Igal Bilik at Israel Section Chapter

Host: Israel Section Chapter

Event Date: 15 May 2025

Event Format: In-Person Presentation

Event Summary: This lecture addresses one of the hottest technological debates in the modern automobile industry: selecting radar or LiDAR technologies for autonomous and active safety-equipped vehicles. The lecture presents a structured comparison of the two technologies, focusing on their distinct operational characteristics, advantages, and limitations. Radar and LiDAR operate at different frequency bands, which leads to significant differences in how they interact with the environment. Radar is favored for its robustness in adverse weather and low-light conditions, providing long-range detection at a relatively low cost. It also allows for flexible integration behind non-transparent vehicle fascia, making it highly adaptable for commercial vehicle use. On the other hand, LiDAR offers superior angular resolution and spatiotemporal consistency, which are critical for tasks such as object recognition and mapping in autonomous driving.