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PEDESTRIAN SAFETY : Will advances in automated vehicle technology help reduce pedestrian fatality numbers through eliminating crashes caused by driver error?

TECH INSIDER: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE : Autonomous Vehicle International speaks with Dr Ryan Eustice of the Toyota Research Institute as its two-pronged AV program gathers pace.

AUTONOMOUS RACING : In parallel with on-road development, motorsport is providing a uniquely controlled, high-speed environment where new AV systems can progress and prove themselves.

Continue reading In this Issue – October 2020 at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

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OEM CASE STUDY: VOLKSWAGEN : With the arrival of the eighth-generation Golf, Volkswagen is the first manufacturer to bring V2X technology to the mass market. AVI delves into VW’s extensive development and testing process and discovers how it can benefit autonomous driving functions.

VIRTUAL TESTING : How digital twin technology could accelerate your autonomous vehicle testing program and increase the speed to market for AVs.

Continue reading In this Issue – June 2020 at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

The testing and validation of automated driving vehicles involves billions of test miles and huge amounts of data, generated through real and simulated test drives. This video provides an insight into how EB Assist Test Lab helps AV developers accelerate development with one tool that supports data generation, labeling, data discovery, and more. To read the news story about the launch of EB Assist Test Lab, click here.

Continue reading Elektrobit talks through the key features of its new cloud-based tool for end-to-end validation of ADAS and AV systems at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

A recent study into AVs in the US by Adobe Analytics has revealed that 40% of Americans are now considering buying self-driving vehicles. 

The study, which surveyed 1,040 American adults over the age of 18, found that participants are now considering buying an AV as the idea of working or relaxing while the car drives itself appeals to them. 

The report also revealed that many US drivers are already considering buying vehicles with self-driving features. The survey found that 35% of people currently factor whether a car has self-driving features into their buying decision. 

According to the study, 49% of people said that the main activity they want to do while their AV drives itself is eat or drink.

Continue reading Report reveals growing interest in AVs in the US at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

UK-based AV startup FiveAI has announced it has teamed up with insurance company Direct Line to begin commuter research trials in London for its self-driving car technology. 

The trials will take place as part of the Streetwise Consortium, which aims to develop and demonstrate the technology, safety validation methods, insurance and service models for delivering autonomous personal mobility solutions targeted at replacing the urban commuter car. The consortium also includes the involvement of TRL. 

As part of the trial, a 19km self-driving research route featuring human passengers will be set up in Croydon and Bromley to test the technology.

Continue reading Startup FiveAI launches commuter research trials in London at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) in Singapore has announced that it is to expand the geographic zone within which AV companies can test their self-driving vehicles. The testing will now cover all of western Singapore. 

LTA has been facilitating on-road AV trials since 2015 with the aim of understanding how the technology can be used to develop Singapore’s transport system. Over the past few years the test area has been progressively expanded. 

In response to industry feedback that a more varied testing environment will help accelerate AV technology development, LTA has expanded the testing region further.

Continue reading Singapore expands AV testbed at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

Hyundai Motor Group has announced the development of the world’s first ML-based Smart Cruise Control (SCC-ML), a technology that incorporates the driver’s patterns into its self-driving behavior, creating a custom experience for the driver. 

The technology incorporates AI in the ADAS feature. The system is planned for implementation in future Hyundai Motor Group vehicles. 

“The new SCC-ML improves on the intelligence of the previous ADAS technology to dramatically improve the practicality of semi-autonomous features,” said Woongjun Jang, VP at Hyundai Motor Group. “Hyundai Motor Group will continue development efforts on innovative AI technologies to lead the industry in the field of autonomous driving.” 

SCC enables an essential self-driving feature and core technology for ADAS: maintaining distance from the vehicle ahead while traveling at the speed selected by the driver.

Continue reading Hyundai reveals new custom smart cruise control at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

Elektrobit (EB), a global supplier of embedded and connected software products for the automotive industry, has announced a cloud-based tool for end-to-end validation of ADAS and AV systems. 

Available on Microsoft’s cloud platform Azure, the new EB Assist Test Lab provides distributed teams with a single solution for easier management of petabytes of driving-scene data generated in real and simulated test drives during the validation and verification process. The solution can also help teams collaborate and ultimately bring new features into production more quickly.

EB Assist Test Lab offers an end-to-end approach to validation and verification, providing a one-stop-shop solution integrating tools that are already on the market and in use with additional functionality to cover critical gaps.

Continue reading New cloud-based tool for ADAS and AV testing and verification at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

A multidisciplinary research team from Michigan State University will use a US$2.49m grant from the National Science Foundation in the USA to conduct a four-year study examining the impacts of AVs on the future workforce.

Shelia Cotten, professor in the Department of Media and Information, who is a leading expert on the use and impacts of emerging technologies, will lead the team. It will draw from organizational psychology, economics, sociology, geography, technology and transportation engineering.

Serving as co-principal investigator on the project, Elizabeth Mack, associate professor in the Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences, said, “We are approaching the next phase of technological change where people will interact with autonomous machines in various contexts.

Continue reading Michigan State University to conduct study on the impacts of AV on the workforce at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

Ouster, a provider of high-resolution lidar sensors for AVs, robotics and mapping, is working with NVIDIA to provide lidar sensors for use in Level 3 to Level 5 autonomous driving systems being developed by major global OEMs targeting production in 2022. 

The lidar perception system, based on the high-resolution Ouster OS2 lidar, runs on the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX platform. NVIDIA’s full-stack software delivers 360° sensor processing, mapping and path planning.

“Commercial AVs have to withstand some of the world’s most demanding environments,” said Ouster CEO Angus Pacala. “The OS2’s reliability and resolution make it the clear choice for NVIDIA’s OEM partners that require the highest level of dependability.”

For autonomous driving systems, Ouster’s structured lidar data can increase input processing speeds by up to 100-times over traditional unstructured lidar data when using vector processors like NVIDIA GPUs.

Continue reading Ouster Lidar has teamed up with NVIDIA to advance development of commercial AVs at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.