Info
Info
News Article

Bosch Making Its Long-range LiDAR Sensors Production-ready

News

Bosch is making long-range LiDAR sensors production-ready - the first LiDAR (light detection and ranging) system that is suitable for automotive use. This laser-based distance measurement technology is indispensable for driving functions at SAE Levels 3 to 5.

The new Bosch sensor will cover both long and close ranges - on highways and in the city. By exploiting economies of scale, Bosch wants to reduce the price for the sophisticated technology and render it suitable for the mass market. “By filling the sensor gap, Bosch is making automated driving a viable possibility in the first place,” said Bosch management board member Harald Kroeger.

Only the parallel deployment of three sensor principles ensures that automated driving will offer maximum safety when it is rolled out. This has been confirmed by Bosch analyses, where developers investigated all use cases of automated driving functions - from highway assist to fully automated driving in cities. For example, if a motorcycle approaches an automated vehicle at high speed at a junction, LiDAR is needed in addition to camera and radar to ensure the reliable sensing of the two-wheeler. In this instance, radar can struggle to detect the bike's narrow silhouette and plastic fairings. Moreover, a camera can always be dazzled by harsh light falling on it. As such, there is a need for radar, camera, and LiDAR, with the three technologies complementing each other perfectly and delivering reliable information in every driving situation.

In LiDAR systems, the sensor emits laser pulses and captures the laser light that is scattered back. The system then calculates distances based on the measured time it takes for the light to bounce back. LiDAR offers very high resolution with a long range and a wide field of vision. As a result, the laser-based distance measurement tool can reliably detect even non-metallic objects at a great distance, such as rocks on the road. This means there is plenty of time to initiate driving maneuvers such as braking or swerving.

At the same time, using LiDAR in vehicles exposes the LiDAR system's components, such as the detector and the laser, to many stresses - above all, with regard to temperature resistance and reliability over the vehicle's entire lifetime. Because Bosch can draw on its sensor expertise and systems know-how in the fields of radar and camera technology when developing the LiDAR, the company can ensure that all three sensor technologies dovetail with each other.

“We want to make automated driving safe, convenient, and fascinating. In this way, we will be making a decisive contribution to the mobility of the future,” said Kroeger. Bosch's long-range LiDAR will not only fulfill all safety requirements for automated driving, it will also enable automakers to efficiently integrate the technology into a very wide range of vehicle types in the future.

Bosch is an innovation leader in sensor technology for driver assistance systems and automated driving. The company has been developing and manufacturing millions of ultrasound, radar, and camera sensors in-house for many years now. In 2019, Bosch sales of driver assistance systems rose by 12% to around €2 billion ($2.22 billion). These assistance systems are paving the way for automated driving.

Recently, Bosch engineers succeeded in taking the camera technology used in cars to a new level by enhancing it with artificial intelligence. The camera technology detects objects, categorises them into classes such as vehicles, pedestrians, or bicycles, and measures their movement. In congested urban traffic, the camera can also recognise and classify partially obscured or crossing vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists quickly and reliably. This allows the vehicle to trigger a warning or an emergency braking maneuver as required.

Bosch engineers are also continuously refining radar technology. The latest generation of Bosch radar sensors is even better at capturing the vehicle's surroundings - including in bad weather or poor light conditions. Their greater detection range, wide aperture, and high angular separability are the basis for this improved performance.

Melexis Announces Latest Triaxis Position Sensor Together With New PCB-less Packages
Landis+Gyr Awarded Major Smart Water Contract By South East Water
Lumentum Expands VCSEL Array Range
New Wireless Torque Technology
Plus Selects Aeva 4D LiDAR For The Volume Production Of Autonomous Trucks
Smart Eye And OmniVision Announce End-to-End Interior Sensing Solution
Brewer Science’s Newly Launched Smart Devices Will Be Displayed At CES
BAE Systems Unveils Ultra Low-Light Image Sensor
Brewer Science Demonstrates Smart Devices & Printed Electronics Capabilities
Take It To The Limit With HBK’s New Force Sensor
OmniVision Announces Industry’s First 8 Megapixel Medical-Grade Image Sensors For Single-Use And Reusable Endoscopes
Scientists Make Novel Thermal Sensor
HELLA Brings Latest Passenger Car 77GHz Radar Technology Into Series Production
The All-round Smart Proximity Sensor Chip
World-leading Pharmaceutical Developer Turns To TorqSense
Webinar: Next Generation Optical Spectrum Analyzer
SiLC Rolls Out Chip-Integrated FMCW LiDAR Sensor
Toshiba Expands Scope Of Its Solid-State LiDAR Solution To Address Transportation Infrastructure Monitoring
RoboSense Teams Up With Webasto On Smart Roof Module With Integrated MEMS LiDAR
NTU Singapore Launches Quantum Science And Engineering Centre
Faraday Future Selects Velodyne As Exclusive Lidar Supplier For Flagship FF 91
Continental And Iteris Collaborate To Explore Intelligent Infrastructure Technology
New Investment In Light-powered Biosensor Accelerates The Availability Of High Quality – Low Cost Tests
Paragraf Introduces A Graphene Hall Sensor
×
Search the news archive

To close this popup you can press escape or click the close icon.
Logo
×
Logo
×
Register - Step 1

You may choose to subscribe to the Sensor Solutions Magazine, the Sensor Solutions Newsletter, or both. You may also request additional information if required, before submitting your application.


Please subscribe me to:

 

You chose the industry type of "Other"

Please enter the industry that you work in:
Please enter the industry that you work in:
 
X
Info
X
Info
Live Event