New research has developed a wide-field-of-view metasurface-enhanced scanning lidar system that has the potential to revolutionize autonomous navigation and obstacle avoidance. This system combines the wide-field-of-view of a conventional lidar with the high-resolution and accuracy of a scanning lidar. The result is a system with a wide-field-of-view that can detect objects further away and more accurately than a traditional lidar. This system has many potential applications in autonomous navigation and obstacle avoidance, such as in autonomous vehicles, robotics, and drones. The research was recently published in the journal Optics Express.

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