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Read MoreCanada invests $3.2 million into silicon photonics company
The government of Canada dropped a CA$3.2 million investment into Montreal-based One Silicon Chip Photonics (OSCP), a developer of optical and navigation sensors for autonomous vehicles, on Nov. 30. OSCP will use the investment to develop lighter, lower-cost inertial navigation sensors for future autonomous vehicles and drones. The new sensors will offer higher precision in detecting moving objects to...
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Read MoreNuro and 7-Eleven to pilot autonomous delivery service in California
Convenience store giant 7-Eleven is pairing up with Nuro to pilot a commercial delivery service using autonomous vehicles in the Silicon Valley enclave of Mountain View, California. The service, which customers can access beginning December 1 through 7-Eleven’s 7NOW delivery app, will initially use Nuro’s self-driving Priuses. Eventually, the service will use Nuro’s R2 delivery vehicles, which were custom...
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Read MoreAutonomous car arrives at Florida Poly to enhance research at new facility
LAKELAND, Fla., Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Researchers at Florida Polytechnic University’s Advanced Mobility Institute are beginning a new phase in their work on autonomous vehicle testing and verification. The research is shifting gears from software to hardware testing at a new simulation facility on campus, funded in part by a $350,000 grant from the National Science Foundation....
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Read MoreAll aboard: new autonomous passenger shuttle service trialled in Oxfordshire
A fully autonomous passenger shuttle service begins trials on UK roads today, Science Minister George Freeman has announced. The new service is being trialled by Darwin Innovation Group, with support from the European Space Agency (ESA) and the UK Space Agency. An autonomous shuttle will transport passengers around Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, which is home to some of the UK’s...
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Read MoreStagecoach reaches next key milestone in autonomous bus project
Stagecoach – in partnership with Fusion Processing, Alexander Dennis and Transport Scotland – has revealed the first glimpse of the new special livery for the autonomous bus project, CAVForth, that will be launching in Scotland in 2022....
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Read MoreMitsubishi Corporation: smart-city driverless-vehicle pilot project to enhance mobility and healthcare in Kamakura & Fujisawa areas
Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) has been in talks with Kamakura City’s municipal government about developing its urban core and surrounding region into a smart city. Recently, our partnership joined forces with four other interests to commence a pilot project that will combine autonomous-driving technologies and healthcare services in Shonan Health Innovation Park (Shonan iPark). Along with Shonan iPark, our...
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Read MoreBaidu kicks off its robotaxi business, after getting the OK to charge fees in Beijing
BEIJING — Baidu can start collecting robotaxi fares in a part of Beijing from Thursday, the Chinese tech giant told CNBC this week, marking a major step toward building its driverless taxi business....
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Read MoreYandex self-driving cars rely on in-house sensor to see the road
The self-driving company founded by Russian technology giant Yandex NV said Tuesday its new generation of vehicles will rely on sensors developed in-house to better see the road in the country’s often harsh driving conditions....
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