[ About Us ]
At NODAR, we are dedicated to transforming the future of transportation and safety with our cutting-edge 3D vision technology.
Our mission is to provide highly accurate, reliable, and cost-effective vision solutions that enable safer, more efficient, and more sustainable autonomous systems.
Our vision
We envision a world where autonomous vehicles and automated industrial equipment can “see” and understand their surroundings with unparalleled precision.
By leveraging our advanced 3D perception technology, we aim to drive innovation across various sectors. Our solutions are designed to enhance safety, efficiency, and reliability, supporting applications ranging from autonomous vehicles to safety monitoring in aviation, rail, heavy machinery, and warehouses. Through continuous innovation and commitment to excellence, we strive to improve the quality of life and operational safety in diverse environments, driving the next generation of safety through advanced stereo vision.
Shaping the Future: Our Beginning
NODAR was founded by Dr. Leaf Jiang, a pioneer in the early development of optical ranging systems.
Leaf earned his BS, MS, and PhD at MIT before spending 12 years building military-grade lidar systems at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. As one of the country's leading experts on active 3D sensing, he understood better than most what lidar could and couldn't do.
By 2018, that knowledge had crystallized into a conviction: the biggest bottleneck for autonomous and safety-critical systems wasn't compute or software - it was the sensor. Lidar was too expensive, too fragile, and too short-ranged for mass deployment. Leaf believed camera-based stereo vision, done right, could outperform lidar on every dimension that mattered: range, resolution, reliability, and cost.
He left Lincoln Laboratory to build NODAR and prove it. One of his first calls was to Piotr, who became NODAR's founding engineer.