In an effort to “accelerate the commercial application of self-driving technology,” Suning Logistics, which is a subsidiary of Suning Holdings group, has signed a strategic partnership with Baidu Apollo.
The partnership between the entities was announced at the “Baidu Create 2018” event in Beijing, China.
“By combining the rich smart community scenarios built by Suning, and the advanced unmanned self-driving technology developed by Baidu in its Apollo program, we are now significantly closer to realizing the commercialization of fully autonomous, self-driving technology,” says Lu Junfeng, Vice President of Suning Logistics.
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Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and DFS Aviation Services to collaborate on air traffic management-related activities
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and DFS Aviation Services have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together on a variety of air traffic management (ATM)-related activities.
DFS Aviation Services, which is the commercial subsidiary of the German air navigation service provider DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung, and CAAS will collaborate to further optimize safety management systems and benchmark performance indicators. The entities will also develop “future air traffic management concepts, solutions and technologies.”
The Automated Vehicles Symposium moves to Orlando in 2019
The Automated Vehicles Symposium takes the show on the road in 2019 and heads to Orlando, Florida. The event takes place July 15-18, 2019 at the Orlando World Center Marriott.
From Unmanned Systems magazine: Software, mobile sensors, AI team to enable better inspections
Imagine if a manager arrived at their desk on Monday morning and the computer dashboard flashed a message — a key component in the company’s production system has an 85 percent chance of breaking within the next three months.
Now, let’s say the manager clicked on the part onscreen and was able to view pictures of the component from multiple angles, data about throughput slowing, and information that indicates a problem. They would have everything needed to discuss ordering a replacement part and deciding the best time to schedule a repair. In the meantime, they could check to see if other maintenance tasks or repairs could be scheduled simultaneously to reduce downtime.
Vanilla Aircraft is now Vanilla Unmanned, a joint venture
Platform Aerospace, which provides rapid aircraft and drone prototyping, modification, and systems integration, has established a joint venture with an unnamed partner to acquire substantially all the assets of Vanilla Aircraft, which designed and built the VA001 ultra-endurance UAS.
The joint venture, named Vanilla Unmanned, will leverage Platform Aerospace’s prototyping and integration experience and the partner’s experience with aerospace and defense electronics to further develop the record-setting VA001, “creating a disruptive persistent aerial solution for both military and commercial applications,” the new company says.
SenseFly moves its North American operations to Raleigh, North Carolina
SenseFly has announced that it is moving its North American operations to Raleigh, North Carolina.
SenseFly says that its new office will “accommodate its rapid growth.” Additionally, the new office will host senseFly's North American shipping & logistics operation, its customer service & satisfaction function, and its sales and marketing teams.
“Our move to Raleigh reflects our dedication to meeting our customers’ needs through innovation,” says senseFly CEO Gilles Labossière.
Autonomous shuttle to undergo testing this summer in Lincoln, Nebraska
A loaned Navya autonomous electric shuttle recently arrived in Lincoln, Nebraska, and is expected to be in the city until at least mid-July as part of the city's study on using an autonomous shuttle system downtown to help with traffic and parking issues.
Lincoln is able to test the autonomous shuttle after being awarded a $100,000 grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies. Earlier this year, Lincoln was named one of 35 Champion Cities selected by Bloomberg as finalists in the 2018 Mayors Challenge, which is a nationwide competition that encourages City leaders to develop “bold, inventive ideas to confront City challenges.”
Voyage selects Renovo's AWare as platform for developing its autonomous driving technology
Voyage has announced that it has selected Renovo’s AWare as the platform for developing its autonomous driving technology.
Built from the ground-up with Level 4, driverless applications in mind, AWare allows Voyage to focus on building autonomous driving technology for its communities, thanks to AWare’s features, from “real-time execution of safety-critical operations, to a growing ecosystem of drop-in partner integrations.”
“Renovo shares our belief that the future of autonomy requires the ability to easily and safely integrate the best functionality on the market,” Voyage says on its website.
Deveron UAS Corp launches its drone data services in the U.S. market
Deveron UAS Corp. has launched its drone data services in the U.S. market.
Deveron will now offer its UAS data services to its partners across the Midwestern United States, where there are some 127 million acres of farmland, according to the company.
“We are excited to be launching our drone data services network to US customers,” says Deveron’s President & CEO, David MacMillan.
Black Swift Technologies to develop UAS to perform upper atmospheric observations of Venus
Black Swift Technologies (BST) has been awarded a NASA contract to develop a UAS to perform “upper atmospheric observations” of the planet Venus.
BST is proposing a “planetary aerial vehicle based on dynamic soaring,” which the company says is a “proven method to extract energy from atmospheric shear that has propelled the fastest small-scale aircraft in the world,” and provided the energy needed for “long-endurance low-level flights of birds across oceans.”
