Pioneer Rolls Out LiDAR Lineup, Presents Roadmap

Pioneer announces that from late September, the company will sequentially start shipping three types and four models of 3D-LiDAR sensors, which adopt the MEMS mirror method and differ in measurement distance: “Telescopic LiDAR”, “Medium-range LiDAR” and “Short-range LiDAR.” Pioneer is developing a high-performance, downsizing, lower price 3D-LiDAR using a MEMS mirror, aiming for mass production in the 2020s. Pioneer provided its first sample for testing September 2017 to companies in Japan and overseas.

In response to diverse customer needs, Pioneer is also developing the wobbling scanning method of “Wide-view LiDAR” in addition to the raster scanning method.