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How Self-Driving Cars will change your commute, and your city

Published on Mar 2, 2019

The road to a self-driving car future is paved with regulations and technical hurdles. Here's what the future of self-driving cars might look like, based on everything we know about the state of the tech and the laws that seek to govern it. Learn about all the different "levels" of self-driving cars and how human interaction dwindles the higher you step up the ladder.

 

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What is an autonomous vehicle?

Published on Mar 18, 2019

With the age of autonomous vehicles upon us, curiosity in this new technology is building – and rightfully so. In this conversation, we chat with HERE and NVIDIA experts on the topic, and muse over what the future of autonomy will look like.

 

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"Preparing for the Future of Transportation"
Automated Vehicles 3.0

U.S. Departament of Transportation

 

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"Autonomous Vehicle Timing is a MEMS Thing"
Soon, every car will have its own supercomputer, and since the clock is the heartbeat of electronics, each car will need upwards of 70 timing devices. Some MEMS timing solutions provide the robustness, reliability, and performance to make them tick.

by Piyush Sevalia
March 21, 2019

 

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A startup's road to a self-driving future

Published on Mar 21, 2019

About this video: There were technical difficulties with the audio equipment during this recording. The sound in some segments is soft, muffled or unintelligible. We are unable to fix this issue and have uploaded it by request.

Many experts believe that self-driving software is the ultimate artificial intelligence challenge. Nearly every vehicle manufacturer (OEM), many Tier 1 OEM suppliers and several transportation network companies (TNCs) are investing to develop self-driving vehicle technology.

The importance of having self-driving capability is so vital that companies are exploring multiple approaches, including internal research, Tier 1 partnerships, consortiums, and investments in independent AV startups. Chris Urmson and Sterling Anderson started Aurora to be one of these external AV platform developers and they have already lined up several OEM customers.

Chris and Sterling will share their experience in starting a new company in this crowded sector - how Aurora is positioned and operating differently from other full stack self-driving players, how self-driving will create a new and better future, and what challenges this industry faces to achieve success. They will comment on how technology, government, policy and business models will evolve to enable this new industry.

The speakers will each give keynote introductions and then participate in a moderated fireside chat to delve more deeply into how artificial intelligence and ACES (autonomous-connected-electric-shared) mobility will change society.

The program will be moderated by Mark Platshon, a 20 year serial CEO and now Managing Director of Icebreaker Ventures’ Autonomous World Fund which invests in electric, connected, autonomous and shared mobility technologies.

 

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Roav Bolt Hands-on: Like a Google Home Mini for your car

Published on Apr 17, 2019

The Roav Bolt brings Google Assistant to any car with bluetooth or an aux port. By using your phone as a data connection, the Bolt plugs into a a 12v cigarette lighter port and provides voice command functionality, delivered by its two far-field microphones designed to hear you over the sound of traffic. The Bolt is made by Anker, and it even comes with two USB charging ports to keep your gadgets topped up on the go.

 

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Elon Musk: Dawn of the self-driving era is upon us | What the Future

Published on Apr 26, 2019

At Tesla's Autonomy Investor Day, Elon Musk laid out his predictions for the future of self-driving cars. We also check in with Waymo, the self-driving car company operating as part of Google's Alphabet conglomerate.

 

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GoBetween Robotics: A traffic stop robot to keep everyone safe

Published on May 1, 2019

I'm Reuben Brewer, a Senior Robotics Research Engineer in SRI International's Advanced Technologies and Sciences Department (ATSD).

Here at SRI International, our goal is to invent a better future by collaborating on key research areas like space satellites, robotics in space, conversational AI, surgical AI, quantum technology, and more.

I'm here to show you my robot for making traffic stops safer for both police officers and motorists. Every year 16,915,140 drivers are pulled-over in traffic, 195,078 motorists have physical force used on them, 4,488 officers are assaulted, 89 of those motorists die, and 11 of those officers die. With such dangerous interactions between people, maybe it's time to send a robot in between them, one that can't hurt or be hurt. This prototype is a work in progress that I started in my garage and now work on at SRI international. It's only part of the solution, but I hope one day it could save lives.

 

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How do self-driving cars “see”? - Sajan Saini

Published on May 13, 2019

Take a look at the LIDAR and integrated photonics technologies that help self-driving cars navigate obstacles, no matter the environment, weather or light.

It’s late, pitch dark and a self-driving car winds down a narrow country road. Suddenly, three hazards appear at the same time. With no human at the wheel, the car uses smart eyes, sensors that’ll resolve these details all in a split-second. How is this possible? Sajan Saini explains how LIDAR and integrated photonics technology make self-driving cars a reality.

Lesson by Sajan Saini, directed by Artrake Studio.

 

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Book "Robot, Take the Wheel: The Road to Autonomous Cars and the Lost Art of Driving Kindle Edition"

by Jason Torchinsky, Beau Boeckmann
May 7, 2019

"Hitting the Books: Autonomous cars will do more than drive you around"
They'll be busy running errands when they aren't acting as your chauffeur.

by Andrew Tarantola
May 11, 2019

 

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How driverless cars are being trialed and tested

Published on Jun 12, 2019

Inside the UK's most advanced driving simulator, Natasha Merat and her team at the University of Leeds are testing how drivers and driverless cars interact.

 

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How self-driving cars work

Published on Jul 6, 2019

Self-driving cars are no longer a thing of science fiction. Not since 3D printing has a technology been so hyped up to imminently change our everyday lives, and yet so deeply misunderstood. This is how self-driving cars work and how they’re going to change the future of transportation.

 

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Can my car be hacked?

Published on Aug 8, 2019

 

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Article "The Promise of the Self-Driving Car: Close To A Reality?"

by Anna Kučírková
July 29, 2019

 

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Article "Bosch unveils smart virtual sun visor for cars at tech show"

January 6, 2020

 

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Article "Smart cars could be hijacked via AI hacking"
"Model hacking" could put smart vehicles at risk, McAfee warns

by Mike Moore
February 19, 2020

 

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Helping self-driving cars navigate in bad weather

Feb 24, 2020

Article "MIT helps self-driving cars ‘see’ through snow and fog"
By mapping what’s beneath the road instead of what’s on it.

by Christine Fisher
February 24, 2020

 

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Article "This tweet reminded me that driverless cars can still blow our minds"
‘Renzo, faster! I need to get to the front seat!’

by Andrew J. Hawkins
February 24, 2020

 

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Just launched: The 2020 Autonomous Vehicle Technology Report

Mar 3, 2020

The Report, collaboratively written by experts from across the automotive field, describes the current state-of-the-art of self-driving technology. Ultimately, the report found that important innovation is happening on all levels, and that specifically better software and reduced costs are key elements towards affordable autonomous vehicles capable of driving in all circumstances.

Initiated by Wevolver after noticing a surge of interest in the topic, the report was written by and for the engineering community to create the first comprehensive understanding of the current cutting edge in the field.

Autonomous vehicle technology covers many areas. This required a uniquely collaborative approach to the report's writing, reflective of complex and diverse nature of the field: A call out in the Wevolver community yielded an initial core group of writers that created a rough draft. Afterwards, the manuscript went through dozens of iterations and feedback sessions by experts and members of the engineering community.

These experts reflect a wide range of voices: From Maxime Flament, Chief Technology Officer, 5G Automotive Association, to Mark A. Crawford Jr, Chief Engineer for Autonomous Driving Systems at Great Wall Motor Co, they represent 11 countries, and bring together the views of startups, large enterprises, non-profits, and academic research labs.

Initially aimed at 3500 words, covering the topic completely turned out to require the final report containing over 16,000+ words of content, formatted into a freely downloadable PDF by the award winning book designers from Bureau Merkwaardig.

It's available for engineers who need to deepen their knowledge, for leaders who want to grasp the technological challenges and breakthroughs, and for all who are interested in learning how many fascinating technologies come together to create the mobility innovations that change our future.

The writing of the report was financially supported by Nexperia, a global semiconductor manufacturer with over 11,000 employees, headquartered in the Netherlands. Nexperia produces over 90 Billion units per year and virtually every electronic design in the world uses their parts.

"2020 Autonomous Vehicle Technology Report"
The guide to understanding the state of the art in hardware & software for self-driving vehicles

by Ali Nasseri, Shlomit Hacohen, Adriaan Schiphorst, Zeljko Medenica, Norman di Palo,
Jordan Sotudeh, Fazal Chaudry, Jeremy Horne, Drue Freeman, Mark A. Crawford Jr., Akbar Ladak,
Maxime Flament, Joakim Svennson, William Morris, Matthew Nancekievill, Bureau Merkwaardig,
Sabina Begović, Benedict Redgrove
March 3, 2020

 

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Article "For self-driving cars, winter is coming"
We've been promised connected and autonomous cars for several years, but the delivery date seems to be ever-further in the future.

by Daphne Leprince-Ringuet
March 5, 2020