In an effort to provide its autonomous shuttle deployments with enhanced safety, May Mobility will equip its autonomous shuttles with lidar technology from automotive and mobility lidar technology company LeddarTech.
May Mobility has conducted more than 50,000 real-condition test drives to validate the technology, before launching in full mass production.
Designed to create a “complete 360-degree cocoon,” LeddarTech’s solid-state Cocoon lidar technology provides a higher degree of safety related to collision prevention in autonomous shuttle applications, according to LeddarTech.
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Xponential's final keynote highlights drones for good, counter rogue drone efforts, urban air mobility
Unmanned systems can be used for good, for environmental protection, humanitarian relief and other positive uses, but the good they do can be undone by nefarious operators, an issue that must be dealt with as the technology progresses.
Those were among the themes of the final keynote address of Xponential on Thursday, as AUVSI and DJI presented Humanitarian Awards to five organizations.
Aptiv establishes its China Autonomous Mobility Center
Aptiv has announced the establishment of its China Autonomous Mobility Center, which will focus on the development and application of Aptiv’s L4 autonomous driving technology.
With the opening of the China Autonomous Mobility Center, Aptiv is extending its autonomous driving operations to China, which will join Boston, Singapore, Pittsburgh and Las Vegas as one of Aptiv’s major autonomous driving engineering hubs.
“With high market acceptance to autonomous driving in China, we see a strong demand for autonomous driving technologies in the Chinese market.” says Karl Iagnemma, president of Aptiv Autonomous Mobility.
Ambarella and Momenta develop collaborative HD mapping platform for autonomous vehicles
Ambarella Inc., a developer of high-resolution video processing and computer vision semiconductors, and Momenta, an autonomous driving technology company, have developed a collaborative HD mapping platform for autonomous vehicles.
The combined platform provides HD map technologies such as mapping, localization for autonomous vehicles, and map updates through crowdsourcing, thanks to the combination of Ambarella’s CV22AQ CVflow computer vision system-on-chip (SoC) with Momenta’s deep learning algorithms.
“We are pleased to partner with Momenta to provide a powerful and open HD map platform,” says Fermi Wang, CEO of Ambarella.
California DMV makes way for the testing of light-duty autonomous delivery vehicles
On Friday, April 12, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) released proposed regulations that “establish a path for companies to test or deploy light-duty autonomous motor trucks (delivery vehicles) on the state’s public roads.”
Under the proposed regulations, companies can test autonomous delivery vehicles that weigh less than 10,001 pounds with an approved permit from the DMV, as long as they don’t charge a delivery fee.
To make their autonomous technology commercially available, companies must apply for a deployment (public use) permit.
Utah launches Autonomous Shuttle Pilot Project
In partnership with the Utah Transit Authority (UTA), the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) launched its new Autonomous Shuttle Pilot Project on Thursday, April 11.
Over the next year, the shuttle will travel to different communities throughout Utah, providing the public with its first look at a completely autonomous vehicle (the shuttle will always have a host on board, though).
Capable of operating at up to 15 miles per hour, the shuttle follows a predetermined route during operations. It reacts in real-time to other vehicles, pedestrians and any obstacles in its path, thanks to being equipped with a full range of sensors.
Local Motors' Olli autonomous shuttle headed to Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall
As part of Local Motors’ series of fleet challenges, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia has been selected as the next location to receive Local Motors’ Olli autonomous shuttle.
The fleet of shuttles is expected to arrive at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in the coming weeks after Local Motors maps the route the shuttle will use. Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall will get to use the shuttles for approximately three months.
Volkswagen testing automated vehicles in urban traffic in Hamburg, Germany
For the first time, Volkswagen is testing Level 4 autonomous driving in real driving conditions in a major German city.
Volkswagen Group Research is testing automated vehicles in urban traffic in Hamburg, Germany. Five of the company's e-Golf vehicles—each equipped with 11 laser scanners, seven radars and 14 cameras—will drive on a three-kilometer section of the digital test bed for automated and connected driving in the city.
The results of the test drives will be continuously evaluated, taking full account all data protection rules. The results will be incorporated in the Group’s other research projects on automated driving, and will test customer-centric services and optimize individual transport.
SAE International, Ford, GM and Toyota form Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium
SAE International, Ford, General Motors (GM) and Toyota have announced the formation of the Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium (AVSC), which will work to safely advance testing, pre-competitive development and deployment of SAE Level 4 and 5 automated vehicles.
The AVSC will provide a safety framework that will foster the responsible evolution of autonomous technology before broad development, the entities say. They add that ultimately, the work will “inform and accelerate the development of industry standards” for autonomous vehicles (AVs), and harmonize with the efforts of other consortia and standards bodies throughout the world.
UC Davis welcomes automated shuttle to its West Village neighborhood
An automated, all-electric shuttle has begun operating in the West Village neighborhood of the University of California, Davis (UC Davis).
A product of Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corporation’s (SAIC) Innovation Center, the shuttle is being demonstrated around a defined loop of the West Village community as part of an agreement between SAIC and UC Davis.
Expected to take place through June 1, the demonstration will allow researchers with the Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis) and its China Center for Energy and Transportation to conduct perceptional and behavioral surveys among residents and shuttle riders at no cost to UC Davis.
