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Toyota to Finance $50 Million ‘Intelligent’ Car Project The Toyota Motor Corporation announced on Friday an ambitious $50 million robotics and artificial intelligence research effort, in collaboration with Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to develop “intelligent” rather than self-driving cars. The distinction is a significant one, according to Gill Pratt, a prominent American roboticist, who has left his position at the Defense Advanced Research Projects... [Lire la suite]

Telematics trends in the UK Usage of telematics is growing quickly in the UK, targeting young drivers and addressing some of the issues created by the new EU gender directive. What is telematics insurance? Telematics insurance requires the installation of a device on the vehicle, commonly called a “Black Box”. This device communicates with on board instruments to monitor a series of parameters like hours of the day when the vehicle is driven, the distance driven, they type of roads where the car is driven and the speed of the... [Lire la suite]

ADASIS PROTOCOL FOR ADVANCED IN-VESince navigation systems are increasingly entering the vehicle, the available map data may not only be used for routing purposes but also to enable advanced in-vehicle applications. The area of potential features reaches from headlight control up to active safety applications (ADAS1 ). With the ongoing development of navigation based ADAS features the interface to access the so-called ADAS Horizon is of rising importance. In order to specify an industry standard interface for providing an ADAS Horizon... [Lire la suite]

Asia-Pacific Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) Market (2016 - 2022) NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) are electronic components installed in vehicles, which present an intelligent driving experience to the driver. These systems comprise of unique sensors such as ultrasonic, image, RADAR, LiDAR, infrared and LASER. Ongoing industrialization efforts, increasing manufacturing output and rising standards of living are the key factors that would propel the growth of the... [Lire la suite]

The deployment of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems in Europe Introduction Road transport is an essential service in society, but the burden of traffic crashes and Pollution is immense. European data show that road accidents in the EU countries cause about 250,000 seriously injured people every year, with 28,000 fatalities in 2012 (Kearns & Kidd, 2013). US data in addition, illustrate that automobile crashes led to 34,080 fatalities in 2012 (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 2013), where about 90% of the... [Lire la suite]

Drones vs. driverless cars: A tale of two robotics policies When a 2-pound drone crashed on the White House lawn in January, the nation was thrown into drone hysteria. That drone was a $1,000 model made by Chinese technology company DJI, but a basic camera-equipped drone can be had for $40—a fact not lost on those who pontificated about the crash. “It’s pretty worrisome if you’re in the Secret Service, you’re in law enforcement, a drone comes in and you don’t know if this is some 14-year-old kid who got a drone or if this is... [Lire la suite]

Self-driving Volkswagen completes 1,500-mile Mexican trek As self-driving vehicles seem to be steering themselves ever closer to the mainstream, a team of researchers has completed Mexico's longest-ever journey in an autonomous car, traveling 1,500 miles in a special high-tech Volkswagen. Raul Rojas, a professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, led a team that traveled from Nogales to Mexico City this month. The car used for the journey, a 2010 Volkswagen Passat station wagon named Autonomos, was sent to Reno from Berlin, where... [Lire la suite]

 A Plane That Folds Into a Car After Czechoslovakia’s communist regime fell, in 1989, designer Štefan Klein began working on a concept for a flying car. Inspired by his newfound freedom, he aimed to translate that personal liberty to the skies. In 2010, he shared his work with his friend Juraj Vaculík, an entrepreneur. They joined forces to found AeroMobil and develop a viable commercial product. “We wanted to create a car and airplane without compromises,” Vaculík says, “to provide individuals with a new, interesting... [Lire la suite]

For the third consecutive year, the Groupement ADAS will participate at the Autonomous Vehicle Technology World Expo. These experts in Advanced Driving Assistance Systems will therefore be present from 20 to 22 June 2017 in Stuttgart to expose their latest developments and to speak at the Autonomous Vehicule Software Symposium. Autonomous Vehicle Technology World Expo: a key event Engineers around the world are working to bring this much awaited technology to the market: the autonomous vehicle. The Autonomous Vehicle Technology... [Lire la suite]

NEXYAD presenting their real time driving risk assessment smartphone App SafetyNex at CERCLE LAB (IoT conference)   SafetyNex is a real time driving risk assessment smartphone App that warns (vocal alert) the driver before danger, letting time to slow down and avoid accident, and that records risk profiles and usage profiles on the NEXYAD cloud. Road Safety studies show that SafetyNex can reduce by 20% accident rate (ref) This smartphone App is disruptive, as it lets insurance companies and fleet management teams decrease... [Lire la suite]