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The incredible shrinking LiDAR

Posted on Sep 17, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

The term LiDAR comes originally from the mixture of the words light and radar, although it also responds to acronyms such as light...

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Driverless car software looks six seconds into the future

Posted on Sep 16, 2020 in News, Technology

Researchers in Munich have developed software for driverless car systems that avoids accidents by computing multiple variants of a traffic...

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World-first Level 4 fully autonomous vehicle parking system rolled-out on Human Horizons’ HiPhi X

Posted on Sep 16, 2020 in News, Technology

SHANGHAI, Sept. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Human Horizons, a leading Chinese smart mobility and autonomous driving research company,...

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Baidu Apollo head says technical issues and high costs likely to delay full roll-out of robotaxis until 2025

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

The head of Baidu’s autonomous driving open platform said that full commercial operations are still several years away with technical...

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Shanghai plans to launch ICV road testing fully across Jiading District by 2022

Posted on Sep 15, 2020 in Infrastructure, News, Technology

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Chinese megacity Shanghai has so far launched the roads for autonomous vehicle tests in Jiading, Lingang and Fengxian...

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Baidu showcases newest autonomous car without safety driver

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

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- At the Baidu World 2020, Baidu showcased the newest autonomous car it jointly developed with Hongqi, FAW Group’s...

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ACEINNA launches OpenIMU ROS Driver for development of robotic navigation systems

Posted on Sep 15, 2020 in News, Technology

ACEINNA, one of the world’s leading developers of inertial based guidance and navigation systems for autonomous vehicles and devices,...

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AI researchers devise failure detection method for safety-critical machine learning

Posted on Sep 15, 2020 in News, Technology

Researchers from MIT, Stanford University, and the University of Pennsylvania have devised a method for predicting failure rates of...

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Israeli startup Blue White Robotics raises $10 million for autonomous vehicle platform

Posted on Sep 15, 2020 in Finance, News, Technology

Israeli autonomous vehicle platform startup Blue White Robotics (BWR) has announced a $10 million funding round. The round was led by...

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5G expert Phil Cottom on the link between connectivity and driverless tech

Posted on Sep 14, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

As autonomous vehicles (AVs) continue to develop, so too must the technology which supports them. Now that 5G is here, we thought it was...

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Aeva and ZF to bring first FMCW LiDAR to production for autonomous driving applications

Posted on Sep 14, 2020 in News, Technology

Aeva, a company building next-generation sensing for autonomous vehicles (earlier post), and ZF are partnering to bring the first...

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Waymo’s head of lidar explains how the advanced laser tech went from science fiction to being a vital tool for self-driving cars

Posted on Sep 13, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

When Simon Verghese moved east for a postdoctoral spot atMIT, the UC Berkeley-trained physicist figured on beingback in California before...

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Booming demand for Innodisk’s CAN bus solutions amid pandemic and autonomous vehicle trend

Posted on Sep 11, 2020 in News, Technology

TAIPEI, Sept. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Innodisk’s CAN bus expansion modules are taking the world by storm. Unprecedented demand...

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Data interference issues hinder AD and ADAS testing

Posted on Sep 11, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Automotive test systems supplier AB Dynamics claims the recent growth in wireless data transfer from the increasing use of driverless...

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Experts stress public trust in AV tech as e-commerce rises

Posted on Sep 11, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

As the coronavirus pandemic prompts people to shop from their homes and rely on contactless delivery services, gaining public trust in...

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Why automotive cybersecurity needs real-time threat detection

Posted on Sep 11, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Automotive cybersecurity tactics and protocols will have to adapt not just to changing threats, but also to changing models of how we...

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Names like Tesla’s ‘Autopilot’ are dangerously misleading, study shows

Posted on Sep 10, 2020 in News, Technology

Does it really matter if Tesla’s advanced driving system is called “Autopilot” but it doesn’t actually take over...

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Cruise’s AI enables driverless vehicles to navigate uncommon scenarios

Posted on Sep 10, 2020 in News, Technology

Driverless startup Cruise today detailed a homegrown tool — the Continuous Learning Machine — that tackles on-the-road prediction tasks....

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Virginia autonomous driving firm invests $8.5 million in second facility, expects to triple workforce

Posted on Sep 10, 2020 in Infrastructure, News, Technology

A developer of self-driving vehicle technology recently announced an expansion that is expected to triple its current workforce. Torc...

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5GAA expects 5G-V2X basic car automation in 2024, cooperation in 2026

Posted on Sep 9, 2020 in News, Technology

Wireless engineers, automakers, and governments have spent years preparing for a future where autonomous cars will communicate with each...

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