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Increasing public safety in the energy sector with lidar

January 12th, 2023 by Jane Maynard Close up of Ultra Puck lidar sensor by Velodyne on Visimind's E Cutter

Visimind uses Velodyne’s lidar sensors to provide lidar-based solutions for energy companies in vegetation management and more.

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IIS is now BlueCity

December 20th, 2022 by Jane Maynard

Velodyne Lidar’s Intelligent Infrastructure Solution, or IIS, will now be called BlueCity, offering intelligent transportation solutions.

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A breath of fresh air for the Scottish town of Thornhill

December 7th, 2022 by Jane Maynard DigiFlec and Velodyne Lidar case study in Thornhill, Scotland

A case study looking at the use of DigiFlec and Velodyne Lidar for a LEADER project in rural Scotland to monitor traffic flow.

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Elevating high-precision aerial lidar mapping with TOPODRONE and Velodyne Lidar

September 6th, 2022 by Jane Maynard TOPODRONE's LiDAR PRIME aOrion Heli-E mapping system with Velodyne Lidar Alpha Prime sensor

TOPODRONE’s newest product, the LiDAR PRIME + aOrion Heli-E, uses Velodyne’s lidar to provide their most advanced lidar system.

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VDK Release 2022.3: Expanding Computing Platform Options for Developers

September 2nd, 2022 by Jane Maynard Velodyne Lidar's VDK Software Release 2022.3

Vella Development Kit VDK 2022.3 has been released, expanding computing platform options for our customers.

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Making Industrial Inspections Safer with ANYmal X

August 4th, 2022 by Jane Maynard ANYbotics ANYmal X Autonomous Mobile Robot with Velodyne Lidar

The ANYmal X from ANYbotics, equipped with Velodyne’s lidar, enables safer industrial inspections with ATEX certification.

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Velodyne Lidar Supports Autonomous Driving Robot Race 2022 Hosted by the Korean Society of Robotics

July 29th, 2022 by Jane Maynard Korean Society of Robotics - Autonomous Driving Robot Race 2022 -Starting line

Velodyne Lidar supported the Autonomous Driving Robot Race 2022 hosted by the Korean Society of Robotics, using Puck lidar sensors.

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Researchers use Velodyne’s lidar to find tallest tree in China

July 7th, 2022 by Jane Maynard Green Village, Beibeng Township, Medog County, Tibet, home of the tallest tree in China

Using both drone and backpack systems equipped with Velodyne’s lidar, researchers found and measured the largest tree in China.

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Bringing Efficiency and Safety to the Chaos of Stroads

June 23rd, 2022 by Velodyne Lidar Austin, Texas - Veloydne Lidar Intelligent Inferastructure Solution Deployment on a stroad - 7th St and Springdale

Austin Wilson discusses stroads plus three steps for local and state governments to assess lidar for infrastructure modernization.

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Humans of Velodyne: Loan Huynh

June 21st, 2022 by Velodyne Lidar Humans of Velodyne: Loan Huynh

Humans of Velodyne: Loan Huynh discusses how Velodyne addresses requirements from regulators and customers to manage environmental impact.

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Helping Communities Improve Roadway Safety: Lidar, Intelligent Infrastructure and Vision Zero

June 10th, 2022 by Jane Maynard Vision Zero, Intelligent Infrastructure and Velodyne Lidar

A look at motor vehicle fatalities & life-saving efforts to implement Vision Zero, including Velodyne’s Intelligent Infrastructure Solution.

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Velodyne Lidar Founding Member of Lidar Coalition to Enhance Roadway Safety

June 9th, 2022 by Jane Maynard Lidar Coalition Logo

Velodyne Lidar, along with other lidar companies, recently announced formation of the Lidar Coalition to advocate for technology and safety.

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VDK Release 2022.2: Introducing Autonomous Solution Development for Indoor Environments and Extending Support to Surround Lidars

June 6th, 2022 by Albie Jarvis Velodyne Lidar's VDK: Turning Data Into Action

The latest release of VDK brings perception capabilities for indoor environments and our surround lidar sensors.

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Humans of Velodyne: Nancy Rhoads

May 13th, 2022 by Jane Maynard

Meet Nancy Rhoads, Velodyne Lidar’s Senior New Product Introduction (NPI) Planner, and learn about her role on our Operations team.

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How Lidar Simulations Advance Automated Driving Solutions

May 11th, 2022 by Albie Jarvis dSPACE's Aurelion Realistic simulation of lidar sensors

Conversation with Velodyne Lidar’s Vishal Jain and dSPACE’s Caius Seiger about low lidar simulation can improve testing and validation.

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Top 3 Takeaways from Velodyne Lidar’s TechTalk: Velarray M1600 + VDK

April 5th, 2022 by Velodyne Lidar Velodyne Liar TechTalk: Velarray M1600 + VDK

Velodyne Lidar LIVE! webinar series TechTalk featuring lidar experts discussing Velodyne’s Velarray M1600 + VDK robotics solutions.

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Driving Your Robot’s Future

March 31st, 2022 by Jane Maynard Velodyne Lidar's Velarray M1600 Solid-State Lidar Sensor for Robotics

Meet Velodyne Lidar’s Velarray M1600 solid-state lidar, one of Velodyne’s newest lidar sensors optimized for robotics.

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Developers Advance Autonomous Solution Innovation with Velodyne’s VDK

March 23rd, 2022 by Jane Maynard

The latest of the lidar software advancements from Velodyne Lidar’s Vella Development Kit, VDK, for accelerated innovation.

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Elon Musk’s Vision for Traffic Management Happening Now with Velodyne’s Solution

March 10th, 2022 by Velodyne Lidar

Elon Musk’s recent call for AI-powered traffic management already happening thanks to Velodyne Lidar’s Intelligent Infrastructure Solution.

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Humans of Velodyne: Ethan Ferguson on His Journey to Data Visualization Software Engineer

February 28th, 2022 by Albie Jarvis

Humans of Velodyne spotlights Ethan Ferguson, Data Visualization Software Engineer on Velodyne’s Visualization Team.

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Automated with Velodyne: Lidar Ecosystem Hits 100 Partner Milestone

February 15th, 2022 by Velodyne Lidar

Automated with Velodyne (AwV) program has achieved the 100 partner landmark. AwV is a one-of-a-kind program in the lidar industry that spurs collaboration in commercializing next-generation autonomous solutions.

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Velodyne Lidar Leadership Spotlight: Sinclair Vass

January 28th, 2022 by Velodyne Lidar

In this Velodyne Lidar Leadership Spotlight we talk with Sinclair Vass, Chief Product Officer leading Velodyne’s Product Management team.

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Leadership Spotlight: Sophie Wang

January 27th, 2022 by Jane Maynard

The Velodyne Lidar leadership spotlight series continues with a feature on Sophie Wang, Vice President, System Engineering and Validation.

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Velodyne Lidar Leadership Spotlight: Laura Wrisley

January 25th, 2022 by Albie Jarvis

Laura Wrisley, SVP Worldwide Sales, discusses how Velodyne Lidar works with customers to promote safety in mobility.

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Exyn Delivers World-Class Autonomous Robots to Data-Hungry Industries

January 16th, 2022 by Velodyne Lidar

Jason Derenick, Chief Technology Officer at Exyn, discusses how they help companies and government with multi-platform autonomy.

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Emesent Autonomously Mapping the Inaccessible

January 15th, 2022 by Velodyne Lidar

Dr. Jeremy Sofonia, Technical Evangelist at Emesent, joins Velodyne for a CES 2022 presentation on mapping GPS-denied environments.

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An Inside Look at Intelligent Infrastructure Solution by Bluecity CEO

January 13th, 2022 by Velodyne Lidar

Bluecity CEO Asad Lesani joins Velodyne Lidar for a Virtual CES 2022 presentation about how their AI powers intelligent infrastructure.

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Velodyne Lidar Executives Discuss Future of Lidar at Press Event

January 11th, 2022 by Melissa McFarlin

Velodyne Lidar executives spoke on how our lidar sensors and software are shaping autonomous solutions in a wide range of markets during a virtual CES 2022 press conference.

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New Vella Development Kit Release Delivers Ability to Use Low-powered ARM-based Jetson AGX Xavier

December 17th, 2021 by Melissa McFarlin

Velodyne Lidar has delivered a new release of our Vella Development Kit (VDK) that simplifies building autonomous solutions.

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Sinclair Vass Previews Velodyne’s Automotive Lidar Solutions at Auto Guangzhou 2021 (English)

November 12th, 2021 by Melissa McFarlin Velodyne Lidar in China

Velodyne Lidar will demonstrate lidar solutions at Auto Guangzhou 2021 from Nov. 19 – 21 at the Canton Fair Complex in Guangzhou, China.

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Safety, Sustainability and Efficiency Explored at the 2021 World Safety Summit on Autonomous Technology

November 9th, 2021 by Velodyne Lidar

he 2021 World Safety Summit on Autonomous Technology brought together leaders across industry, government, journalism, and academia to highlight autonomous technology and foster a greater understanding of its contributions to safety.

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Alex Otte Discusses Importance of Velodyne Lidar Partnership to MADD

November 5th, 2021 by Melissa McFarlin MADD and Velodyne Lidar's Partnership

Mothers Against Drunk Driving president Alex Otte discusses the Velodyne MADD partnership and the potential of lidar to save lives.

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Aussie team of robot “Olympians” uses Velodyne’s lidar to score second place in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge Urban Circuit

October 5th, 2021 by Jane Maynard Team CSIRO and the DARPA Subterranean Challenge using Velodyne Lidar

Team CSIRO Data 61 took home second place in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge Urban Circuit equipping their robots with Velodyne lidar.

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Velodyne Lidar Leadership Spotlight: Partha Narasimhan

September 14th, 2021 by Jane Maynard Partha Narasimhan of Velodyne Lidar India

Get to know Partha Narasimhan, Velodyne Lidar’s new Vice President of Engineering and Managing Director in India.

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Velodyne Lidar Leadership Spotlight: Christina Aizcorbe

August 30th, 2021 by Albie Jarvis

Christina Aizcorbe, Vice President of Government Affairs, shares her background and Velodyne Lidar’s priorities in the public sector.

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ANYbotics: Building Autonomous Robots that Can Work Anywhere

August 26th, 2021 by Albie Jarvis

Interview with Daniel Lopez Madrid, Team Lead of Perception at ANYbotics, discussing their autonomous robot, ANYmal.

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How Lidar Sensor Choices Can Impact Electric Vehicle (EV) Power Efficiency

August 11th, 2021 by Jane Maynard

A look at how lidar and power consumption impact the power efficiency and sustainability of electric vehicles and autonomous vehicles.

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Twelve years of innovation and Velodyne Lidar is just getting warmed up

July 14th, 2021 by Velodyne Lidar

For over a decade, Velodyne has been leading the way in lidar solutions uniquely suited to deliver flexibility, quality and performance.

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3D Lidar Helping to Improve Security and Traffic Safety Applications with COM-IoT

June 29th, 2021 by Jane Maynard COM-IoT Technologies smart police patrol in Cairo

An interview with Mohamed Sadek, Founder, COM-IoT Technologies, discussing how AI and lidar improve physical security and traffic safety.

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Velodyne Lidar Leadership Spotlight: Jim Barnhart

June 23rd, 2021 by Jane Maynard

Jim Barnhart, Chief Operating Officer, shares his background, Velodyne’s global manufacturing ability to scale production, and more.

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Xilinx Solutions Supply Key Components to Velodyne’s Breakthrough Lidar Solutions

June 2nd, 2021 by Velodyne Lidar

Willard Tu of Xilinx shares how Xilinx FPGA and SoC solutions are used in Velodyne Lidar’s breakthrough lidar sensors.

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Velodyne’s HDL-64E Lidar Sensor Looks Back on a Legendary Career

May 19th, 2021 by Jane Maynard Velodyne's HDL-64E lidar sensor is retiring. See all the places it has been!

The legendary HDL-64E lidar sensor from Velodyne Lidar started an industry but now it’s time to retire. A look back on all it has done!

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Electric Vehicles and Vehicle Automation: Driving a Cleaner, Safer Future

May 7th, 2021 by Jane Maynard Safety & Environmental Benefits of Electric and Autonomous Vehicles

A look at the environmental and safety advantages of electric vehicles and vehicle automation for a cleaner, safer future.

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South Korea: Innovation Center for Lidar-Based Autonomous Solutions

March 11th, 2021 by Jane Maynard

A look at Automated with Velodyne companies that have developed the innovative lidar-base autonomous solutions for mapping and robotics.

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Automated with Velodyne Partners Leading the Way to New Autonomous Solutions in Korea

March 11th, 2021 by Jane Maynard Autonomous Solutions in Korea from Automated with Velodyne Partners

Members of the Automated with Velodyne integrator network are advancing new, cutting-edge autonomous solutions in Korea.

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Top 3 Takeaways From Velodyne Lidar, Blue City Technology and Rogers Communications Webinar

March 9th, 2021 by Velodyne Lidar

Overview of Velodyne Lidar, Blue City Technology and Rogers webinar looking at lidar and 5G smart city applications.

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Velodyne Creating the Future of Mobile Robots with NVIDIA

March 4th, 2021 by Velodyne Lidar Laikago quadruped robot equipped with the Velodyne Puck lidar sensor

Velodyne Creating the Future of Mobile Robots with NVIDIA

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Lidar is Everywhere!

February 18th, 2021 by Jane Maynard Lidar Technology is Everywhere

Learn how lidar technology is used for applications across industries, from enhancing photograph to security to autonomy and more!

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GoMentum Station: Test Driving the Automated Vehicle Future

February 2nd, 2021 by Jane Maynard GoMentum Station Testing Autonomous Vehicles with Velodyne Lidar

An inside look at GoMentum Station, the nation’s largest testing facility for connected, autonomous vehicle and ADAS technology.

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