Laser technology is widely been used nowadays, do you know any?

At the end of 2017, China's well-known laser radar start-up company, SAIHE Technology, announced the launch of its solid-state rader, the Pandar GT, which will provide partners with test samples in the first quarter of the year 2019. In April 2017, SAIHE had already launched the Pandar 40, a scanning 40-line laser radar.

According to CEO Li Yifan, Pandar GT started research and development in 2015 and applied a brand-new technology named ZOLO (Zoomable Light Oscillator) to achieve the dynamic adjustment, viewing angle, angular resolution and imaging center area. This laser radar is designed and developed for vehicle gauge and mass production. We then interviewed Li Yifan. He disclosed some undisclosed news to us.

Li Yifan said that the Pandar GT is in the research and development stage, so it has not yet passed the rules of the car. The plan is to pass all vehicle regulations in 2019. Also in 2019, they plan to achieve large-scale production of the Pandar GT, when the price of the Pandar GT is expected to be suppressed to hundreds of dollars.

As for the specific details of the ZOLO technology, it is not disclosed because it involves technical confidentiality. We are not aware of the Pandar GT's resolution for the time being. Judging from the provided sample images, we can judge that the local resolution will be higher than that of the Pandar 40. Li Yifan told us some parameters of the Pandar GT: The maximum vertical field of view of the Pandar GT is 30 degrees, the maximum horizontal field of view is 40 degrees, and the maximum detection distance is 200m. The 200m probing is also the standard that the Pandar GT mass production product will reach.

At present, the prosperity of automatic driving has set off a global R&D and investment boom in laser radars, especially solid-state laser radars, and many players have poured in. In addition to professional equipment such as solid-state laser radar, the laser cutter, laser engraver is a more everyday and easier-to-operate gadget, which is more suitable for more amateurish players.