OxTS Inertial Navigation Systems are used throughout the world to provide autonomous vehicle testing engineers and surveyors with highly accurate, absolute position and orientation measurements. These measurements help users realize cm-level surveying and testing accuracy, while at the same time increasing repeatability. But how do these two industries dovetail when it comes to using this information? Join NavtechGPS and OxTS as we discuss “Using inertial measurements in testing and survey projects – bridging the INS gap between autonomous vehicle development and survey.”
Speakers:
Paris Austin, Business Manager, Survey & Mapping, OxTS
Franck Boynton, VP and CTO, NavtechGPS
Autonomous Vehicles
Autonomous Vehicles
Velodyne Lidar, Ford Otosan collaborating to develop and test autonomous heavy commercial trucks
Velodyne Lidar and Ford Otosan will work together on product development and testing of autonomous heavy commercial trucks.
To enable safe navigation and collision avoidance in next generation vehicles, Ford Otosan is testing and planning to use Velodyne Velarray H800 lidar sensors, which are described as a “powerful solution that can greatly improve automated safety and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).”
“Autonomous vehicle technology, powered by lidar, can bring multiple efficiency and safety benefits to the trucking industry,” says Burak Gökçelik, assistant general manager, Ford Otosan.
Gatik, Loblaw partner to launch Canada's first autonomous delivery fleet
Autonomous technology company Gatik has announced a multi-year partnership with Canada’s largest retailer, Loblaw Companies Limited, to deploy a fleet of autonomous delivery vehicles in Toronto, Ontario. This will be Canada's first autonomous delivery fleet.
Weekend Roundup: November 20, 2020
This Week in the Unmanned Systems and Robotics World
Students and faculty at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia are working on an autonomous vehicle that can transport the elderly. The JMU Autonomous Cart (JACart) research group tested its second autonomous (AV) golf cart on the university’s campus in a fixed course on Wednesday, Nov. 18. (WHSV-TV)
Plus selects BlackBerry technology for its automated driving system for Class 8 trucks
Plus has selected BlackBerry Limited’s QNX technology for the global commercial deployment of its automated driving system for Class 8 trucks.
Plus is the first automated truck developer to use BlackBerry QNX technology for its next-generation self-driving systems. The systems are expected to be commercialized and deployed beginning in 2021 by Plus and FAW, which is China’s largest heavy-duty truck maker. In the next two years, Plus also plans to deploy thousands of intelligent, automated trucks in the US.
Weekend Roundup: November 13, 2020
This Week in the Unmanned Systems and Robotics World
Scientific Systems Company Inc. (SSCI) has demonstrated a team made up of a fully autonomous UAS and a search and rescue canine working together without intervention from a human handler to conduct a simulated search and rescue mission. During the demonstration, SSCI's newly developed Teammate Aware Autonomy (TAA) system was used together with its Collaborative Mission Autonomy (CMA) and Finding Objects thru Closed Loop Understanding of the Scene (FOCUS) software. (PRNewswire)
Weekend Roundup: November 6, 2020
This Week in the Unmanned Systems and Robotics World
Drones are being used to survey seven UC natural reserves that were damaged during August wildfires. The drones are revealing the extent of the damage, and providing scientists with data that can help them understand the long-term and short-term damage caused by the fires. (Phys.org)
UBIQ Aerospace secures financing to continue development of autonomous icing protection solution for UAS
UBIQ Aerospace, a deep-tech startup that uses cutting-edge research to create innovative products that greatly enhance autonomous and unmanned aircraft capabilities, has announced that it has secured financing in a second seed round.
UBIQ Aerospace has raised capital from New York investment firm Lupa Investment Holdings to continue the partnership set to introduce the D•ICE solution, which UBIQ Aerospace says is the world's first autonomous icing protection solution for autonomous and unmanned aircraft.
Weekend Roundup: October 30, 2020
This Week (and last week) in the Unmanned Systems and Robotics World
Australian Defence Force (ADF) Academy has announced that in August, it received two Mk6 UGVs. According to private Jacob Joseph, the academy received the vehicles after undergoing testing at Exercise Talisman Sabre. (Army Technology)
First Harvest Navigation selects Sea Machines' technology to launch first autonomous hybrid cargo vessel in U.S.
Sea Machines has announced that First Harvest Navigation, a marine transportation company that connects family farms to urban and suburban neighborhoods, has selected its technology to launch the first autonomous hybrid cargo vessel in the U.S.
A 63’ x 21.3’ aluminum catamaran, the U.S.-built, electric-powered Captain Ben Moore will be powered by Sea Machines’ SM300 autonomous command and remote-helm control system. The vessel will be the first hybrid cargo vessel to feature remote crew-assist technology and to generate zero emissions.
