Self-operating shuttle bus crashes after Las Vegas launch (All Things Self Driving)

guest · Dec 16, 2019

NS successfully experiments with self-driving train
December 11, 2019
https://nltimes.nl/2019/12/11/ns-successfully-experiments-self-driving-train

The experiment happened on the Hanze Line between the town Swifterbant and station Kampen Zuid. The Sprinter used in this experiment was equipped with a special computer unit that communicates with the operating system of the train. "The system did wat was intended: independently providing traction, braking and stopping at the right place along the platform according to a programed timetable", NS said.

NS is satisfied with this "first of many" experiments, saying that it yielded valuable insights and data. "This is the first and important step", said Marjan Rintel, director of NS Operation. "We learn from this and gain experience for what an automatic train driver can mean for NS."
A human train driver is present in the cabin during all tests. The job of train driver will not disappear, "the duties will just change", NS spokesperson Erik Kroeze stressed to NU.nl.
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guest · Dec 16, 2019

Arbe Raises $32M To Move Its 4D Imaging Radar Chipset To Full Production
December 16, 2019
http://nocamels.com/2019/12/arbe-robotics-breakthrough-imaging-radar-chipset-funding-series-b/

Arbe Robotics, the real-time 4D imaging radar chipset provider for ADAS (advanced driver-assistance systems) and autonomous vehicles, announced on Monday that it raised $32 million in a Series B funding round.
The Tel Aviv-based company, said to be the world’s first to demonstrate 4D high-resolution imaging radar for the automotive industry, will use the funds to move its breakthrough radar chipset to full production, Arbe said in a statement.

“With the funds raised, Arbe will continue to deploy to the market a real breakthrough in radar technology that empowers Tier 1 automakers and OEMs to finally replace their legacy chipsets with one that truly meets the safety requirements of NCAP and ADAS for years ahead,” said Kobi Marenko, Arbe’s co-founder and CEO.
The tech resolves some of today’s most pressing radar challenges, the company says, which include eliminating false alarms, processing massive amounts of information generated by 4D imaging in real-time, and mitigating mutual radar interference.
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guest · Dec 17, 2019

Toyota to Use Advanced Self-Driving Tech in Commercial Vehicles First
December 17, 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/12/17/technology/17reuters-toyota-autonomous.html

Toyota Motor Corp plans to first deploy advanced self-driving features in commercial vehicles before adding them to cars meant for personal use, a senior official at the Japanese auto major said on Tuesday.

It will be easier to apply self-driving technology that does not require constant and direct human-monitoring to taxis and vehicles Toyota is developing, including on-demand ride services, mobile shops and ambulatory hospitals, said James Kuffner, chief of Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development (TRI-AD).
The operators of these vehicles could control when and where they are deployed and oversee their maintenance, he told reporters at the opening of its new offices in Tokyo.

"It will take more time to achieve 'Level 4' for a personally-owned vehicle," Kuffner said, referring to the automation level at which vehicles can drive themselves under limited conditions.
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guest · Dec 17, 2019

Skyryse shows off end-to-end autonomous flight technology with helicopter demonstration
December 17, 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/17/s...ght-technology-with-helicopter-demonstration/

Skyryse is a three-year old transportation startup that is approaching the future of aviation from a different angle when compared to most. [...] Skyryse thinks the smarter approach is to start at a more fundamental – and comprehensive – level, building an autonomous technology “stack” that can work with existing, flight- and safety- certified aircraft.

The startup’s main product, which it is unveiling today, along with the demonstration below of the tech in action on a Robinson R-44 helicopter, is the ‘Skyryse Flight Stack,’ which includes simplified flight controls to either fully automate flight, or provide assistance to human pilots; flight control automation that can still operate safely even in case of failure; [...]
Today, the company is demonstrating that its technology can already work with existing aircraft and air traffic management systems – that’s a promising achievement that shows more in terms of real-world feasibility than many of the new vehicle technology demonstrations you see in this industry.

Autonomous air transportation might be the solution that actually makes a difference, and Skyryse might be the startup that helps make that possible with its full stack approach.
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guest · Dec 18, 2019

Elroy Air’s autonomous hybrid aircraft can now pick up cargo containers on its own
December 18, 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/18/e...-can-now-pick-up-cargo-containers-on-its-own/

Now, Elroy Air is demonstrating some new aspects of their system, including the ability to pick up cargo containers on its own without any loading processes needing to be handled by humans. That’s a mighty interesting feature, and one that could potentially make possible a lot of efficiency gains in a cargo operation, like round-the-clock operation and relatively low-lift urgent deliveries of large volumes of emergency supplies.

It’s aiming to serve a range of customers across commercial, humanitarian and military industries, and completed its first test flight earlier this year.
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guest · Dec 18, 2019

California Authorizes Light-Duty Autonomous Delivery Vehicles
December 17, 2019
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/newsrel/2019/2019_65

California will allow the testing and commercial use of light-duty autonomous delivery vehicles on the state’s public roads with an approved permit from the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Under revised regulations approved Monday by the Office of Administrative Law, companies with a DMV permit can operate autonomous delivery vehicles weighing less than 10,001 pounds. The DMV can begin approving new applications in 30 days. Qualifying vehicles include autonomous passenger cars, midsized pickup trucks and cargo vans carrying goods such as pizza or groceries.
Depending on the permit, companies can test their autonomous delivery service with or without a safety driver.

“The adoption of these regulations means Californians soon could receive deliveries from an autonomous vehicle provided the company fulfills the requirements,” DMV Director Steve Gordon said. “As always, public safety is our primary focus.”
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ronjor · Dec 18, 2019

Self-driving cars: Hype-filled decade ends on sobering note

By Matt McFarland December 18, 2019
Washington, DC (CNN Business)The calendar will soon turn to 2020, and you can be forgiven if you're wondering where your self-driving car is. A decade of hype and bold predictions is coming to a quiet end.
Automakers and tech companies have promised a transportation utopia, and invested billions to try to make it so. Tesla's Elon Musk talked of autonomous cross-country trips in 2017. GM promised self-driving rides would be available in 2019. Ford was more cautious with its choice of 2021.
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guest · Dec 18, 2019

Tesla Autopilot neutered in Europe to meet new regulations
December 18, 2019
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/tesla-model-s-model-x-autopilot-europe-regulations/

Tesla has begun to roll out software updates to European vehicles that significantly reduce the capability of its Autopilot system, in order to meet local regulations surrounding advanced driver assistance systems.

According to a Tuesday report from Electrek, citing European Tesla owners, the automaker has recently started to push updates to some Model S and Model X owners. These updates adhere to regulations on vehicle steering equipment the European Union set in 2017. Tesla Model 3 vehicles have already received updates to comply.
What it means for all Tesla owners in Europe, following the rollout to the Model S and Model X, is a major change to how Autopilot behaves.

Everything from the Summon feature to Auto-Lane Changing is affected. The former requires owners to be 6 meters (19.6 feet) away, and no further, for the Summon feature to work now.
As for the auto-lane change function, the entire process must be done in five seconds. If it's not, the Tesla will abort the lane change and return to its original lane.
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guest · Dec 20, 2019

Tesla full self-driving ‘sneak preview’ and more games coming in holiday update
December 19, 2019
https://electrek.co/2019/12/19/tesla-full-self-driving-more-games-holiday-update/

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted tonight that Tesla has a “holiday update” with a few special gifts in store. The update includes a Tesla full self-driving “sneak preview” and popular indie video game Stardew Valley, among other things.
The update should be out to Tesla’s early access system in “a few more days.”

Earlier this year, Musk said that full self-driving (FSD) would reach “early access” by the end of this year. We hadn’t heard any more about that, and no FSD updates have been pushed to “early access” owners until now.
We don’t know what form this sneak preview will be in yet, but it seems like it will technically fit Musk’s promise of full self-driving by the end of the year, if only in a limited sense.

But we do know that Tesla full self-driving will not allow drivers to be inattentive or out of the driver’s seat while driving the car.
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Update: Musk has given us a sense of when the update will come out. It should hit early access in “a few more days”:

Needs a few more days of validation, then early access, then wide release
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 20, 2019
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guest · Dec 22, 2019

Patent Reveals Rivian's Plan Of Providing R1T With Driverless Transportation Tech
December 21, 2019
https://www.ibtimes.com/patent-reve...ng-r1t-driverless-transportation-tech-2889970

A new patent submitted by startup electric automaker Rivian, presumably for Rivian R1T pickup truck, aims to provide a safe travel experience without the need for anyone to operate the vehicle. This feature would allow the Rivian R1T to transport passengers not totally competent to drive a vehicle to their destination, even without the presence of a driver. Rivian calls this feature the Guardian Mode.

he patent is about the creation of a new mode that would allow driverless journey in the Rivian R1T pickup truck for the entirety of the trip. Citing examples such as a child needing a ride home, the startup electric automaker notes that the development of autonomous vehicles are providing safe travels without someone having the direct control of the vehicle.
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ronjor · Dec 23, 2019

General Motors pushes for self-driving car tests sans steering wheel

Craig Cole December 23, 2019
The Detroit-based automaker is in talks with NHTSA about getting approval to evaluate such vehicles on public roads.
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guest · Dec 26, 2019

Tesla starts activating HW3’s Autopilot Dual Redundancy in latest update
December 26, 2019
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-hw3-autopilot-dual-redundancy-activated/

It appears that Tesla is starting to use more of the capabilities of its custom-made Hardware 3 computer, which has been designed from the ground up to attain full self-driving. As indicated by the findings of the Tesla community’s resident hacker, @greentheonly, the latest update rolled out by the electric car maker activated HW3’s dual redundancy system.

Tesla’s custom-designed Full Self-Driving computer is actually two separate computers, each one equipped with its own processors, memory, and storage. Each of these separate computers also run an operating system that is identical, yet separate, from its counterpart. This design makes the system extra safe, since if one computer crashes, the other could simply take over. That being said, before the most recent update, Tesla has only been running one of HW3’s two computers.
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ronjor · Dec 27, 2019

Uber buys parcel near Pittsburgh for self-driving test track

By The Associated Press December 27, 2019
Uber is increasing its footprint in the Pittsburgh area with the purchase of a $9.5 million parcel to be used as a new test track for self-driving cars
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guest · Dec 28, 2019

New Patent Reveals Tesla Aiming For Quicker Autonomous Driving Improvements
December 28, 2019
https://www.ibtimes.com/new-patent-...icker-autonomous-driving-improvements-2893283

The Neural Net of electric vehicle maker Tesla continues to improve regularly, and it seems that the company would like to make sure that it evolves at a faster rate.
A new Tesla patent reveals that the company would like to enable a more efficient autonomous driving systems on Tesla vehicles. It would be made possible through a new data pipeline focused on more optimized data processing.

The recently spotted Tesla patent titled “Data Pipeline and Deep Learning System for Autonomous Driving” was published just a couple of days ago.
Through this, Tesla Neural Network would learn more efficiently from the data packets that it is getting. It would allow the company’s Neural network to function with improved images in a more efficient manner, which paves the way to faster autonomous driving enhancements.
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guest · Dec 30, 2019

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A fleet of buses which drive themselves could be operating in Scotland by the end of 2020.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-sc...st-full-size-driverless-bus-tested-in-glasgow
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Scotland 'open for business' in pioneering driverless vehicles
December 30, 2019
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-50948624

The minister wants the country to spearhead the testing and development of self-driving technology.

One of its first projects is a fleet of autonomous buses running from Fife and Edinburgh, via the Forth Road Bridge.
A consortium of partners from government, industry and academia are collaborating in the design, development and operation of the full-sized fleet.

2020 will bring a major milestone when Project Cav Forth will trial the first autonomous full-sized bus fleet in passenger service after receiving £4.35m part-funding from the UK government.

"I intend Scotland to be at the forefront of these technologies. We are open for business to test, demonstrate and pilot autonomous vehicle trials.
"The deployment of connected and automated vehicles has the potential to bring transformative change to peoples' lives [...]"
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ronjor · Dec 31, 2019

Butter run: First autonomous truck completes cross-country freight trip

By Greg Nichols for Robotics | December 30, 2019
With tons of butter at stake, this L4 autonomous semi truck delivered on the promise of autonomous cargo technology.
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guest · Dec 31, 2019

Baidu secures licenses to test self-driving cars in Beijing
December 31, 2019
https://venturebeat.com/2019/12/31/baidu-secures-licenses-to-test-self-driving-cars-in-beijing/

Tech giant Baidu is slowly but surely progressing toward the launch of a commercial robot-taxi fleet in mainland China. This week, the company announced that it has secured licenses to test driverless cars carrying passengers on designated roads on Beijing, making it one of the first to do so in the Chinese capital.

Baidu vice president Zhang Dongchen reiterated the company’s commitment to road safety in a statement (translated): “Beijing’s achievements in the field of autonomous driving are obvious to all, and it is undoubtedly [reflective] of the development of China’s autonomous driving industry. [...]”
As of the end of December, Beijing has allowed 151 roads totaling more than 500 kilometers (approximately 310 miles) in length to be used for autonomous vehicle tests, although the roads are closed to the public during testing.
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guest · Jan 1, 2020

Feds will investigate deadly Tesla crash in California
January 1, 2020
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/feds-investigate-deadly-tesla-crash-california-68013781

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating the crash of a speeding Tesla that killed two people in a Los Angeles suburb, the agency announced Tuesday.

Agency spokesman Sean Rushton wouldn’t say whether the Tesla Model S was on Autopilot when it crashed on Dec. 29 in Gardena. That system is designed to automatically change lanes and keep a safe distance from other vehicles.
The black Tesla had left a freeway and was moving at a high rate of speed when it ran a red light and slammed into a Honda Civic at an intersection, police said.
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guest · Jan 2, 2020

Bosch debuts long-range lidar sensor for autonomous vehicles
January 2, 2020
https://venturebeat.com/2020/01/02/bosch-debuts-new-lidar-sensor-for-autonomous-vehicles/

In spite of recent assertions from industry skeptics, it’s a widely held belief that autonomous cars will require redundant sensors beyond cameras and radars in order to meet safety baselines.

Like all lidar sensors, Bosch’s solution measures the distance to target objects by illuminating them with laser light and measuring the reflected pulses. [...] and the company claims it’ll be price-competitive with rivals, thanks to economies of scale.

“By filling the sensor gap, Bosch is making automated driving a viable possibility in the first place,” said Bosch management board member Harald Kroeger in a statement.
The company says its engineers succeeded in taking the camera technology used in cars to “a new level” by enhancing it with AI so that it can detect objects, categorize them into classes (such as vehicles, pedestrians, or bicycles), and measure their movement even when they’re partially obscured.
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guest · Jan 4, 2020

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Bosch debuts long-range lidar sensor for autonomous vehicles
January 2, 2020
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Bosch: Will its lidar tech turn a corner for autonomous driving?
January 3, 2020
https://techxplore.com/news/2020-01-bosch-lidar-tech-corner-autonomous.html

Roadshow's Sean Szymkowski said "the system can detect anything near or far away—even a rock in the road."

Kris Holt in Engadget, meanwhile, saw the real news element in the Bosch attempt to drum up interest in its lidar plans as not merely news that the company had a lidar [...]
Reuters led its report on the Bosch announcement with a headlined accent on price: "Germany's Bosch to offer lower-cost sensors for self-driving cars."

Sam Abuelsamid in Forbes likewise noted that technical details of the new sensor were "extremely sparse."

Also, it was strongly stated by Elon Musk earlier this year that he did not think lidar was necessary for self-driving car safety. He swatted it off his wish list. "Lidar is a fool's errand," Musk said at a Tesla event earlier this year.
Steve Crowe quoted him in The Robot Report. So did Matt Burns for TechCrunch: "Anyone relying on lidar is doomed. [...]
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"Even if lidar units were $10 Tesla is too smart to waste time with them," said one reader comment in Engadget.

Klayman observed that one is talking about "a relatively young technology that is still in flux. In its current form, it is too expensive for mass market use, but if a cheaper lidar sensor were widely adopted, it could provide more depth data that would allow self-driving cars to detect the distance to other road users like pedestrians."
speed adoption of the technology."

Let's wait and see.
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guest · Jan 5, 2020

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Feds will investigate deadly Tesla crash in California
January 1, 2020
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/feds-investigate-deadly-tesla-crash-california-68013781
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3 crashes, 3 deaths raise questions about Tesla's Autopilot
January 3, 2020
http://www.startribune.com/3-crashes-3-deaths-raise-questions-about-tesla-s-autopilot/566680301/

Three crashes involving Teslas that killed three people have increased scrutiny of the company's Autopilot driving system just months before CEO Elon Musk has planned to put fully self-driving cars on the streets.

On Sunday, a Tesla Model S sedan left a freeway in Gardena, California, at a high speed, ran a red light and struck a Honda Civic, killing two people inside, police said.
On the same day, a Tesla Model 3 hit a parked firetruck on an Indiana freeway, killing a passenger in the Tesla.
And on Dec. 7, yet another Model 3 struck a police cruiser on a Connecticut highway, though no one was hurt.

He predicted more deaths involving Teslas if NHTSA fails to take action.
"This is very unfortunate," he said. "Just tragic."
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guest · Jan 6, 2020

Nvidia touts its unified architecture and pretrained libraries for autonomous cars
January 6, 2020
https://venturebeat.com/2020/01/06/...and-pretrained-libraries-for-autonomous-cars/

Nvidia wants carmakers to adopt its single unified architecture for everything from software to datacenter tech to chips for autonomous vehicles. And the company is making its pretrained libraries of deep neural network data for self-driving cars available to its partners.

Nvidia’s Drive AV is an end-to-end, software-defined platform for autonomous vehicles. It includes a development flow, datacenter infrastructure, an in-vehicle computer, and pretrained AI models that can be adapted by car makers.
In December, Nvidia unveiled Drive AGX Orin, a massive AI chip with 7 times the performance of predecessor Xavier.

“Everything in the $10 trillion industry will have some degree of autonomy, and that’s what we’re really working to develop,” Shapiro said.
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Samples of Orin will be provided in 2020 for testing, but the chip isn’t expected to ship in vehicles until 2022.
Orin has17 billion transistors, or basic on-off switches of computing and is the result of four years of research.

Built as a software-defined platform, DRIVE AGX Orin is developed to enable architecturally compatible platforms that scale from a level 2 to a fully self-driving level 5 vehicle, enabling car makers to develop large-scale and complex families of software products.
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ronjor · Jan 6, 2020

Qualcomm launches autonomous driving computer, aiming to hit roads by 2023

Stephen Nellis January 6, 2020
(Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) on Monday announced a computing system for autonomous vehicles designed to handle everything from lane controls to full self-driving that it aims to have on the road by 2023.
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guest · Jan 7, 2020

Waymo driverless cars have driven 20 million miles on public roads
January 6, 2020
https://www.cnet.com/news/waymo-driverless-cars-have-driven-20-million-miles-on-public-roads/

Waymo, the autonomous car company owned by Google parent Alphabet, announced a new milestone Monday evening. The company said its fleet of driverless vehicles has driven more than 20 million miles on public roads.

CEO John Krafcik made the announcement in Las Vegas at CES, the world's largest consumer technology conference.

"You need to have a lot of real world experience," Krafcik said at a dinner event hosted by Fortune Magazine. "There's no way to avoid it."
On Monday, Krafcik said that while the company's fleet had driven 20 million miles, it had driven "tens of billions" of miles through computer simulations. Krafcik also said Monday evening that Alphabet has invested "billions" of dollars in Waymo but declined to get more specific.
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guest · Jan 7, 2020

Intel’s Mobileye demos autonomous car that navigates using cameras alone
January 7, 2020
https://venturebeat.com/2020/01/07/...omous-car-that-navigates-using-cameras-alone/

Intel on Monday released a video of its Mobileye autonomous car navigating the streets of Jerusalem for about 20 minutes with the help of 12 on-board cameras and, unusually, no other sensors.

The development comes as chipmakers and machine-vision system manufacturers compete to provide the brains and eyes of automated vehicles.
The chipmaker’s demo is notable as self-driving car technology companies generally pair cameras with other sensors, like radar or lidar, to help the vehicle “see” its surroundings.

The video showed the car navigating through four-way intersections with no traffic lights, and changing lanes to weave into traffic and avoid pedestrians.
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