New navigation system for autonomous vehicles
A team of the University of California Riverside is developing a navigation system that uses existing cellular signals instead of GPS. The system will support the development of autonomous vehicles, the research team claims. A team...Read more
‘Internet-connected vehicles number one application by 2020’
The rapid pace of digitisation is transforming the component-driven automotive sector to a software- and solutions-focussed industry, accelerated by consumers’ evolving digital lifestyle expectations and demands for new and innovative services. By 2020, internet-connected vehicles...Read more
Toward visible-light-based imaging for autonomous vehicles
MIT researchers have developed a technique for recovering visual information from light that has scattered because of interactions with the environment — such as passing through human tissue. The technique could lead to to computer...Read more
Roboat expected in Amsterdam waters in 2017
In a collaboration with researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute) has started the world’s first major research program on autonomous floating vessels in metropolitan...Read more
Apple said to be rethinking strategy self-driving cars
Apple has never acknowledged to be working on autonomous driving, but it is almost certain the company has been doing just that over the last years. However, the tech company has allegedly laid off dozens of...Read more
Autonomous driving experiment started in Gothenburg
Volvo Cars kicked off the autonomous driving experiment Drive Me in Gothenburg this morning. The autonomous Volvo XC90 SUV was finalized in Volvo Cars’ special manufacturing facility in Torslanda this morning and is the first...Read more
Nvidia launches mobile processor for autonomous vehicle
Nvidia launched a new mobile processor for the next generation of autonomous vehicles, called Parker. The company reveiled the architecture and underlying technology of this processor at the Hot Chips conference in Cupertino, California. According...Read more
Quanergy raises 90 million for self-driving car sensors
Quanergy Systems, a company that makes light detection and ranging sensors used in self-driving cars, has raised 90 million dollar (80 million euros) from investors. According to the company this illutrates their growing interest in...Read more
Self-driving BMW’s on Chinese market in 2021
BMW is planning to release its self-driving vehicles on the Chinese market five years from now. Recently, the German car manufacturer announced it will work together with Intel and Mobileye to bring solutions for highly...Read more
‘Tesla autopilot will be safer with more sensors’
The next generation of the autopilot of car producer Tesla will be powered by more radar and a new triple camera. Some of the equipment is already in production. The new sensor suite will enable...Read more
Toyota invests millions in autonomous driving research
Research focused on autonomous driving, artificial intelligence, and robotics at the University of Michigan (U-M) is boosted by an initial 22 million dollar commitment from the Toyota Research Institute (TRI). TRI’s CEO Gill Pratt announced the...Read more
‘Insights in driverless transit’ conference in the Netherlands
The development of self driving vehicles is growing tremendously. What is the impact of automated vehicles in public transport? How can we prepare the city for these self driving vehicles and specifically for public transport?...Read more
Danish municipality wants to introduce selfdriving buses
The Danish municipality of Vesthimmerland plans to introduce autonomous and electric shuttle buses for public transport. Local politicians hope to save time and money with the introduction of selfdriving buses. According to the politicians, the municipality is very large with...Read more