How to Use lidar in a Sentence

lidar

noun
  • Had lidar been around then, that work would likely have been much quicker.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2019
  • Stretch 4 now uses lidar and cameras with a wider field of view.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
  • But even the best lidar works a bit like the game Battleship.
    — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 31 Mar. 2018
  • The problems Intel does have can’t be solved by putting lidar on a chip.
    — Brian Barrett, Wired, 11 Jan. 2021
  • And this is the corresponding lidar frame for the same scene.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 15 Apr. 2022
  • But lidar systems are still too bulky and expensive to fit into a plane’s nose cone.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The roads have fog, rain and lots of bugs that can interfere with the system’s sensors and lidar.
    — Dallas News, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Here are some of the most innovative lidar products and ideas.
    — Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2021
  • Ouster makes spinning lidar that looks a lot like Velodyne's high-end sensors.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Radar and its laser counterpart lidar can detect out-of-sight objects.
    — Prachi Patel, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Though as Uber admits, some lidars are better than others.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Mar. 2018
  • But there are some details in the lidar data that the human ear could never discern.
    — Daniel A. Gross, Smithsonian, 25 Apr. 2017
  • To put it in perspective, a friend of mine built a lidar system for aerosol measurements.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Silicon and lidar and AI, oh my!
    — Jordyn Grzelewski, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The InnovizOne is a solid state lidar that mounts in the car grill.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2021
  • The car was outfitted with three video cameras, but no lidar or far infrared sensors.
    — John R. Quain, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Over time, the size of the full component will become much smaller, much like lidar sensors.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2020
  • But the new lidar data revealed a whole landscape of urban centers, farms, roads and canals.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Scientific American, 11 Jan. 2024
  • That, says Musk, will be safe and much less expensive than lidar and radar systems added by rivals.
    — Norihiko Shirouzu, USA Today, 22 June 2025
  • Its ClearView lidar can map your home in precise, efficient rows.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Waymo has brought that cost down by 90 percent and has developed its own short-range and long-range lidar.
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, Orange County Register, 9 Jan. 2017
  • Add a front-facing lidar and imaging radars and nine car models to be launched in 2026.
    — Tom Krisher, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The researchers also captured images from a type of sensor that uses laser beams, known as lidar.
    — Neal Boudette, The Seattle Times, 19 Sep. 2017
  • The company’s Movia S is a solid-state lidar.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Those system-level tradeoffs help explain where low-cost lidar is most likely to appear first.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The lidar system is mounted front-and-center on the roof, directly above the windshield.
    — Laura Burstein, Robb Report, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Luminar has emerged as one of the more ambitious players in the still yet to be proven lidar industry.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The second system is Doppler lidar, which stands for light detection and ranging.
    — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Other lidars at four other spots on these Jags focus on objects that are more proximate to the cars.
    — Rob Verger, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2020
  • The predictions are based on weather forecasts and a detailed terrain map made from satellite and lidar scans.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2025

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