Autonomous vehicles (AVs) have the potential to save lives by reducing the number of automobile accidents. Nevertheless, they continue to face a major roadblock: Consumers don’t trust them. According to […]
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How Data Is Being Used to Train Autonomous Vehicles to Navigate Roadways
Autonomous vehicles will need to traverse at least 11 billion miles of on-the-road training to match the driving abilities of human drivers, but the COVID-19 pandemic has erected a major […]
Autonomous Ridesharing
Why drive when you can use autonomous ridesharing to get to your destination? In 2019, ridesharing rose in popularity amongst consumers, reaching an estimated global value of $61.3 billion USD. […]
Delivery with Autonomous Vehicles and Robots
By delivering your online purchases, autonomous vehicles and robots are changing how you receive your orders. It’s predicted that by 2024, the autonomous delivery robot marketplace will reach $34 billion […]
Free Webinar: IEEE Guide to Autonomous Vehicle Technology
You are invited to participate in a live complimentary IEEE course program webinar presented by Dr. Alexander M. Wyglinski, Dr. Nasser Lashgarian Azad, and Dr. Steve Vozar.
Automated vehicle (AV) technology offers many potential benefits to drivers. However, there is still some remaining uncertainty about efficacy and usability when users interact with these systems. This webinar will address this uncertainty as well as cover foundational and practical applications of autonomous, connected, and intelligent vehicle technologies.
Key Take-Aways:
- How to properly identify typical sensors used in an AV
- Learn to assess the benefits and drawbacks of different sensing modalities
- How to model and evaluate the performance of intelligent vehicle control algorithms using state-of-the-art techniques and concepts
- Live Q&A session
How Far Does AV Technology Have to Go?
People are investing billions of dollars in autonomous vehicle (AV) technology. The industry is displaying spectacular advancements to show for it. However, we are still nowhere near achieving the widespread […]
U.S. Postal Service Tests Autonomous Trucks in Two-Week Pilot Program
On 21 May 2019, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) launched a two-week pilot program that utilizes self-driving trucks to transport mail from Phoenix, Arizona to Dallas, Texas. This test is […]
Are We Ready for Pilotless Planes?
While the government’s vision is to have driverless cars on the road by 2021, new research shows that 57% of UK citizens wouldn’t feel safe in an autonomous vehicle (AV). […]
Holding AVs Accountable for Driver Safety Depends on Advancements in the IoT
The smartphone technology that we can’t seem to live without may be the same technology that could actually save our lives on the roads. The car industry is leveraging the […]
How the Edge Computing Layer Helps with Latency
By 2020, less than a year and a half away, an anticipated 20+ billion devices will likely be connected via the Internet of Things (IoT), creating incredible amounts of data […]