| > I work in a parallel industry where capturing motion at high speeds is critical, and in the last two decades, the cost of LIDAR and RADAR has barely come down This doesn't track for me. What was the price of the cheapest Velodyne LiDAR unit 12 years ago, and what is the price of the cheapest today? My not-in-the-industry searching says a Velodyne unit cost $75,000[1][2] 12 years ago. IIRC, estimates of Google's inhouse LiDAR sensor (which is not for sale) was about $10-20,000 per unit - this was about 5 years ago. Currently, Velodyne is selling(?) the Velarray H800[3] solid-state unit that had a $500 price-point target[4][5] during development. How does this square with your assertion that the cost of LiDAR has barely come down? Edit: I checked, it was precisely 5 years ago and Google claimed[6] that it cut the cost of LiDAR by 90 percent! I think you were wrong to say LiDAR costs have barely come down. 1. https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-ouster-lidar-20171... 2. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/10/the-technology-behind-t... 3.https://velodynelidar.com/products/velarray-h800/ 4. https://www.forbes.com/sites/samabuelsamid/2020/11/13/velody... 5. https://www.reuters.com/article/velodyne-lidar-tech/velodyne... 6. https://www.businessinsider.com/googles-waymo-reduces-lidar-... |