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How Chip-Scale LiDAR Is Shrinking Autonomous Sensors
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Episode How Chip-Scale LiDAR Is Shrinking Autonomous Sensors
Traditional spinning lidar is bulky and expensive. This episode explores how chip-scale lidar—integrating laser, scanner, and receiver onto a silicon photonics chip—could bring autonomous sensors to mass-market cars, robots, and drones. We discuss the key technologies: optical phased arrays and frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW), recent breakthroughs from MIT, and the cost trajectory from thousands of dollars to under $100. Listeners learn why solid-state lidar could unlock autonomy in everyday devices.
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