Intel’s announcement last week that it was investing $250 million into autonomous vehicle testing, along with other recent corporate acquisitions,…
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Topcon to Distribute Intel Falcon 8+ UAS in North America
Topcon Positioning Group has released its Intel Falcon 8+ System, a V-shaped, eight-rotor unmanned aerial system (UAS), for North American…
NovAtel and Stanford Sign Autonomous Vehicle Study Agreement
NovAtel has signed a contract with Stanford University for a study to determine how GNSS technology can deliver a positioning…
Combination of Sensors Needed for Autonomous Vehicle Development
One of the main concerns for driverless system developers is to decide what systems work best, either standalone, or in conjunction with other devices, to achieve full autonomous driving capability.
Autonomous Industry Hiring Amid Big Announcements
With Tesla’s announcement last week that all of its cars will have self-driving technology, at least one published report indicates…
DOT Forms Autonomous Vehicle Advisory Committee
The U.S. Transportation Department (DoT) announced last week that it is creating an Advisory Committee on Automation in Transportation (ACAT)…
DOT Issues Autonomous Vehicle Policy
The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) released its Federal Automated Vehicle Policy Tuesday that details safety and regulatory requirements for self-driving technology testing and implementation.
What’s Important about Uber’s Autonomous Vehicle Announcements?
In the past two weeks, ride-sharing giant Uber made several announcements to keep the company at the forefront of autonomous…
State Regulations Hampering Automated Truck Platooning, Report Says
One potentially huge, and early, autonomous vehicle market lies within the trucking industry, specifically the employment of tractor-trailer platooning. However,…
Urmson Departs Google’s Autonomous Vehicle Program
The executive who has been the face of Google parent company Alphabet’s burgeoning autonomous vehicle program is stepping down. Chris…
Future Safety of Autonomous Vehicles Highlighted at Conference
Despite a fatal Tesla crash, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said autonomous vehicles are coming, whether the world is “ready or not,” at the annual Automated Vehicle Symposium.
