Autonomous Vehicle Engineering - May 2021 - 4
Cover Story
3D-printed Radar
Rises Toward
Production
by Lindsay Brooke
Lunewave's unique Luneburg-lens technology aims to simplify
vehicle radar arrays - and deliver better ADAS and AV performance.
The past 14 months have been particularly tough
Lunewave
for new-tech innovators who were in the process of
breaking into the crowded automated/autonomous
vehicle space before COVID-19 struck. As investors'
Lunewave is manufacturing its complex Luneburg antennae at a rate of 1,000
per day. A single 3D printer can yield about 350,000 antennae annually.
4 May 2021
clocks ticked with each passing locked-down week,
many automotive OEMs adjusted their development,
testing and validation focus toward advanced driver-assist systems (ADAS), shifting the longer-term AV
(SAE Level 4 and 5) programs to the back burner.
" There was definitely uncertainty in Q2 and Q3
of last year, " noted John Xin, the CEO and co-founder
of radar-technology startup Lunewave. " Some of the
advanced engineering and production programs
were impacted - not just related to our company,
but across the board. " Luckily for Lunewave, its most
strategic-minded OEM and Tier-1 supplier partners
saw the situation as " an opportunity to accelerate their
development activities. "
Without in-person meetings, Xin's small team,
which includes his brother and co-founder Hao
(Lunewave's CTO), pivoted to shipping prototypes
and conducting virtual demonstrations and program
reviews on Zoom. " In some ways, it was actually
easier to schedule meetings, " Xin said. " Overall,
our schedule was adjusted slightly, but now [spring
2021] we're very much back on track regarding
our progress. " There is strong OEM interest in the
advanced ADAS space that's been unofficially dubbed
Level 2+, he explained.
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