GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR OFFERS NEW SENSOR MODALITY FOR VEHICLES

摘要

Sensors are key components for autonomous vehicles as well as vehicles with advanced driver-assistance systems. As I commented in my November 2019 Editor's Note,1 the typical radar, lidar, and vision sensors may not be enough, and ground-penetrating radar offers an intriguing alternative. WaveSense, founded in 2017, describes itself as the first company to offer self-driving vehicle navigation based on ground-penetrating radar at commercial scale. The company is the worldwide exclusive licensee of IP generated at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where the technology was developed for military applications and deployed in Afghanistan in 2013.