Letting robocars see around corners: using several bands of radar at once can give cars a kind of second sight

Magazine article, 2022

An autonomous car needs to do many things to make the grade, but without a doubt, sensing and understanding its environment are the most critical. A self-driving vehicle must track and identify many objects and targets, whether they're in clear view or hidden, whether the weather is fair or foul. 

Today’s radar alone is nowhere near good enough to handle the entire job—cameras and lidars are also needed. But if we could make the most of radar’s particular strengths, we might dispense with at least some of those supplementary sensors