Category Archives: Autonomous vehicles

Transforming Urban Cores into Smart Cities

Posted on September 18, 2019 by lidar

From an article on Lidar News entitled “Transforming Urban Cores Into Smart Cities with Mobility Data and AI.” Becoming a Smart City For the first time in history there are more people living in cities than in rural areas; this … Continue reading →

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AEC to BE – Do You Have the Skills to Make the Transition?

Posted on September 17, 2019 by lidar

I suppose the mega-trend that sums up all of what is taking place concerning the transition from AEC to BE is digital transformation, but it sure feels like a lot more. Maybe the idea of Smart Cities sums it up … Continue reading →

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Autonomous Lidar Vehicle Designer is Legally Blind

Posted on September 15, 2019 by lidar

Nico Gentry has always loved cars. “I wanted so badly to get my permit and eventually my driver’s license,” the 25-year-old manufacturing engineer from Orlando, Florida, told me in a recent phone call. But a neurological disorder called nystagmus that … Continue reading →

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Self Driving Trucks – Simpler is Better – Maybe

Posted on September 2, 2019 by lidar

Many in the autonomous vehicle industry believe that self driving trucks will be the first to launch commercially. Driving on the interstate is relatively simple compared to an urban environment, but the challenge is getting from the pickup to the … Continue reading →

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Levandowski Criminally Charged – Theft of Trade Secrets

Posted on August 28, 2019 by lidar

Lidar News provided a number of posts beginning in October 2017 involving Anthony Levandowski and his involvement in a Waymo vs. Uber patent lawsuit. The case was eventually settled in Waymo’s favor. The judge in  the case recommended that the … Continue reading →

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Neural Network on a Chip Designed by Tesla

Posted on August 27, 2019 by lidar

The building block of a human nervous system is a neuron and millions of them form a neural network in the body’s central nervous system. To make autonomous cars a reality, computer scientists need to create artificial neural networks (ANNs) … Continue reading →

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Lidar Sensors Designed to be Auto-Ready

Posted on August 26, 2019 by lidar

ORLANDO — A thief provided the perfect circumstances for an inadvertent experiment with a pallet of Luminar lidar sensors. From an article in Automotive News by  Pete Bigelow. Last summer, a pallet containing lidar sensors made by Luminar was stolen … Continue reading →

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Self Driving Vehicles From Toyota at Olympics

Posted on August 25, 2019 by lidar

Toyota will deploy some 3,700 vehicles, including self-driving buses and mobility products at next year’s Tokyo Summer Olympics, nearly all of them electrified, including a futuristic self-driving pod car that will escort the Olympic torch and lead the marathon race. … Continue reading →

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Virtual Testing of Lidar Sensors in CarMaker V8

Posted on August 24, 2019 by lidar

IPG Automotive has launched version 8.0 of its CarMaker virtual testing suite with newly integrated of Lidar raw signal interface (RSI). The lidar RSI is a physical sensor model based on ray tracing that enables detailed modeling of lidar sensors. … Continue reading →

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Waymo Database Access for Academic Research

Posted on August 23, 2019 by lidar

Academic researchers have now been granted access to the Waymo database, amassed by its fleet of self-driving cars. The move is a way to “give back to the community,” says Drago Anguelov, Waymo’s head of research, “not an admission in … Continue reading →

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