A bee’s compound eye has 5000 ommatidia. Using them, it is able to fly at driving speed with sufficient accuracy to avoid predators and land on a tiny flower miles away from its hive. Ommatidia’s technology mimics bees to deliver extraordinary LIDAR performance.

Ommatidia creates novel solutions to unsolved imaging problems through the innovative use of coherent methods and integrated optics. Its scope of activities includes analysis, design and prototyping of sensing systems. It specializes in areas such as optical coherence tomography, interferometric surface profiling and LIDAR imaging. The company is currently developing a new generation of low-cost LIDAR systems for automotive, industrial and aerospace applications that attains an unprecedented resolution and sensitivity. The company is completing a first prototype proving the feasibility and advantages of its proprietary technology and opening discussions with customers and partners to take its innovation to key target markets.

 

Unprecedented Resolution. For the first time, a LIDAR system with an image quality matching that of a camera (MPix).

Long Range. Ommatidia’s sensors are sensitive to a single photon, providing a range that extends to the limits of physics.

Reliable, Compact & Inexpensive. Sensors are manufactured using standard technologies that do not need complex optics or assembly steps.

 Inherently Eye-Safe. Ommatidia’s ability to illuminate the scene continuously without scanning allows for a major increase in the number of photons available while retaining unconditional eye safety.