[flambojones]

I worked in mobile robotics for a defense contractor in the early-mid 2000s and we had a homegrown Lidar (though we always called it ladar) that was large, heavy, and cost $250k to make. I remember a year out of college driving 2 hours to a military base with it in the backseat of my car and being paranoid at every bump I hit. These things seem like a dream.

[peaceofcake]

What is $200 LiDAR going to mean for the war in Ukraine? I imagine these things will be very useful for drones, if nothing else.

[nateb2022]

For single-use FPV munitions, a $200 LiDAR probably wouldn't be very useful. For one, that's about half the price of the drone itself, and second, for self-destructing munitions, it's not really necessary to have anything more than video footage to direct it.