https://www.siliconvalley.com/2019/03/07/waymo-to-sell-sensors-to-lower-cost-of-self-driving-cars/

Alphabet’s self-driving car unit, Waymo, is getting into the sensor business.

Waymo said Wednesday it would begin selling the laser-mapping sensors used on its driverless vehicles to other companies as long as the customers don’t compete with its core robotaxi business. The sensors, known as lidar, shoot lasers off objects to determine what’s nearby. The next generation of warehouse robots, security systems, and even autonomous tractors could all be built with this technology.