Driverless Cars

The team from Politecnico di Milano in Italy, with help from the Crimson Autonomous Racing (CAR) Team of the University of Alabama, was the winner under adverse weather conditions at the Indy Autonomous Challenge Powered by Cisco at Texas Motor Speedway last week.

The company’s proprietary SEDAR platform uses SWIR to offer 2D imaging and 3D determinative depth sensing at what it says is a fraction of the cost and complexity of other sensor systems such as lidar.

In Europe, Travel Assist with swarm data allows assisted lane changing, taking the next step towards highly automated driving, and Park Assist Plus with memory function enables learning of parking maneuvers that can then repeated on their own.

The proposed merger of equals aims to accelerate lidar adoption and strengthen the companies’ financial position in a slowing economy.

The company says that its SUV is the first unmodified mass-produced vehicle to qualify for autonomous tests on designated public roads in China and it follows the company’s debut of a City NGP Pilot program in Guangzhou.

As AVIA’s executive director, Farrah will lead the association’s day-to-day operations and map out its long-term strategy and growth.

The most promising aspects of the shuttered startup’s business and technology will be absorbed by Ford and Volkswagen as both OEMs look to develop more ADAS applications inhouse and with other partners.

VectorNav Technologies, a world leader in inertial navigation solutions, announced today that it has been…

Powered by a breakthrough L3 digital lidar chip with back-side illumination, its OS range comes with precision and reliability advances and a new OSDome hemispheric view model for industrial automation, crowd analytics, and security applications.

Self-driving vehicle startup Faction is partnering with GoCar Tours for driverless delivery of vehicles to…