In terms of plain wattage, it cannot be dangerous. Unless, of course, you were to stand with your eye up against the sensor and maybe stare at it for a few minutes.

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eutectic 2 days ago | parent [-]

Lidars use pulsed lasers with peak powers up to the kW range.

	▲	culi 18 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes but failure cases are still possible. A stuck mirror or frozen phased array can result in a continuous beam. Engineers should design in a way where the worst case possible is the assumption not the exception