MIT and DARPA Pack Lidar Sensor Onto Single Chip

Smaller than a dime and with no moving parts, MIT's lidar-on-a-chip is exactly what cars and robots need

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MIT's lidar chip is smaller than a dime
At MIT’s Photonic Microsystems Group, the authors are developing a lidar-on-a-chip system that is smaller than a dime, has no moving parts, and could be mass-produced at a very low cost for use in self-driving cars, drones, and robots.
Photo: Christopher V. Poulton