By Ashesh Jain and Lei Zhang, Engineering Managers; and Li Jiang, Software Engineer Sensor calibration is one of the less talked about foundational building blocks of an autonomous vehicle (AV). In simple terms, sensor calibration informs the AV how its sensors are positioned on the vehicle within a high degree of accuracy. This allows the… Continue reading High-Fidelity Sensor Calibration for Autonomous Vehicles
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Unlocking Access to Self-Driving Research: The Lyft Level 5 Dataset and Competition
By Luc Vincent, EVP Autonomous Technology At Lyft, we believe self-driving technology presents a rare opportunity to improve the quality of life in our communities. Avoidable collisions, single-occupant commuters, and vehicle emissions are choking our cities, while infrastructure strains under rapid urban growth. Our path forward to solve these challenges is clear: build the world’s… Continue reading Unlocking Access to Self-Driving Research: The Lyft Level 5 Dataset and Competition
Employee Spotlight: Vladimir Iglovikov
From academia, to Kaggle Grandmaster, to putting maps into autonomous vehicles Vladimir Iglovikov is a mountaineering, rock climbing, Burning Man-loving scientist who holds both a Master’s and Ph.D. in physics. He has published a number of papers on everything from theoretical physics to the application of deep learning on forensics, medical, and satellite imagery. As… Continue reading Employee Spotlight: Vladimir Iglovikov
Russia’s Yandex Accelerates Driverless Car Testing – Insurance Journal
Article 0 Comments Yandex, a Russian equivalent to Google, said it is considering expanding its fleet of self-driving cars to up to 1,000 within the next two years in order to speed up tests on the fledgling technology. Yandex hopes to start testing more than 100 of its self-driving cars on roads by the end… Continue reading Russia’s Yandex Accelerates Driverless Car Testing – Insurance Journal
Voyage’s driverless future, ghost work, B2B growth strategies, and Black Hat takeaways – TechCrunch
Inside Voyage’s plan to deliver a driverless future In the autonomous vehicle space, startups have taken radically different strategies to building our AV future. Some companies like Waymo have driven all across different types of environments in order to rack up the datasets that they believe will be needed to effectively maneuver without a human… Continue reading Voyage’s driverless future, ghost work, B2B growth strategies, and Black Hat takeaways – TechCrunch
Ford Gets Serious About Gaming, Launches Motor Racing Teams to Compete in Increasingly Popular World of Esports
Ford is to launch its first ever esports teams to build on its real-world racing heritage by competing at the very highest level on the virtual racing stage Recruitment for national teams – under the Fordzilla name – begins at Gamescom, in Germany. Star players will also be selected for a crack European team Ford… Continue reading Ford Gets Serious About Gaming, Launches Motor Racing Teams to Compete in Increasingly Popular World of Esports
5G-assisted unmanned delivery car supports smart retail in eastern Chinese city
NANJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — An unmanned delivery car with 5G wireless technology hit the roads in the city of Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province over the weekend.
The white mini car, with a height of about 0.5 meters, was launched in Jiangbei New Area by Suning Logistics, a subsidiary of Chinese e-commerce giant Suning to support the company's smart retail service.
A customer surnamed Shi, placed an order over his mobile phone. Then, Sun Rongrong, a shop assistant at a convenience store of Suning, put the drinks Shi ordered in the unmanned car and created a password for the customer before the delivery.
Taking only five minutes, the 5G-assisted delivery car sent the drinks to Shi's company and sent a short message letting him know it had arrived. After Shi got his drinks, the car also issued a voice message to him: “Goodbye, remember to miss me!”
Ling Yunfei, director of Suning Logistics Group Logistics Research Institute, said the unmanned delivery car w..
Continental Focuses More Closely on Agricultural Business, Concentrating on Smart Farming
Executive Board member Hans-Jürgen Duensing: “Smart farming is the feedstock for the field of the future.” Precision farming: Drones and robotic systems for efficient field operations Agricultural sector continues move toward connectivity: Smart solutions for sustainable production measures Hanover, August 19, 2019. Technology company Continental is furthering its agricultural operations, providing new solutions and impetus,… Continue reading Continental Focuses More Closely on Agricultural Business, Concentrating on Smart Farming
UPDATE 2-China’s Ninebot unveils scooters that drive themselves to charging stations
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Segway-Ninebot Group, a Beijing-based electric scooter maker, on Friday unveiled a scooter that can return itself to charging stations without a driver, a potential boon for the burgeoning scooter-sharing industry. Ninebot President Wang Ye unveils semi-autonomous scooter KickScooter T60 that can return itself to charging stations without a driver, at a… Continue reading UPDATE 2-China’s Ninebot unveils scooters that drive themselves to charging stations
Powering the Next Revolution in Transportation
August 16, 2019 An Interview with Chris Urmson, Co-founder and CEO at Aurora Chris Urmson, Co-founder and CEO at Aurora Chris Urmson has 20 years of experience developing self-driving and robotics technology. He helped found, lead, and later served as CTO for self-driving cars at Alphabet. Before that, Chris was a faculty member at Carnegie… Continue reading Powering the Next Revolution in Transportation