Voyant Photonics raises $4.3M to fit lidar on the head of a pin – TechCrunch

Lidar is a critical method by which robots and autonomous vehicles sense the world around them, but the lasers and sensors generally take up a considerable amount of space. Not so with Voyant Photonics, which has created a lidar system that you really could conceivably balance on the head of a pin. Before getting into the science, it’s worth noting why this is important. Lidar is most often used