By: Eric Meyhofer, CEO of Uber Advanced Technologies Group Around the world, regulators, technology developers, and industry standard-setting bodies are already working on a range of approaches to self-driving vehicle safety. However, the complexity of self-driving technology and the variety in development approaches across the industry means that, to date, no single standard or test… Continue reading Laying the groundwork for self-driving vehicle safety
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Now, Next, and Future: Julie Derence
A profile series that introduces our team and showcases what we’re working on. I’m Julie Derence and I am a senior software engineer at Uber ATG working to develop self-driving technology for Uber’s ride-sharing service. In my role at Uber ATG, I’m working as part of the team that is laying the foundation for the… Continue reading Now, Next, and Future: Julie Derence
Uber ATG enters two new collaborations with leading US research institutions
Uber ATG enters two new collaborations with leading US research institutions UberATGBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Jun 18 Our team at Uber Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) is building high-performance self-driving technology with safety at the core of everything we do. Our foundational commitment to safety leads us to continually test new techniques, deploy new technology, and forge partnerships with… Continue reading Uber ATG enters two new collaborations with leading US research institutions
A New Class of Vehicle: Production-Ready Self-Driving
A New Class of Vehicle: Production-Ready Self-Driving UberATGBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Jun 12 Introducing our latest self-driving vehicle in partnership with Volvo Cars, a world leader in automotive safety. Introducing Uber ATG’s latest self-driving vehicle Since September 2016, Uber ATG and Volvo Cars have teamed up in a joint engineering partnership to develop several self-driving car prototypes. Today… Continue reading A New Class of Vehicle: Production-Ready Self-Driving
Simulation: The Invisible Gatekeeper
By: Hugh Reynolds, Senior Director of Engineering, Simulation [embedded content] At Uber Advanced Technologies Group (ATG), safety is at the core of everything we do. As part of our commitment to safety, we are investing heavily in simulation technology that enables us to test our self-driving system in a virtual environment before it ever reaches… Continue reading Simulation: The Invisible Gatekeeper
Introducing an Open Standard for Autonomous Vehicle Visualizations
Introducing an Open Standard for Autonomous Vehicle Visualizations UberATGBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Feb 22 By: Xiaoji Chen, Joseph Lisee, Tim Wojtaszek, and Abhishek Gupta Understanding what autonomous vehicles perceive as they navigate urban environments is essential to developing safe and reliable autonomous systems. Just as we have standards for street signs and traffic infrastructure to help human drivers,… Continue reading Introducing an Open Standard for Autonomous Vehicle Visualizations
Uber calls on European authorities to invest in public transport at local, national and European…
Uber calls on European authorities to invest in public transport at local, national and European levels Uber Under the HoodBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Jan 15 For more than one hundred years, the private car has played a significant role in how people move around cities. But mobility is at an inflection point. We are shifting from today’s dominant singular… Continue reading Uber calls on European authorities to invest in public transport at local, national and European…
Learning from the past to move forward
Learning from the past to move forward UberATGBlockedUnblockFollowFollowingDec 20 By: Eric Meyhofer, Head of Uber Advanced Technologies Group Developing self-driving technology is one of the biggest technical challenges of our time. If successful, these vehicles have the potential to make our roads safer and transportation more affordable for everyone. With these big challenges and possibilities come… Continue reading Learning from the past to move forward
The Weigh-In: The Path to Entrepreneurship
The Weigh-In: The Path to Entrepreneurship Forging your own path in the freight industry comes with risks, lessons, and priceless pay-offs We started The Weigh-In to share inspiring stories from small business owners in trucking and to shine a light on the folks who keep our country’s freight moving every day. As we head into… Continue reading The Weigh-In: The Path to Entrepreneurship
A Principled Approach to Safety
A Principled Approach to Safety Written by: Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO At Uber, we believe that technology has the power to ignite opportunity by setting the world in motion. This is why we introduced the original Uber service in 2010. Today, you can get a ride using the Uber app in more than 600 cities across 65… Continue reading A Principled Approach to Safety