For a long time, displacement sensors were seen as simple tools devices that measure how far something moves from one point ...

Feb. 26 (UPI) --Scientists in Europe have demonstrated the fastest optical distance measurement on record. The researchers used their new and improved LIDAR technology to measure a speeding bullet.

A new dual-microcomb method enables chip-scale devices to measure distances with nanometer accuracy, paving the way for advances in nanotechnology and photonics. (Nanowerk News) Optical frequency ...

If you’ve made a robot or played around with electronics before, you might have used a time-of-flight laser distance sensor before. More modern ones detect not just the first reflection, but analyze ...

Using the VLBA, astronomers have made the first direct geometric measurement of the distance to a magnetar. This precision measurement to one of the most magnetic objects in the Universe could help ...