Category Archives: Autonomous vehicles

Autonomous Delivery Robots Go the Last Mile

Posted on July 16, 2019 by lidar

The Rev-1 may not be as exciting as some of the other autonomous delivery robots, but it just might work, assuming it doesn’t snow where you live. And you need a bike lane. From an article in Smart Cities World. … Continue reading →

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Israeli Start-Up Claims System Can See Like a Bee

Posted on July 8, 2019 by lidar

In the race to develop fully autonomous vehicles, Israeli start-Up Lirhot Systems says they “see” the road ahead and assess potential hazards. From an article in the The Jerusalem Post by Eytan Halon. While most leading industry actors have relied … Continue reading →

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UAS Center of Excellence Will Be Lead by NUAIR

Posted on July 5, 2019 by lidar

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a wide ranging series of economic development partnerships between New York State and Israel that includes a UAS Center of Excellence. The administration and several major New York health care institutions have signed a … Continue reading →

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Autonomous Farm Tractor Will be Offered as a Service

Posted on July 3, 2019 by lidar

Another autonomous farm tractor debuted a few weeks ago in California, bringing with it a whole new set of opportunities for large-acreage growers of fruits and vegetables — in more ways than one. From an article in Precison Ag. Kingman … Continue reading →

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TRB AFB80 Summer Meeting is Just One Week Away

Posted on June 25, 2019 by lidar

TRB AFB80 is the standing committee focused on Geospatial Data Acquisition Technologies in Design and Construction relating to highway transportation. We will be meeting in Daytona, FL July 21 – 24, 2019 at the Daytona Hotel. Time to register for … Continue reading →

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Waymo CTO is Working on The Difficult Edge Cases

Posted on June 23, 2019 by lidar

Dmitri Dolgov, Waymo CTO is fighting the elements in his bid to bring autonomous cars to the world. The chief technology officer of Waymo, the Alphabet-owned firm born out of Google’s semi-secret X development lab, is at a point where … Continue reading →

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Cruise is Sharing Data Visualization Platform

Posted on June 19, 2019 by lidar

Autonomous vehicle start-up Cruise is sharing a software platform with roboticists that was initially created to give its own engineers a better understanding of the petabytes of data generated every month from its fleet of autonomous vehicles. From an article … Continue reading →

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Second Annual World Safety Summit – Time to Register

Posted on June 18, 2019 by lidar

Velodyne Lidar is hosting the second annual World Safety Summit on Autonomous Technology at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA, October 2, 2019. The event is free, but we encourage you to RSVP by clicking here. In the spirit of … Continue reading →

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Sense Photonics Mounts Flash Lidar on Curved Surface

Posted on June 17, 2019 by lidar

The latest stealth autonomous vehicle start-up to come out of hiding is Sense Photonics offering “flexible” flash lidar. The main advantages that this provides is the ability to locate the sensor on a curved surface and the ability to achieve … Continue reading →

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Super Cruise from GM Expands Hands-Free Territory

Posted on June 6, 2019 by lidar

While the rest of the autonomous vehicle start-ups are making promises, General Motors is now delivering hands-free, Super Cruise on the Cadillac CT6. With the help of the stealth, mobile lidar mapping firm Ushr the coverage is now expanding to … Continue reading →

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