This is incredible work. The low price point should create and burgeoning open source / hacker dev community, which in turn, will hopefully greatly accelerate 3D perception algorithms.
My recent EE capstone project was in the area of autonomous vehicle SLAM perception and control- but we were limited by cost to using a PrimeSense Kinect for 3D perception, which had pretty lacklustre resolution. This chip-based LiDAR would have been warmly welcomed at the time. Regardless, I'm glad I'll be able to revamp the project when these hit the market! The more sensors, the better!
My recent EE capstone project was in the area of autonomous vehicle SLAM perception and control- but we were limited by cost to using a PrimeSense Kinect for 3D perception, which had pretty lacklustre resolution. This chip-based LiDAR would have been warmly welcomed at the time. Regardless, I'm glad I'll be able to revamp the project when these hit the market! The more sensors, the better!