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Researchers demonstrate pavement markers that transmit lane information to self-driving cars
Energy-efficient autonomous vehicle (EEAV) research platform along with an RSU CERPM unit pictured at Western Michigan University. Credit: Sensors (2024). DOI: 10.3390/s24072327 On a recent morning, a self-driving car navigated a curvy Chattanooga street by "listening" to the road's reflective lane markers. Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Western Michigan University researchers demonstrated the technology to officials with the City of Chattanooga and Hamilton County, Tennessee. The ...
(video) LeddarTech Beyond the Road- An Investment Opportunity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7tNB2CTT_U A pure-play automotive software company delivering AI-based low-level sensor fusion and perception software stack that enables ADAS and AD, LeddarTech is leading the automotive industry transition from hardware to software. With deep expertise in signal processing, fusion and artificial intelligence, LeddarTech drives innovation for a safer and more connected future. A global software company founded in 2007 and headquartered in Quebec City wit...
Autonomous Truck Company Torc Robotics Aims To Scale
Autonomous Trucks from TORC at their Albuquerque Facility Jason Collin Photography In 2022, Torc Robotics – a provider of autonomous trucks for the middle mile - and Daimler Truck, who is the majority owner of Torc, held an event for journalists and financial analysts at a Torc facility in Albuquerque. At the time, some of Torc’s competitors were claiming that they would have fully autonomous trucks on the road as soon as 2023. Not Torc, their then CEO said it would be 2027 by the earl...
(video) Are you ready to join the automated driving innovation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWtAxXpEo_g Are you ready to join the automated driving innovation? At aiMotive, you'll dive headfirst into cutting-edge ADAS/AD projects, enjoy perks like free gym access and delicious lunches, and become part of a warm, inclusive team of brilliant minds.
(video) How Waymo is making roads safer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hubWIuuz-e4 The Waymo Driver is already improving road safety in the places where we currently operate. Watch the Waymo Driver safely share the road with other road users, reason about occluded objects, and quickly respond to potential hazards.
(video) Kodiak opens inaugural truckport in Atlanta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3kA_hzCxaY We've established a truckport in Villa Rica, Georgia, just outside Atlanta. It is a key addition to our 18,000+ mile, coast-to-coast autonomous truck network and will support our 24/6 operations across the freight-dense Dallas to Atlanta corridor.
Mobileye ends lidar R&D, but not its belief in 'True Redundancy'
The self-driving technology firm plans to focus on its own computer vision and imaging radar developments, while relying on other suppliers for lidar technology. Mobileye’s decision to halt its internal R&D on lidar technology for autonomous vehicles is not a rejection of lidar’s promise for self-driving, nor does it mark a shift away from the firm’s “True Redundancy” strategy of combining computer vision and radar/lidar for that purpose, a company spokesman told Fierce Electro...
Self-driving buses deployed in New Clark City
Photo courtesy of BCDA Japan-based Zenmov Inc. has launched its smart autonomous bus service in the New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac, marking the country’s first publicly accessible self-driving bus using the Smart Mobility Operation Cloud (SMOC). Dubbed as the Primary Rapid Transit, the new public transportation system will run in select routes in New Clark City, Clark Freeport Zone, and Clark International Airport, operating under a dispatching system based on travel demand data. A d...
Aurora Innovation expanding Southwestern truck lane
Pittsburgh-based Aurora Innovation, a self-driving technology company, recently announced plans to expand operations to Phoenix, extending its Fort Worth to El Paso autonomous truck lane. The 1,000-mile passage takes more than 15 hours to complete, and Aurora expects to begin commercial pilots for customers during the first half of 2025. Vehicles will go driverless on the route later in the year. The company has hauled more than 7,000 loads for pilot customers across nearly two million co...
(video) Mobileye Cloud-Enhanced Driver-Assist™
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnfbXjNdWoE The next generation of Mobileye's #ADAS solutions: Mobileye's Cloud-Enhanced Driver-Assist leverages crowdsourced data from millions of Mobileye-equipped vehicles across the globe, providing centimeter-level localization via continually updated information about the driving scene. About Mobileye: Mobileye is leading the mobility revolution with its autonomous-driving and driver-assist technologies, harnessing world-renowned expertise in compu...
Autonomous driving startup Forterra closes $75M investment
Forterra, a supplier of autonomous driving technology for military and commercial vehicles, today announced that it has closed a $75 million Series B investment. The startup says that it secured more than two and a half times the sum it had originally set out to raise. Moore Strategic Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital and Hedosophia led the round. They were joined by multiple returning backers. Forterra, officially Robotic Research OpCo LLC, sells a hardware module called AutoDrive that can b...
When Self-Driving Cars Don’t Actually Drive Themselves
The New York Times reporter Cade Metz riding in a Zoox robot taxi in Foster City, Calif. Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. I took my first ride in a self-driving car nearly a decade ago. Like most people who experience this brave new world, I felt a deep sense of awe that machines had mastered a skill that once belonged solely to humans. Then I remembered I was a reporter. Over the next 10...
Holon to set up autonomous electric shuttle plant in Florida
BENTELER Group subsidiary Holon to be Florida's first automotive vehicle manufacturer. The Holon electric autonomous vehicle, which has a top speed of 60kph and a capacity for up to 15 passengers, is designed for various applications, from on-demand services like ride pooling and ride hailing to regularly scheduled transit operations. Holon, a leading manufacturer of autonomous, electric shuttles purpose-built to advance shared mobility and sustainable transportation, is poised has announc...
Cyngn expands autonomous capabilities to outdoor environments
Cyngn, California-based autonomous vehicle technology provider, announced that its AI-powered autonomous DriveMod, can now operate in outdoor environments, enabling facility managers to automate material movement across both indoor and outdoor spaces. This expansion allows the DriveMod Tugger to perform transfers between buildings and outdoor storage areas, improving efficiency in large sites such as warehouses and manufacturing complexes. “One of the biggest pain points businesses face i...
Alibaba's Cainiao Launches L4 Self-Driving Delivery Vehicles
Alibaba's Cainiao Launches L4 Self-Driving Delivery Vehicles (Yicai) Sept. 11 -- Cainiao Smart Logistics Network, the logistics arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding, has launched its Level-4 autonomous delivery vehicles aiming to achieve large-scale parcel deliveries on public roads. Cainiao has been investing in self-driving technology since 2016 and has started mass production this year, Chief Executive Wan Lin said at the 2024 Global Smart Logistics Summit yesterday. D...
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