On Oct. 4, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved a bill to help get self-driving cars on the road.
While the bill still has to clear a Senate vote, it appears to be on the road to passage.
Via Reuters, John Thune, the Republican who chairs the Commerce Committee, says, the bill “underscores the bipartisan desire to move ahead with self-driving vehicle technology.... The safety and economic benefits of self-driving vehicles are too critical to delay.”
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Polaris, ARA and Neya Systems collaborate to provide Team Polaris MRZR X platform to U.S. Army
The U.S. Army will utilize an “elite platform” for its Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport (SMET) program. The platform is the result of a collaboration between Polaris Industries Inc., Applied Research Associates Inc. (ARA) and Neya Systems LLC.
Known as the Team Polaris MRZR X, the platform will “evolve squad mobility with advanced unmanned systems technology from ARA and the pioneering and unsurpassed autonomous systems behavior of Neya Systems.”
Advanced Navigation releases GNSS Compass product
Australia’s Advanced Navigation has announced the release of its GNSS Compass product, which is an “all in one dual antenna GNSS/INS” that provides accurate heading, position and velocity.
With applications for the automotive, antenna targeting, and marine surveying realms, the GNSS Compass has several unique features, including fully integrated navigation, performance and interface options, and high accuracy 8mm positioning.
Advanced Navigation says that even during GNSS outages (for up to 20 minutes), the GNSS Compass can provide accurate heading, thanks to the INS integration embedded into it.
The GNSS Compass is also not subject to magnetic interference, which gives it more application uses.
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TuSimple to test driverless trucks in Tucson, Arizona after opening new office
TuSimple, which is a company based in China that is developing driverless commercial trucks, has opened an office in Tucson, Arizona, which will allow the company to test and demonstrate its vehicles in the city.
This will be TuSimple’s second office in the United States, as the company also has an office in San Diego.
“We believe that by leveraging the autonomous truck technology, we can help local economic growth by making Tucson the new nexus for [transportation logistics], and also sprout new job opportunities,” says TuSimple co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Xiaodi Hou, via Arizona Public Media.
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Primoco UAV SE announces new engine for unmanned aircraft
Primoco UAV SE, which is a Czech company that develops, manufactures and sells the Primoco UAV One 100/150, has announced its new “self-designed” Primoco 500 piston engine, which is designed for the company's unmanned aircraft, but can also be used by other aircraft manufacturers as well.
Developed by the company in nine months, the Primoco 500 is made of light aluminium alloy, and is an “air-cooled four-cylinder engine with a power output of 50 HP and a weight of 15 kg.”
According to Primoco UAV SE CEO Ladislav Semetkovský, the idea behind the development of the engine was largely born out of necessity, as the company’s newest aircraft, the Primoco UAV One 150, required a more powerful engine than the one that the Primoco UAV One 100 uses, which is a 20 HP engine.
FirstGroup to work on shared autonomous vehicle research at automated vehicle proving ground in California
A transport operator called FirstGroup will conduct research on shared autonomous vehicles at the Concord, California-based GoMentum Station, after signing an agreement with the federally designated automated vehicle proving ground.
Through the partnership, First Transit, which is a United States division of the United Kingdom-headquartered FirstGroup, will use the 2,000-hectare test facility as a test site for “innovative transport applications.”
One of the applications that First Transit will use the test facility for is a pilot project that began back in 2016, which seeks to deploy the “first commercially operated shared autonomous vehicle on public roads in the United States.”
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