{"id":8361,"date":"2019-03-09T05:55:44","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T05:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/google-spin-off-waymo-to-sell-lidar-it-fought-uber-on\/"},"modified":"2019-03-09T05:55:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T05:55:44","slug":"google-spin-off-waymo-to-sell-lidar-it-fought-uber-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/google-spin-off-waymo-to-sell-lidar-it-fought-uber-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Google spin-off Waymo to sell Lidar it fought Uber on"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Google spin-off Waymo plans to sell the sensors it uses on its self-drive cars to other industries.<\/p>\n

The technology behind them was at the heart of legal action last year, with Google accusing taxi app company Uber of stealing trade secrets.<\/p>\n

In a blogpost, Waymo said it was targeting its Lidar (light detection and ranging) units at industries including robotics, security and agriculture not other self-drive cars.<\/p>\n

It did not say how much it would cost.<\/p>\n

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Lidar technology is seen by many as crucial to the success of autonomous vehicles. <\/p>\n

The sensors measure distance via pulses of laser light and generate 3D maps of the world around them.<\/p>\n

Head of Waymo’s Lidar team Simon Verghese said that his company, which has been developing the technology since 2011, had three different types of Lidar systems.<\/p>\n

Initially, it will offer one Lidar unit – dubbed Laser Bear Honeycomb – to select partners. <\/p>\n

The sensor is used around the bumper of Waymo’s self-driving vehicles and has a wide field of view.<\/p>\n

“Offering this Lidar to partners helps spur the growth of applications outside of self-driving cars and also propels our business forward,” Mr Verghese said.<\/p>\n

“We can scale our autonomous technology faster, making each sensor more affordable through economies of scale.”<\/p>\n

Waymo and Uber battled very publicly over the technology last year, with Uber accused of stealing and using trade secrets related to Lidar.<\/p>\n

The companies reached a settlement that saw Uber giving Waymo a 0.34% stake in its company, worth approximately $245m (\u00a3186m).<\/p>\n

Uber agreed not to use the technology in its self-driving cars but also maintained it had never done so.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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