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CMU method makes more data available for training self-driving cars

Posted on Jun 19, 2020 in News, Technology

A self-driving car must accurately track the movement of pedestrians, bicycles and other vehicles around it. Now, researchers at Carnegie...

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BMW and Mercedes call it quits on their self-driving car partnership

Posted on Jun 19, 2020 in Cars, News

After less than a year, BMW and Mercedes are ending what was supposed to be an ongoing partnership to develop automated driving...

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Anxious passengers feel self-driving cars not safe amid coronavirus

Posted on Jun 18, 2020 in Cars, News

DETROIT: The latest challenge for the autonomous vehicle industry: How to assure passengers that the car they are getting in is virus...

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Ford is adding ‘hands free driving’ to its Co-Pilot360 driver assist system next year

Posted on Jun 18, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

The hands free driving system is called “Active Drive Assist” and will work on more than 100,000 miles of pre-mapped divided...

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Tesla admits its approach to self-driving is harder but might be only way to scale

Posted on Jun 18, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla’s head of AI admitted that the automaker’s approach to self-driving is harder than what most companies in the industry are doing,...

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Nikola sets truck production schedule, envisions autonomous model

Posted on Jun 17, 2020 in News, Trucks

Zero-emission truck maker Nikola Corp., which recently jumped to a publicly traded company from its startup perch, has begun building...

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Phantom AI collaborates with Renesas on full stack ADAS development

Posted on Jun 17, 2020 in News, Technology

BURLINGAME, Calif., June 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Phantom AI Inc., a developer of a vehicle-agnostic autonomous driving platform,...

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Auburn University building new autonomous vehicle research facility

Posted on Jun 17, 2020 in Infrastructure, News

The Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering is building a new autonomous vehicle research facility at Auburn’s National...

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Rajant and Velodyne Lidar support portwide autonomy for DGWorld’s ITVs at DP World’s largest port

Posted on Jun 17, 2020 in News, Technology

Malvern, Pennsylvania (USA), June 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rajant Corporation, the provider of Kinetic Mesh® wireless networks,...

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GM’s Cruise ‘making progress’ on self-drive technology

Posted on Jun 16, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Detroit — General Motors Co. CEO and Chairman Mary Barra says the automaker will be able to “unlock the value” of its...

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Apple Car self-driving system could tell iPhones in the car what it is about to do

Posted on Jun 16, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

The Apple Car self-driving system could pre-alert drivers and passengers of maneuvers it will be performing, by posting notifications on...

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Jacksonville, Fla., sees spot for AVs in monorail overhaul

Posted on Jun 16, 2020 in News, Technology

A 1980s-era elevated monorail in Florida’s largest city is being reimagined as a starting point for a new autonomous transit system. The...

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Tesla is looking to hire Autopilot test drivers in Austin

Posted on Jun 16, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla is looking to hire Autopilot test drivers in Austin — and both the new positions and the location have interesting implications....

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China’s first 5G-powered level 4 self-driving production vehicle rolls off assembly line

Posted on Jun 15, 2020 in Buses, News

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Dongfeng Motor Corporation (called “Dongfeng” for short) on June 12 saw the mass-produced version of the Dongfeng...

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CMU research shows self-driving cars that recognize free space can better detect objects

Posted on Jun 15, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have shown that they can significantly improve the accuracy of autonomous vehicles’ detection of...

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Helm.ai pioneers breakthrough “deep teaching” of neural networks

Posted on Jun 15, 2020 in News, Technology

MENLO PARK, Calif., June 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Helm.ai, a developer of next-generation AI software, today announced a...

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Feds push autonomous vehicle companies to report when things go wrong

Posted on Jun 15, 2020 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

Federal safety regulators on Monday launched an effort to get companies working on autonomous vehicle technology to share more data about...

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Beep partners with USDOT, AV industry, and state transportation departments for AV TEST Initiative

Posted on Jun 15, 2020 in Buses, News, Policy & Regulation

ORLANDO, Fla., June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Beep, an Orlando-based autonomous shuttle service provider, is among 17 initial...

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MIT and Toyota release innovative new visual open data to accelerate autonomous driving research

Posted on Jun 15, 2020 in News, Technology

How can we train self‐driving vehicles to have a deeper awareness of the world around them? Can computers learn from past experiences to...

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Venti Technologies deploys two autonomous low-speed SUVs built by SAIC-GM-Wuling

Posted on Jun 13, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Venti Technologies has successfully deployed two autonomous SUVs built by SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile (SGMW), the joint venture formed by...

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