Solid state LIDAR certainly has issues - but someone is going to solve those and this is what will get into automotive, definitely not $10k units with moving parts.
There was an announcement on a cooperation between BMW and Innoviz (an Israeli maker of solid state LIDARs) with Magna being their OEM sponsor.
I'm not sure calibration is that big of a deal for this application. Sensors are going to be calibrated and tested in the factory or at a module level regardless, and the accuracy requirements in automotive are much lower than consumer products using similar technology.
You can't overcome not having colors (traffic lights, anyone?), limited ranging distance or sensor saturation due to ambient conditions.
Agreed, spent time last year on a project fusing lidar and rotating LWIR (thermal) with some smart people and calibration took significant effort, mechanically, in electronic timing, and in algorithmic fusing. This looks like a nice step forward.
There was an announcement on a cooperation between BMW and Innoviz (an Israeli maker of solid state LIDARs) with Magna being their OEM sponsor.
I'm not sure calibration is that big of a deal for this application. Sensors are going to be calibrated and tested in the factory or at a module level regardless, and the accuracy requirements in automotive are much lower than consumer products using similar technology.
You can't overcome not having colors (traffic lights, anyone?), limited ranging distance or sensor saturation due to ambient conditions.