Role of Lidar and Microwave Photonic Radar Based Sensors for Autonomous Vehicles
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 1018
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microwave photonic radars; LiDARs; free space optics; autonomous vehicles
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) have become a prominent sector of the automobiles industries. The last decade has witnessed remarkable trends in research leading to developing AVs as a prospective answer to current transportation issues. Implementing AVs can reduce emissions and energy ingestion, which further decreases ecological degradation. Moreover, it can improve transportation efficiency and accessibility, ease traffic congestion, and enhance road safety. Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors and photonic radars are considered essential sensors for achieving full autonomy of AVs that can produce spatial data with accuracy and precision. This can help localize and track which can tremendously help localize and track a running vehicle. Featured with such AV utilities and requirements, LiDAR/photonic radars are a significant alternative to conventional radars and thus immensely popular among AV manufacturers and researchers across the world. This Special Issue is dedicated to recent advancements and future implications in photonic-based sensors including LiDAR technology for AV vehicles.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- LiDAR-based Sensors for AVs
- LiDAR 3D scanning including algorithms for object detection for AVs
- Machine learning applications for LiDAR/photonic radar sensors for AVs
- FMCW-based photonic radars for AVs
- Artificial intelligence for LiDAR/photonic radars for AVs
- Microwave filtering technique for photonic radars for AVs
- Photonic MIMO radars for AVs
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Sushank Chaudhary
Dr. Muhammad Saadi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- autonomous vehicles
- microwave photonic radar
- LiDAR, object detection
- artificial intelligence
