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Sensors midwest 2018: LiDAR ToF measurements crucial for auto apps

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

A simplified description of time-of-flight (ToF) measurement would the measurement of the amount of time an object takes to travel a...

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Luxury carmaker nixes driverless tech in favor of humans

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in Cars, News

Rolls Royce, one of the most prestigious vehicle brands in the world, said Aug. 18 it will not be investing in driveress car technology,...

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City readies rollout of autonomous shuttle tests at zoo

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in Buses, News

Driverless buses and other city vehicles will follow in the trailblazing path of an autonomous shuttle soon to run between the Calgary Zoo...

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How Intel plans to save your life in autonomous driving

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

There were a few big takeaways from the Autonomous Driving 2018 Conference in Novi, MI. Perhaps the largest? Someone can imagine a...

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An interview with self-driving visionary Larry Burns, co-author of “Autonomy”

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Lawrence Burns is a former vice president of research, development and planning at General Motors, who has been an advisor to Waymo...

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Trucking, freight pushes drive to autonomous vehicles

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in News, Trucks

Autonomous driving makes headlines for its potential to move people, but it is in the trucking and commercial vehicles fields that it will...

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Carmera, the mapping startup for autonomous vehicles, raises $20 million

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

Autonomous vehicles need more than a brain to operate safely in a world filled with obstacles. They need maps. Or more specifically,...

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Carmera’s human-driven sensors could pave the way for self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

An obvious setback for self-driving cars is the lack of eyeballs for noticing things like road construction or pedestrians.  That’s...

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Local Motors’ self-driving shuttle makes University at Buffalo debut

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Local Motors by LM Industries, known for 3D-Printed mobility solutions, announced the deployment and launch of operations of Olli at the...

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Stealthy self-driving startup Ghost Locomotion raises $15 million, filings show

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

The SF Bay Area is home to a lot of self-driving car initiatives. Some startups, like Zoox, are trying “to make the whole widget” by...

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Driverless vehicles to provide Australia major productivity boost and jobs

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

When anyone mentions driverless vehicles, most of the people think that they are ‘a thing that the future holds’. However, the actual...

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Why hi-resolution radar is a game changer

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

Ultra high-resolution imaging radar is quickly becoming the trailblazing technology for autonomous driving. 4D picture offers real-time...

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Wanted in China: Detailed maps for 30 million self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Chen Dan had doubts about betting millions of dollars to make high definition maps of Chinese roads. That was until she took charge of the...

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$3.2 billion self-driving car company Zoox has ousted its CEO

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in Cars, News

The CEO of Zoox has left in a management shake-up at the the high-profile, well-funded, and idiosyncratic self-driving car startup....

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Hyundai Mobis bets big on AI-based camera

Posted on Aug 22, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

Hyundai Mobis recently invested 8 billion won ($7.14 million) in a local startup named StradVision to develop high-tech cameras for safer...

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Don’t believe the naysayers: Self-driving cars are already here in many ways

Posted on Aug 22, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Yes, it’s true: The promise of self-driving cars zooming around while their human operators doze off, read, or watch movies is not...

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Nvidia is still surging toward autonomous driving success

Posted on Aug 22, 2018 in Cars, News

Nvidia (NVDA – Get Report)   was one of the first companies to present at the Autonomous Vehicle 2018 conference in Novi, MI. The...

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IoT failures plague 64% of users worldwide; concerns over self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 22, 2018 in Cars, News

52% of consumers worldwide are now using Internet of Things (IoT) devices, yet 64% of those have already encountered performance issues...

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Four companies selling self-driving car platforms today, and one coming

Posted on Aug 22, 2018 in Cars, News

For companies or even hackers hoping to build a self-driving car, one of the first questions is, “Where do I get the vehicle?”...

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Hyundai’s self-driving truck completes first highway jaunt in South Korea

Posted on Aug 22, 2018 in News, Trucks

Hyundai is hard at work on its own solution for autonomous vehicles, but it’s not limiting itself to passenger cars. Hyundai...

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