Note : As of the end of December 2021
On-chip beam steering LiDAR
Panasonic has developed an on-chip beam steering device utilizing our silicon photonics and liquid crystal technologies. This non-mechanical device is compact and robust to shock and vibration, making it suitable for automotive and robotics LiDAR applications.
![Compact and robust to shock and vibration, Versatile beam-steering](/content/dam/panasonic/global-en/business/p-its/2021/on-chip_beam_steering_lidar/Feature.png)
Compact and robust to shock and vibration
Suitable for automotive and robotics LiDAR applications.
Versatile beam-steering
On-chip beam steering device performs versatile beam-steering, such as random-access pointing and focusing on regions of interest, as well as sequential scanning.
![On-chip beam steering device](/content/dam/panasonic/global-en/business/p-its/2021/on-chip_beam_steering_lidar/Technical_Advantage.png)
On-chip beam steering device
On-chip beam steering device is developed based on our proprietary silicon photonics and liquid crystal platform.
Self-driving car
![Self-driving car 1](/content/dam/panasonic/global-en/business/p-its/2021/on-chip_beam_steering_lidar/Applications01.png)
![Self-driving car 2](/content/dam/panasonic/global-en/business/p-its/2021/on-chip_beam_steering_lidar/Applications02.png)
The highly controllable LiDAR sensing provides safer driving via accurate grasping of the shape and position of the objects.
Autonomous Mobile Robot
![Autonomous Mobile Robot 1](/content/dam/panasonic/global-en/business/p-its/2021/on-chip_beam_steering_lidar/Applications03.png)
![Autonomous Mobile Robot 2](/content/dam/panasonic/global-en/business/p-its/2021/on-chip_beam_steering_lidar/Applications04.png)
A compact and vibration-proof LiDAR enables self-operating mobility robot in outdoor environments.