LiDAR
A ranging technology that builds a three-dimensional map of the surroundings by timing the return of laser pulses.
// EXPLANATION
In autonomous vehicles it forms the perception layer together with cameras and radar. It gives accurate distance regardless of lighting, but is costly and can be affected by rain or fog.
// ALSO KNOWN AS
LiDARlidar
// RELATED TERMS
Autonomous drivingA system in which a vehicle perceives its surroundings from sensor data and makes driving decisions itself with software and AI.
GPU (graphics processing unit)A processor with thousands of small cores that performs the same operation on lots of data in parallel, used for graphics and AI computation.
