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U.S. lidar company Luminar Technologies has reached a deal with the self-driving software subsidiary of Volvo Cars with the intention of offering a hardware-software system to other automakers.
The deal will see Luminar take the software from Volvo subsidiary Zenseact and combine it with its own hardcore and software to offer a self-driving system to other car manufacturers. The system will aim to offer an enhanced version of existing features such as emergency braking. In addition, the system will aim to provide fully-autonomous driving on highways.
Luminar’s Sentinel system will use a chip from Nvidia, the company’s own Lidar unit, and an array of cameras and radar sensors. The system also has the flexibility to work with the cameras and radars that many automakers have already included in their vehicles, Luminar chief executive Austin Russell told
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