Giving Machines Day-Bright Vision in the Dark

Enabling machines to see as clearly at night as they do in broad daylight has long been a holy grail for computer vision researchers. From robots to self-driving cars, environmental perception is critical for safe and reliable operation. Vision works reasonably well in well-lit settings but falters after sundown or in foul weather. Thermal imaging offers a solution yet suffers from ghosting artifacts that obscure texture details.
An exciting new technique called Heat-Assisted Detection and Ranging (HADAR) promises to overcome …

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