Sonair built its 3D ultrasonic sensor with robotic safety in mind | TechCrunch
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News Summary
- Sonair built an ADAR (acoustic detection and ranging) sensor for robots that uses high frequency sound.
- These sensors send out ultrasound waves and capture how the sound echoes back.
- These signals give robots a three-dimensional view of their surroundings.
- Sonair is looking to scale up adoption of its tech and just raised a $6 million round to do so.
- The round included new and returning investors Scale Capital, Norway’s state-backed Investinor, and ProVenture.
As robots increasingly enter human spaces, robotics companies will need to think about safety differently than they did when robots were largely siloed from their human counterparts.Sonair thinks [+3708 chars]
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