
There is little doubt that the DARPA Grand Challenge and DARPA Urban Challenge autonomous vehicle competitions have driven unmanned systems innovation. In particular, the U.S. government-sponsored challenges have motivated companies to develop innovative core technologies that will be used in future generations of autonomous vehicles. Velodyne Lidar Inc.‘s HDL-64E LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) scanner and GrayMatter Inc.‘s Visionary point cloud visualization software are two examples of such core technologies. The two companies have now formed a partnership that should drive commercial acceptance of the Velodyne LIDAR solution, as well as foster the development of new autonomous vehicle solutions…

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