Low-cost Retina-like Robotic Lidars Based on Incommensurable Scanning

Summary

This paper presents a novel LiDAR design that mimics the retina's non-uniform angular resolution, drastically reducing cost while maintaining high performance for autonomous robots. The approach uses incommensurable scanning to achieve a dense central field and sparse periphery, improving object detection efficiency. It represents a significant step toward accessible, high-performance sensing for robotics.