчик заносит паллету шириной 2,40 метра, а она упирается в “неучтенный” выступ внутри кузова. Цена такой ошибки — повреждённый груз, развёрнутая на КПП машина, простой ворот, сорванный график отгрузки. Решение заказчика: поставить человека на осмотр: сотрудник заглядывает в кузов и по визуальному осмотру решает, грузить фуру или разворачивать. Это медленно, субъективно, не масштабируется, а отказы по геометрии кузова составляют заметную долю разворотов. Задача, которую решала наша команда: автоматизировать осмотр кузова перед погрузкой. Убрать сотрудника из точки принятия решения и выдавать решение “грузить / не грузить” на основании математических расчетов и реальной геометрии. Планка задана высокая. Нужно замерять сразу три габарита:

https://habr.com/ru/articles/1055864/

#лидары #lidar #логистика #ros2 #компьютерное_зрение #автоматизация #логистическая_компания #облако_точек