Drone LiDAR surveys of abandoned roads reveal long-term debris-flow hazards

A research team led by University of Tsukuba has developed a new method to estimate long-term debris supply from steep slopes by measuring debris accumulated on decades-old abandoned roads. Debris ...

Metasurface-based SLM could enhance AR, VR and LiDAR performance

Many cutting-edge technologies, ranging from augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) to LiDAR (light detection and ranging) systems, rely on components that enable the precise control of light ...

Drone Camera Market to Reach USD 136.03 Billion by 2032, Reveals New Maximize Market Research Analysis

Maximize Market Research's Drone Camera Market Global Outlook (2025–2032) shows that technological advancements, expanding ...
IEEE

HA-BFNN-ICP a Streaming FPGA Architecture for Energy Efficient Real-Time 3D LiDAR Mapping

Abstract: Three-dimensional Light Detection and Ranging (3D LiDAR) sensors are widely used in autonomous vehicles including localization, sensing, and mapping. However, their significant computational ...
GitHub

FuelDeep3D: An R package for Fire Fuels Segmentation in 3D Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning and Deep Learning

Authors: Venkata Siva Reddy Naga, Alexander John Gaskins, and Carlos Alberto Silva. FuelDeep3D provides tools for processing, feature extraction, and classification of 3D forest point clouds for fuel ...
The Robot Report

Lidar maker Ouster adds cameras with StereoLabs acquisition

Lidar maker Ouster is acquiring StereoLabs for $35 million and 1.8 million shares. StereoLabs makes vision-based perception systems for robots and industrial applications. Ouster said the deal enables ...
ZDNet

I tried a Claude Code rival that's local, open source, and completely free - how it went

Free AI tools Goose and Qwen3-coder may replace a pricey Claude Code plan. Setup is straightforward but requires a powerful local machine. Early tests show promise, though issues remain with accuracy ...
IEEE

Shape Enhanced Network With Transformer-Based Completion for LiDAR-Based 3D Detection From Point Cloud

Abstract: In LiDAR-based 3D object detection, severe occlusion often leads to incomplete object shape in point cloud scene. It is a critical challenge as it will significantly degrade detection ...
GitHub

Flash LiDAR Vehicle Detection with MATLAB Dataset and Deep Learning Benchmarks

This repository provides code and workflows to test several state-of-the-art vehicle detection deep learning algorithms —including YOLOX, SalsaNext, RandLA-Net, and VoxelRCNN— on a Flash Lidar dataset ...
The Hacker News

Claude Opus 4.6 Finds 500+ High-Severity Flaws Across Major Open-Source Libraries

Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic revealed that its latest large language model (LLM), Claude Opus 4.6, has found more than 500 previously unknown high-severity security flaws in ...
marktechpost

Waymo Introduces the Waymo World Model: A New Frontier Simulator Model for Autonomous Driving and Built on Top of Genie 3

Waymo is introducing the Waymo World Model, a frontier generative model that drives its next generation of autonomous driving simulation. The system is built on top of Genie 3, Google DeepMind’s ...