VW’s Robo-Cars Get A Boost From Luminar’s Lidar

“Volkswagen wants to put fully self-driving cars in fully human-filled cities by 2021, and that means it has limited time to crack the hardest thing about this technology: making a robot that can understand its surroundings in precise detail. Get perception right—know what’s a kid and what’s a fire hydrant—and the other pieces of the robo-driving puzzle get a whole lot easier. And today, the division of VW tasked with delivering on that 2021 deadline just revealed a key part of its approach.

Audi AID (that’s Autonomous Intelligent Driving) today announced that it is partnering with lidar maker Luminar…”

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