This video shows the Robo-Taxi in operation. Developed by Bangalore-based design and technology company Tata Elxsi and San Francisco Bay Area artificial perception pioneer AEye, the vehicle accepts users’ requests for a taxi, arrives at the pickup point and drops them off at their desired destination, all autonomously.

Robo-Taxi was built on Autonomai, Tata Elxsi’s autonomous middleware platform, and features integrated multiple algorithms such as path planning, sensor fusion, junction detection, cross vehicle and object detection.

This in-house concept demonstrator vehicle wasdeveloped using AEye’s iDAR platform and Tata Elxsi’s autonomous stack. iDAR is the first fully software-definable smart sensor that supports dynamic ROI and cueing of sensors, improving the reliability of detection and classification, while extending the range at which objects can be detected, classified and tracked to enhance safe, reliable vehicle autonomy.

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Mobileye, an Intel company, is developing two truly redundant sensing systems: one with surround-view cameras alone, and the other with radars and lidars. In this unedited demonstration of the camera-only technology, you can see Mobileye’s car successfully navigating a complex driving environment rich with pedestrians, unguarded intersections, delivery vehicles and more.

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Global technology company Aptiv is to pick up and drop off selected passengers in its self-driving vehicles in a pilot scheme at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada.

This first-of-its-kind airport access to autonomous vehicles will aid the company’s development of a production-ready Level 4 autonomous driving platform in 2022. It will also help Aptiv and McCarran learn more about robotaxi utilization and deployment, to optimize efficient ground transportation in and out of the airport. These rides are not yet available to the public.

“Data has shown that a significant portion of ride-hailing demand comes from passengers traveling to and from airports,” said Karl Iagnemma, president of Aptiv Autonomous Mobility.

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UK-based FiveAI is leading Streetwise, a project looking at the technical, regulatory, safety and social challenges faced by an urban commuter service based on shared self-driving electric vehicles.

Supported by the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, the 30-month £20m (US$26m) project will develop the technology and demonstrate how electric self-driving vehicles could provide a commuter service between Croydon and Bromley in outer London.

Stan Boland, CEO of FiveAI, which specializes in building self-driving-vehicle technology, including artificial intelligence, computer vision and robotics, provides further insight into the project in this video.

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Autonomous truck tech specialist Plus.ai has completed the USA’s first cross-country commercial freight run by a self-driving truck

The freight run took three days, covering the 2,800 miles (4,500km) between Tulare, California, and Quakertown, Philadelphia. It was the first level-4 US cross-country commercial pilot hauling a fully loaded refrigerated trailer of perishable cargo.

The truck was equipped with Plus.ai’s advanced autonomous driving system, which uses multimodal sensor fusion, deep learning visual algorithms, and simultaneous location and mapping (SLAM) technologies. The journey was an important milestone in validating the system’s ability to safely handle a wide range of weather and road conditions.

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Ignacio Regueiro and Pedro Roca of the Nissan Technical Centre Europe discuss the development and testing of next-generation autonomous driving systems.

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Lidar platform provider LeddarTech has announced a strategic collaboration with First Sensor, a developer of advanced sensor solutions.

LeddarTech, with the support of First Sensor and other industry leaders, is developing the only open and comprehensive lidar platform option for OEMs and Tier 1s. The platform provides the following benefits: a more complete and comprehensive set of solutions that addresses the requirements of OEMs and Tier 1s; common architectures as well as standardized components that ensure lower risk, improved production volume scalability, cost optimization and flexibility to address multiple lidar applications; a scalable platform roadmap ensuring increased performance and cost optimization; and the ability to leverage leading and complementary IP, expertise, and support from technology leaders.

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Project Darwin is a collaboration between telecommunications services providers Telefonica and O2 and the European Space Agency (ESA). The four-year trial, launched in June 2019, is pioneering next-generation connectivity solutions for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs).

Based on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, the project has brought together Oxford University, Glasgow University, Spanish satellite company Hispasat, Darwin Innovation Group Oxford and the UK Space Agency to explore new technology and end-to-end connectivity solutions, including 5G and satellite communications.

This video shows the Darwin team at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, testing remote driving capabilities in urban and rural settings.

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CampX by Volvo Group is the car maker’s global innovation arena for technology and business transformation. Within CampX, Volvo invites partners including customers, startups, suppliers, academia and authorities to collaborate with Group experts to develop future transportation solutions.

Oscar Petersson is the CEO of Annotell, one of Volvo Group’s partners at CampX. This video shows how he and his team are using AI to train vehicles to become increasingly smart.

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A team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is looking into whether AI in self-driving cars can classify the personalities of the human drivers nearby.

According to the team, which consists of Wilko Schwarting, Alyssa Pierson, Javier Alonso-Mora, Sertac Karaman and Daniela Rus, its key insight “utilizes Social Value Orientation (SVO), quantifying an agent’s degree of selfishness or altruism, which allows us to better predict driver behavior”.

The team’s statement explained further: “We model interactions between human and autonomous agents with game theory and the principle of best response. Our unified algorithm estimates driver SVOs and incorporates their predicted trajectories into the autonomous vehicle’s control while respecting safety constraints.

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