GM to buy sensor-tech firm Strobe to boost self-driving car push

[rangerrebew]

GM to buy sensor-tech firm Strobe to boost self-driving car push
 
Reuters
8 minutes ago
October 9, 2017

No. 1 U.S. auto maker General Motors Co said on Monday it would buy Strobe Inc, which uses LIDAR technology to helpself-driving cars identify objects at a distance, to boost its push into the market for self-driving vehicles.

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/us-business/gm-buys-laser-firm-in-bid-to-speed-autonomous-car-research/article36525160/
LIDAR is one of the major sensor technologies used in autonomous vehicles. There is fierce competition between large auto makers to bring autonomous, or self-driving, vehicles to market first.