What Is LADAR?

As industries around the world work to make their process and products not only automated but autonomous, there has been an explosion in the use of Detection and Ranging systems over the last 20 years. Detection and Ranging systems date back to RADAR systems that were developed during World War II. More modern systems have been developed around light sources, leading to Laser Radar, Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), and Laser Detection and Ranging (LADAR) systems. On the surface, all of these systems are based off of similar philosophies, and articles often tend to group them together. But, LiDAR, Laser Radar, and LADAR actually have some very significant differences in technology that affect the applications they are suited for. So, we wanted to take a deep dive on these terms and identify how detection and ranging systems for and how they differentiate from each other. To learn more about API's Dynamic 9D LADAR, click here: https://apimetrology.com/ladar/