#self-driving-cars

Will Autonomous Vehicles Make Our Roads Safer ?
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Photo SourceSelf-driving cars are potentially on their way to becoming commonplace transportation in modern American households. Maybe you’ve heard about it, either through the news, a podcast, or an article on the internet. No matter what your familiarity with the concept is, one thing’s for certain: we could be sharing the roadways with self-driving vehicles in the next few years.Of course, when you think about the push of artificial intelligence (AI) into other parts of our day-to-day lives, it might not seem so crazy. With space exploration centers beginning to use AI droids in space, a self-driving vehicle seems pretty tame! But for now, they have yet to hit the roadways in a non-testing capacity.When they do, however, they are bound to change the roadways forever. Autonomous cars, (...)

#the-future-of-travel #autonomous-cars #self-driving-cars

Keeping Self-driving Decisions Simple: Starsky #robotics’ Behavior Planning
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When people ask me what I do for a living, the shortest answer I give is: I help build safe autonomous trucks. I’ve been working on the behavior planning layer of Starsky Robotics’ autonomous driving stack for the last two years. Put simply, I develop software that allows our trucks to make good decisions, and I work with the rest of the team to show that the system is doing the right thing.Starsky Robotics’ Autonomous Truck“Behavior planning” is a bit of an unusual term, even within the industry, so let me first explain what we at Starsky mean by it. The behavior planning layer is responsible for the high level decision making of the truck, which we take to be decisions that have a few seconds or more lead time, like lane changes, taking an off-ramp, or pulling over to the side of the road (...)

#self-driving-cars #validation #decision-making #trucking

Technological Advancement vs Morality
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The biggest challenge the engineering world will face — or rather, is facing — is to incorporate morality and ethical values while both designing an engineered product as well as while engineering a product from scratch.Are #ethics lost in the process of winning the competition?Today’s market is growing very fast and the number of players in the market has increased exponentially over the years, with so many companies and engineers trying to design the same end product, everybody wants to outsmart one another, in this process the ultimate moral values and safety aspects are sometimes ignored and the main focus is shifted towards producing the best goods in the market. A good example of this is Volkswagen’s Dieselgate emission scam, where Volkswagen had cars with “defeat devices” — software that (...)

#future #self-driving-cars #artificial-intelligence #technology

#competition in the Autonomous Vehicle Industry is Heating Up
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Over the past few years, there has been an increasing amount of news on the topic of self-driving vehicles and the inevitable future of unmanned driving. On February 15th of this year, Amazon announced a $700 million investment in Rivian, a competitor to Tesla, and $530 million in Aurora, an independent automotive startup. This race among the various technology companies with be closely watched, and it should determine the winners in this rapidly growing industry.According to research company Altimeter, the first fully self-driving cars are likely to appear in or around 2021. This is a realistic forecast based on an analysis of existing technologies and their prospects for immediate development, but not on consumer readiness in the market. Partially self-driving and fully self-driving (...)

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#apple and #uber lagging in self-driving car league table
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Self-driving cars are frequently in the news. The technology has progressed strongly, but we’re nowhere near ‘perfect’ yet. There are a significant number of companies working on test vehicles, especially in California, with the focus on improving safety and the cars’ software capabilities. As Niall McCarthy, a data analyst at Statista writes in Forbes, “Disengagements, and the reasons they occur, are a key part of that test process.” What are ‘disengagements’? A disengagement is what happens when the car’s software detects a problem, or the driver sees some danger coming, and is then able to take control of the car, so it is no longer self-driving.According to data from the California DMV published by website The Last License Holder, test models experience different levels of disengagement. (...)

#cars-market-share #self-driving-cars #automotive-market-share

Introducing City Scale HD Maps
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A Very Big Step Forward towards City Scale HD MapsAt CES 2019, we launched a new product called City Scale HD Maps and demonstrated some core functionality of achieving city scale HD mapping operations. Looking back we have accomplished very large milestones since then.A small loop requested by a Car manufacturerAt Civil Maps, we saw a disconnect between the Proof-of-concept HD Maps requirements for R&D teams at car manufacturers and the scalable production requirements from procurement. If Self Driving Vehicles need to go to market, they need a scalable map operation. Upon deciding that we needed to create a city scale map to prove scalability; Civil Maps allocated new resources in a division called Team MapX.Team MapX stands for team map expansion and the focus of Team MapX is to (...)

#self-driving-cars #augmented-reality #autonomous-cars #hd-maps #virtual-reality

Calling Cars“Self-Driving” May Leave Consumers Asleep at the Wheel
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Calling a car, “self-driving,” may be the K-car of autonomous vehicle branding, according to a studyTech experts are trying to convince people that self-driving cars are the next big thing in transportation. But, for consumers, cars labeled “self-driving,” or “autonomous,” are about as exciting as a long, lonely, coffee-less stretch of Midwestern interstate.According to a Penn State study that appeared in Science Communications, calling a car, “self-driving,” actually made people less excited about the vehicle. Terms like “autonomous” and “driverless” didn’t do much for the consumers, either. Those terms could even add to consumer confusion about the vehicles, the researchers found. The term, “driverless vehicle,” for example, made some study participants think there was no driver in the car but not (...)

#autonomous-vehicles #ai #artificial-intelligence #autonomous-cars #self-driving-cars

Exploring the Future of Smart Car Technology With Jeremy Kaplan At #ces 2019
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(L) Attorney Andrew Rossow and (R) Digital Trends Editor-In-Chief, Jeremy KaplanDo you remember watching The Jetson’s on television growing up? I know when I first saw it, the concept of flying cars and even self-automated technology was so far-fetched and beyond the capabilities of the technology then available, that it was the futuristic animated show of its time.But, here we are today in the 21st century where we have conferences like the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) where companies from all over the world fly to Las Vegas and debut their new technological innovations to the world.Over the past few years, the questions surrounding Google and Tesla’s self-driving cars have presented a number of questions to the general public. But, the most prevalent question is whether or not with (...)

#self-driving-cars #jeremy-kaplan #smart-cars #ces2019

The Future of #iot: 2018 In Review And What To Expect In 2019
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Last year, IoT was on the verge of an autonomous driving revolution. It didn’t happen. Here is what actually happened in 2018 and will happen in 2019.At the beginning of 2018, it felt like the IoT industry was on the cusp of a #technology revolution. Autonomous driving was a huge topic of conversation in IoT.Today, it seems like we are further from making autonomous driving a reality, as it turns out self-driving cars aren’t yet road-ready. Before self-driving cars can be deployed, the logistics of our roads, cities, and infrastructure need a lot more work. Eventually, the technology behind these vehicles (sensors, LIDAR, etc.) will allow cars to make better decisions than humans, but we’re just not there yet.2018 SurprisesIn the meantime, that leaves us in an uncomfortable reality where the (...)

#internet-of-things #future-of-iot #self-driving-cars

Understanding Starsky Robotics’ Voluntary #safety Self-Assessment
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Enhancing Highway Safety for the Long-HaulEight months ago, I joined Starsky Robotics as our Director of Safety Policy. I’ve previously worked on FAA certified avionics, automotive electronics systems, and most recently focused on safely integrating unmanned aerial vehicles into the U.S. national airspace. Safety is a critical concern for each of these industries and is at the core of our approach to automation at Starsky. To that end, Starsky’s first step after raising our Series A was bringing me on board to ensure our commitment to safety is an actionable part of everything we do when putting driverless trucks on America’s highways.Our safety strategy begins with an understanding of the term “safety” itself. At Starsky, we use the International Organization for Standardization’s (...)

#transportation #trucking #autonomous-cars #self-driving-cars

The Integration of Smart #parking with Automated Technologies
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If you’re a city dweller, you know that parking can be a nightmare. As if the traffic congestion wasn’t enough of an obstacle for arriving at your appointment on time, finding a suitable place to leave your car sometimes takes as long as the commute itself. And with the population of cities continuing to expand, this problem will only get worse without a new approach to this major dilemma.But wait — before we all throw up our arms in despair and move to the countryside, there’s a solution in sight.The integration of smart parking with automated technologies holds the promise of helping to solve the transportation challenges facing today’s cities. At DataArt, I’ve worked extensively with several clients to both reduce inefficiencies and improve parking convenience through advanced technological (...)

#automotive #internet-of-things #iot #self-driving-cars

Is the World Ready for #self-driving cars?
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The self-driving Audi R8 is a car model produced by Audi and owned by Tony Stark. It first appeared in Avengers: Age of UltronSelf-driving cars are prowling the streets of California, Paris, London, Singapore and Beijing. Intel says, that the driverless tech will add $7 trillion to the global economy and save hundreds of thousands of lives in the next few decades. Also, it will devastate the car industry and its associated gas stations, drive-thrus, taxi drivers, and truckers.Some people will benefit. Many will damage.This article takes a look at the #future of self-driving cars. But first, let’s look at exactly what a driverless car is.What is a Self-driving Car? And How Does It Work?A self-driving car, also known as a robot car, autonomous car, or driverless car, is a vehicle that is (...)

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#vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and #vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) Technologies
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As the Internet of Things (IoT) expands throughout the world, the auto industry is gearing up for monumental changes in both individual and public transportation. Considering the fact that 80% of car accidents could be prevented with enhanced vehicle connectivity, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation, tech companies and vehicle manufacturers are ramping up the development of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technologies to advance safety and convenience on our roads.V2V and #v2i carry the potential to radically improve transportation in a variety of ways. From reduced collisions to increased energy efficiency, we are on the cusp of revolutionary changes in the way we travel.The automation systems that exist in today’s cars primarily use sensors, (...)

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Can Blockchain Provide an Overarching Solution for the Auto Industry?
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“Instead of having all connected cars report back to a single server, blockchain data is distributed amongst all members of the network. Hacking the system would require hacking all vehicles on the network at the same time, a virtually impossible task.” — Jim Milan, Communications Manager of online automotive retailer Auto Accessories Garage.Blockchain is rapidly intertwining with the auto industry, providing inspiration and hope for solving the many challenges that exist in this sector. A growing number of companies have announced plans to integrate blockchain into their business processes, including Porsche, Toyota, BMW, Mercedes, and Volkswagen, while industry experts attempt to tackle the latest disruption in the evolution of the world of vehicles.But what are they trying to solve?One (...)

#connected-cars #self-driving-cars #iot #can-blockchain-provide #auto-industry

Making (Autonomous) #trucking Safe
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There are many reasons why I believe trucks are the sensible first step for autonomous vehicles. The trucking industry accounts for nearly 4% of the US economy, with a quarter of that going towards labor costs. There’s currently a shortage of that labor (which has the effect of increasing the cost of every physical thing bought or sold), but the biggest argument for automotion is that trucks are just disproportionately dangerous.Truck driving is one of the country’s most deadly occupations and fatal accidents are common. One in four drivers of these 80,000lbs vehicles report having fallen asleep behind the wheel in the previous month and are usually surviving on 5 hours of sleep a night, so it’s hardly a surprise that out of over 32,000 fatality accidents in 2015, nearly 3,900 involved a (...)

#autonomous-trucking-safe #autonomous-driving #self-driving-cars #autonomous-trucking

Top Autonomous Vehicle Conferences to attend in 2018–19
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With the rise in popularity of Autonomous Driving technology, Computer Vision, and Deep Learning — The potential of AI has time and again proven to be colossal. This flourishing industry has given rise to influencers, researchers and a number of conferences. Conferences are one of the most prudent ways for researchers to present papers, conduct workshops and network with like-minded people.Here are some of the top Autonomous Vehicle conferences held worldwide which you should consider attending (Listed in upcoming order):Autonomous Vehicle Software SymposiumJune 5–7 | Stuttgart, GermanyThe Autonomous Vehicle Software Symposium — held alongside Autonomous Vehicle Technology World Expo, the Autonomous Vehicle Test & Development Symposium and the Autonomous Vehicle Interior Design & (...)

#self-driving-cars #conference #machine-learning #autonomous-vehicles

#ridesharing means Flying Cars are Here to Stay
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RideSharing is the economic powerhouse driving autonomous vehicles to take flight.Lyft’s self driving car and Lilium JetThe RideSharing model changed everything we knew about mobility. Packed metro rides and graffiti covered busses transformed for many into hailing a cab. As the driver begins to become less important, and billions of dollars go into autonomous systems, the car itself is evolving. Many people today talk about how the end goal is self driving cars, but the technology will quickly surpass self driving and take flight.Lulium JetI sat at the Launch of Ola Play in Bangalore, India. I was the only foreigner, half crazed and sleep deprived. Ola had just announced the first in-car computing platform custom designed for RideSharing. With only an hours sleep, I watched history (...)

#urban-planning #vtol #urbanization #self-driving-cars

#blockchain May Be the Answer to Making Self Driving Cars Safer
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Image source: BBC NewsA few days ago, Uber, the world largest taxi sharing company, got into trouble after one of its self-driving cars hit and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona.According to the Guardian, footage released by the police shows that the SUV’s LIDAR and radar system failed to detect the victim even though she was visible in front of the car before the collision.The Uber accident underlines what have been on the minds of most of us; just how safe are self-driving cars compared to their human-operated counterparts?While there isn’t enough data to determine whether autonomous cars are safer than human-driven ones, the premise behind the technology seems to suggest so. The self-driving technology involves highly sensitive cameras and sensors equipped with the latest (...)

#self-driving-cars #autonomous-cars #autonomous-vehicles #self-driving-blockchain

Quadcopter Physics Explained
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This is Part 3 in the ‘Diary of a Flying Car Engineer’ SeriesSource: ▻https://dribbble.com/shots/1771066-QuadcopterThis articles discusses the physics behind Flights.PhysicsThe Rotors act as wings. They generate thrust by rotating at Fast speeds, which pulls the air downwards and keeps the quad in the air.The Thrust cancels out the acting weight and the quad hovers.A directional Thrust causes the quad to move in that direction.Or a decrease in Thrust overall causes the Drone to lose height.Setup:The setups for Flying is simple:Two adjacent motors spin in the opposite direction.Two opposite motors spin in the same direction.A,C spin Clockwise (From our point of view)B,D Spin Counter-ClockwiseWhy?Physics says to be in stability the net forces acting on a body should be zero.So if all the rotors (...)

#flying-cars #aircraft #self-driving-cars #autonomous-vehicles #design

Semantic Segmentation Datasets for Autonomous Driving
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An understanding of open data sets for urban semantic segmentation shall help one understand how to proceed while training models for self-driving cars.Originally published on Playment.ioMyriad efforts have been made over the last 10 years in algorithmic improvements and #dataset creation for semantic segmentation tasks. Of late, there have been rapid gains in this field, a subset of visual scene understanding, due mainly to contributions by deep learning methodologies. But deep learning techniques have an Achilles’ heel of consuming vast amounts of annotated data. Here we review some widely used and open, urban semantic segmentation datasets for Self Driving Car applications.What is Semantic Segmentation?The task of Semantic Segmentation is to annotate every pixel of an image with an (...)

#semantic-datasets #self-driving-cars #semantic-segmentation #autonomous-driving

Diary of a Flying Car Engineer #0
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Disclaimer: This Series is focussed on Sharing what I have learnt during my Flying Car Nanodegree, for cooler stuff on Flying Cars, Check out The Official nanodegree.5AM. Valentine’s Day.I was staring impatiently at my Phone Screen.Remember when I said My dream has been working on Self Driving Cars? I Lied.Image: Back to The Future PosterI’ve always dreamed about Flying Cars after watching Back to the Future movie. I’ve grown up watching the series and have always fantasised about pushing a button and transforming my car into hover mode whenever I’m stuck in traffic and I’ve wasted endless hours thinking how I could fly from my apartment to university.Ofcourse I’m passionate about Self Driving Cars. But Flying Cars have always been a dream. If you don’t feel the same. I refuse to believe (...)

#udacity-nanodegree #autonomous-vehicles #self-driving-cars #flying-cars #drones

The only Undergrad and Indian to be invited to present at Anaconda Conference: My Deep Learning…
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The only Undergrad and Indian to be invited to present at Anaconda Conference: My Deep Learning JourneyI’m really honoured and thrilled to be invited to present at the Anaconda Conference ’18.If you search for my name in the Stellar list of speakers here, you’ll find my tiny bio here in the corner.I’m really honoured to be the only undergraduate student and Indian to be presenting at the conference along with The Leaders of Anaconda Inc., Wes McKinney, and almost all of the leading Data Scientists from the cutting edge world that I aspire to be working at.In this post I want to share my story: How I started as a noob coder and went about discovering my passion for Deep Learning.How I’ve struggled, failed, stumbled and caffeinated myself into late night coding hours and started my journey to (...)

#drones #motivation #self-driving-cars #deep-learning #flying-cars