Infineon Introduces Hybrid Time-of-Flight (hToF) Infineon, in collaboration with OMS and pmdtechnologies, has developed a new hybrid time-of-flight (hToF) solution that provides enhanced depth sensing and 3D scene understanding for next-generation intelligent consumer robots. The new hToF solution combines two depth sensing concepts and helps to significantly reduce the maintenance effort and costs of intelligent robots. Infineon’s REAL3 flexible ToF imager technology combines existing high-resolution iToF flood and dToF long-range point illumination in a single hybrid time-of-flight camera. This high-resolution technology has been used for years to see and navigate around the smallest objects in a robot’s path. Now, the addition of precise remote point data also creates an accurate 3D map of the surrounding area, enabling an intelligent path-planning experience even in bright sunlight or dark, challenging lighting conditions, to power the next generation of robotic vacuum cleaners. The new solution reduces the height of the robotic vacuum cleaner by 20–30% and completely replaces the top-mounted LDS (Laser Distance Scanner), enabling cleaning even under furniture with small gaps. For more exciting articles, please click: https://www.perceptive-ic.com/news/