Seeing With 3D Scan, Moving Like a Human
Every living creature depends on eyes — our windows to the world. For machines, those eyes are LiDAR sensors, enabling them to detect, measure, and understand their surroundings. But until recently, “robotic eyes” were clunky, costly, and hard to scale. That’s what drove Michael Mo, Chairman and CEO of Fortsense Co., Ltd, to reimagine what machine vision could be.
Founded in 2017, Fortsense embarked on a quest to make 3D machine vision faster, smaller, and affordable. The result is a breakthrough that rewrites the rules of LiDAR: the world’s first mass-produced full-solid-state LiDAR high-resolution SPAD-SoC (Single-Photon Avalanche Diode System-on-Chip) sensor. At the heart of this technology lies an extraordinary chip — one that doesn’t just see, also building 3D model of the world and freeing up the robotic processor — the “brain” — to focus on decision-making and control.
Traditional LiDAR were classified as mechanical and semi-solid-state which are often large and expensive. Fortsense’s SPAD-SoC makes full-solid-state LiDAR possible, by contrast, achieves an impressive size reduction of 70% while slashing costs to one-third of existing solutions. This breakthrough earned Fortsense recognition as the first company worldwide to mass-produce full-solid-state LiDAR SPAD-SoC and to achieve AEC-Q100 automotive-grade reliability certification.
“Keeping Up means giving intelligence eyes to see — and a future where machines understand the world as naturally as we do,” shared the Fortsense team.
Today, Fortsense technology powers the next generation of intelligent vehicles and systems, including Zeekr, a new energy automotive brand using Fortsense SPAD-SoC for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) perception; The embodied intelligence also implement full-solid-state LiDAR into specialized robot, such as intelligent mower, compact yet highly accurate, and more selection automation projects soon to be unveiled.
Behind many of these innovations stand Fortsense’s close collaborators — for instance, Tower Semiconductor — world’s top-tier analog wafer foundry, and other tier one chip package and manufacture supplier, each supporting this cutting-edge sensor to make the AI intelligence products faster and more accurate. Looking to the next five years, Fortsense aims to expand its footprint across the globe to deliver practical, scalable solutions for the automotive and robotics sectors.
Fortsense's SPAD-SoC exemplifies how a small chip can unlock greater possibilities, just as dream ignites innovation. Yet, the journey of progress continues. Join us to 'Keep Up for I&T Tomorrow' and be part of advancing the era of smart sensing.
