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Velodyne Acoustics
◦ High Performance Home Theater Subwoofers
Velodyne Lidar
◦ High Performance Lidar Sensors
Who is Velodyne?Who is Velodyne?
The “Itch” that started it all!The “Itch” that started it all!
o Velodyne’s founder and CEO, Dave Hall had visions of getting on TVwith his creations.
oAt the height of the popularity of “Fighting Robot” competitions, it was a perfect opportunity to catch the robotics bug.
oThe show “Robot Wars” featured David and his Brother Bruce, demolishing the competition and finish 1st runner up in the final event.
o “Drillzilla” had proven to the world that it had what it takes to be aCHAMPION!!
Velodyne’s “Drillzilla” robot shows the clown what’s HOT!Video, Courtesy of TNN Networks
“Team DAD delivered true innovation.”
- Popular Science
o 2005 Introduction of the first ever 64 laser environmental scanner
HDL Prototype
A spinning, 64 Laser scanner proves it’s value
o Developed For The 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge
HDL-64E Technical DetailsHDL-64E Technical Details
64 lasers 1.33M pixels / sec. 360° Horizontal FOV 28.6° Vertical FOV Range: 120M 5 – 15 Hz frame rate Distance, intensity data Class 1 eye safe
Side view
o Rings indicate Laser pathso Colors indicate elevation change
Urban Challenge - CMU Route PlanningUrban Challenge - CMU Route Planning
•Upper left image of raw LIDAR data•Main image of target isolation and path tracking
Urban Challenge – November 2007Urban Challenge – November 2007
Urban Challenge ResultsUrban Challenge Results
Top 2 finishers in 2007 Urban Challenge – Stanford and Carnegie Mellon University
5 of 6 finishers, 7 of 11 finalists, 12 of 35 semifinalists
Mobile MappingMobile Mapping
o 3D Capture at PostedSpeeds
o Used for: o Highway
infrastructureinventory
o Bridge height analysis
o Foliage intrusiono Miningo Constructiono Disaster scene
reconstruction
Images, courtesy of Mandli Communications
Making Radiohead’s Making Radiohead’s “House of Cards”“House of Cards”
Production group withThom Yorke andColin Greenwood ofRadiohead.
Rick from VelodyneSetting up the cul-de-sac shot.
Clips from “House Of Cards”
Velodyne Proprietary and Confidential
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