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On 19 November, Optica held an online industry meeting focused on the applications of lidar technology. The event was designed for businesses across the lidar supply chain, from component providers to system integrators, and covered areas like automotive, robotics, vision, remoting sensing and mapping. Attendees heard talks from a variety of speakers, including Heiko Leppin, Continental, Germany; Apurva Jain, Lumotive, Canada; and Zach Bonefas, John Deere, USA. They discussed technological solutions to current challenges, such as next-generation sources and detectors and alternative architectures aimed at improving key metrics while enhancing the reliability and expanding the deployment of lidar systems.
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