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Sensors midwest 2018: LiDAR ToF measurements crucial for auto apps

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

A simplified description of time-of-flight (ToF) measurement would the measurement of the amount of time an object takes to travel a...

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An interview with self-driving visionary Larry Burns, co-author of “Autonomy”

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Lawrence Burns is a former vice president of research, development and planning at General Motors, who has been an advisor to Waymo...

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Trucking, freight pushes drive to autonomous vehicles

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in News, Trucks

Autonomous driving makes headlines for its potential to move people, but it is in the trucking and commercial vehicles fields that it will...

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Driverless vehicles to provide Australia major productivity boost and jobs

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

When anyone mentions driverless vehicles, most of the people think that they are ‘a thing that the future holds’. However, the actual...

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Why hi-resolution radar is a game changer

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

Ultra high-resolution imaging radar is quickly becoming the trailblazing technology for autonomous driving. 4D picture offers real-time...

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Hyundai’s self-driving truck completes first highway jaunt in South Korea

Posted on Aug 22, 2018 in News, Trucks

Hyundai is hard at work on its own solution for autonomous vehicles, but it’s not limiting itself to passenger cars. Hyundai...

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FMCSA hosting autonomous trucks listening session this week in Dallas

Posted on Aug 21, 2018 in News, Trucks

Attendees of the Great American Trucking Show will have the opportunity to participate in a listening session about the development and...

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Sensors midwest: LiDAR, it ain’t just for the car

Posted on Aug 21, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Technology, Trucks

The way light detecting and ranging (LiDAR) technology is presented in the media, one could be misled into believing its only viable use...

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A new map management process for visual localization in outdoor environments

Posted on Aug 21, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

Researchers at ETH Zürich’s Autonomous Systems Lab have recently developed a map management process for visual localization systems,...

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WABCO opens state-of-the-art global technology and innovation center; significantly expands engineering capabilities to deliver WABCO’s next generation innovations

Posted on Aug 21, 2018 in Buses, News, Trucks

WABCO Holdings Inc. (NYSE: WBC), a leading global supplier of technologies and services that improve the safety, efficiency and...

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Planning the autonomous future: Episode 5 – American Planning Association

Posted on Aug 20, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Knowledge Center, Trucks, Videos & Podcasts

In this episode, Jennifer and Kelley pick Lisa Nisenson’s brain to find out why the founder of the startup Greater Places and advisor to...

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Governors group seeks autonomous vehicle safety education

Posted on Aug 15, 2018 in Cars, News, Trucks

Excited chatter about automated and autonomous vehicles must lead to more consumer education and laws that govern driverless vehicles, the...

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Waymo is starting to deliver on another of its core self-driving car goals

Posted on Aug 15, 2018 in Cars, News, Trucks

The further we get into 2018, the more we’re starting to see Alphabet’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Waymo driverless vehicle...

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Smart vehicle architecture needed

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Trucks

The traditional architecture approach will no longer support the growth in content and complexity. There isn’t enough computing power to...

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Researchers teach autonomous cars to deal with irrational humans

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

A team of researchers recently determined that both human drivers and autonomous vehicles tend to prioritize the safety of their own...

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Autonomous vehicles fall into the trough of disillusionment … but that’s good

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Autonomous vehicles have plunged into the Trough of Disillusionment! When I say it like that, it seems like the end is near, that the...

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Mapping Google’s self-driving efforts

Posted on Aug 13, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Google began its self-driving initiative as a project almost a decade ago in 2009. In 2016, this project became a legal entity by the name...

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Oklahoma state task force ponders driverless vehicles

Posted on Aug 12, 2018 in Cars, News, Trucks

State officials have held the first meeting of a task force that will study autonomous vehicles and how agencies and local governments...

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Photonic sensing for automated driving

Posted on Aug 10, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

AIT has launched a new trans-national project to develop photonic sensing. The sensors will be suitable for automated driving, to improve...

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Testing underway for next generation of straddle carriers

Posted on Aug 9, 2018 in News, Technology, Trucks

Port equipment manufacturers are expanding straddle carrier technology with new developments in autonomy and fuel efficiency underway....

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