{"id":73552,"date":"2017-10-28T21:22:43","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T04:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/fords-argo-buys-laser-system-firm-as-it-boosts-driverless-car-development"},"modified":"2017-10-28T21:22:43","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T04:22:43","slug":"fords-argo-buys-laser-system-firm-as-it-boosts-driverless-car-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/fords-argo-buys-laser-system-firm-as-it-boosts-driverless-car-development","title":{"rendered":"Ford\u2019s Argo Buys Laser System Firm as It Boosts Driverless Car Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/fords-argo-buys-laser-system-firm-as-it-boosts-driverless-car-development.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Argo AI LLC, a driverless-car developer controlled by Ford Motor Co., has purchased a 17-year-old company that makes laser systems needed to operate cars without human intervention, an important step for a conventional Detroit auto maker looking to boost its role in shaping the industry\u2019s transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Argo AI said Friday it is buying New Jersey-based Princeton Lightwave Inc. for an undisclosed price, a move that provides Ford with more immediate access to so-called lidar systems that use lasers to create a 3D view of the\u2026<\/p>\n<p>To Read the Full Story.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/fords-argo-buys-laser-system-firm-as-it-boosts-driverless-car-development-1509116400?mod=e2fb\">https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/fords-argo-buys-laser-system-fi...0?mod=e2fb<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Argo AI LLC, a driverless-car developer controlled by Ford Motor Co., has purchased a 17-year-old company that makes laser systems needed to operate cars without human intervention, an important step for a conventional Detroit auto maker looking to boost its role in shaping the industry\u2019s transformation. Argo AI said Friday it is buying New Jersey-based [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":359,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}