Founded in 2016, the laser radar company Cepton has launched four laser radars based on self-developed micro-motion technology (MMT) for use in vehicles and drones.
At present, most of the car green laser pointer radars are mechanical, with high cost and low reliability. Solid-state laser radars do not require rotating components, greatly reducing the structure and size of the radar, increasing service life and reducing costs. However, solid-state laser radar has defects such as close detection distance and easy exposure to direct sunlight.
According to reports, the laser radar product based on MMT is between the mechanical laser radar and the solid-state laser radar, which effectively reduces the cost of the laser radar, reduces its volumetric power consumption, and can detect the maximum distance of 500 meters. Most autopilots detect distance requirements.
Cepton has applied for a patent for MMT technology. Cepton's four laser radars are HR80T long-range laser radars for automotive auto-driving (500 meters ranging, 15 degrees of field of view), HR80W wide-range laser radars (300 meters ranging, 60 degrees of field of view) High-performance green laser pointer radar (120 lines of scanning lines, detection distance over 200 meters, spatial resolution of 0.2° in both horizontal and vertical directions, system power consumption less than 10w), and SORA200 applied to drones Laser radar.
In the future, Cepton will continue to optimize iterative techniques and products to increase detection range, resolution, size, power consumption, and more.