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Autonomous vehicles
New Coalition to Shape the Urban Airspace of European Cities
Three projects funded by the European Union have launched a collaborative network of urban air mobility (UAM) development programs for European…
New GNSS/INS Positioning Family for Autonomy
Hexagon | NovAtel has introduced the PIM222A, part of a new family of GNSS positioning products for autonomy. The PIM222A…
Unjammable and Tough on the Ground: New IMUs Improve Military Ground Vehicle Positioning & Navigation
In tactical-grade navigation and targeting systems, a new inertial technology has proved itself under the most demanding conditions, showing the…
Photonic Integrated Chip Drives High-Performance IMUs
KVH Industries introduced the P-1750 inertial measurement unit (IMU) and the P-1725 IMU to complement its previously released P-1775 IMU…
When Ingenuity Flies on Mars, It Will Be an Extraplanetary Inertial First. A First for UAVs, Too.
The first powered, controlled flight on another planet, now re-scheduled for no earlier than April 14, will employ inertial technology…
Eco-Sustainable Vertiport for Sporty 2-Passenger UAVs on the Drawing Boards in Italy
EHang Holdings Limited, a Chinese provider of autonomous aerial vehicles (AAVs), has partnered with Italian architecture firm Giancarlo Zema Design…
OpenARC GNSS-Inertial Hardware/Software for Autonomous Agriculture, Construction, Mapping, Surveying, Robotics, Trucking
ACEINNA, a developer of inertial-based guidance and navigation systems for autonomous vehicles and devices, announced the commercial availability of OpenARC,…
Photonic Integrated Circuit Technology Integrated Aboard KVH TACNAV Units
KVH Industries has upgraded its TACNAV 3D tactical navigation system with photonic integrated chip (PIC) technology in the P-1775 inertial…
Urban Air Mobility Gets a Foot on the Ground with Coventry’s Urban Air Port
The Urban Air Port’s Air-One concept represents a “pop up” urban airport and charging hub for electric vertical take-off and…
New MEMS IMU for Unmanned Vehicles Will Deliver Order of Magnitude Improvement in Inertial Accuracy
Honeywell announced that recent findings from its research labs show that its newly developed inertial sensors can deliver greater than…
New Tactical-Grade Dual-Antenna GNSS/INS Shows Off at InterGeo and AUSA
VectorNav showcased its new VN-310 at the recent InterGeo expo in Berlin and at the Association of the United States…
JTA Receives First Olli 2.0 Autonomous Shuttle in the U.S.
The Olli 2.0 is now part of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority’s (JTA) Ultimate Urban Circulator (U2C) program, marking the first…
Repurposed: the Self-Driving Linden LEAP Shuttle
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, plans for the Linden LEAP autonomous shuttle have changed from transporting people to transporting free…
Autonomous Delivery Tugs Deployed in Retail Settings
Robotic delivery tugs typically only found in warehouses are now being deployed in stores to help retailers automate goods movement…
Beep, Local Motors Form Partnership
Mobility-as-a-service (Maas) provider Beep recently formed a partnership with digital vehicle manufacturer Local Motors to expand the number of autonomous…
RTI Now Part of Baidu Apollo Ecosystem
Real-Time Innovations (RTI) recently joined the Baidu Apollo autonomous driving partner ecosystem. The ecosystem already includes an “elite group” of about…