ITS Monday: Edition 10, 2020
This week’s small collection of curated content from the worlds of intelligent transport systems, smart mobility, and associated areas.
Stories on: Irrational exuberance re. robocars, HD maps, Uber back on the driverless road, Waymo’s enhanced sensors, and Mercedes pulls back on autonomous cars.
Now, scroll down, and see what’s in this week’s edition. Oh, and before you do, be sure check out the quickest way to receive our new content via the subscription box just below …
Gill Pratt on “Irrational Exuberance” in the Robocar World
A view from Toyota’s robocar chief, saying that ‘we don’t know that we can’t make fully self-driving cars, nor do we yet know how to do it.’
‘We are still in a phase where we are making progress with existing techniques, but the gradient isn’t as steep as it was a few years ago. It is getting more difficult.’
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Toyota’s self-driving car mapping system could be a game changer
More from the direction of Toyota, with this story about a breakthrough in the creation of HD maps, not only do that, but doing so in a cost-efficient manner. More on this at the Toyota website, at TRI-AD enables successful creation of HD maps for automated driving on surface roads.
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Uber has resumed testing its self-driving cars in San Francisco
After its well-publicised trouble with testing cars in autonomous mode in Arizona in 2018, Uber is back testing its technology in California.
What is it doing differently this time around?
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Waymo’s new self-driving tech spots pedestrians half a kilometre away
Waymo Driver, the 5th generation of the company’s self-driving tech, has been implemented in its vehicles. It is the result of more than 20 million miles of self-driving by its cars, along with 10 billion miles of simulations.
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Mercedes hits the brakes on self-driving cars
The German auto maker is pulling back on its self-driving vehicle R&D, and is instead putting more work into electric vehicles and autonomous trucks.
READ THE ARTICLEThe idea behind ITS Monday was in part driven by our ITS Weekly Roundup, an email newsletter we send each Friday (subscribe to that here, plus/or our monthly iMOVE newsletter!). That newsletter contains a substantial number of links, and sometimes I think interesting content could be lost in the mix. I also see quite a lot of interesting content on social media (yes, you can follow us on Linkedin and Twitter). So every week I’ll collect a few things, and put them in ITS Monday.
*Inclusion in ITS Monday does not equal iMOVE endorsement. It’s more aimed at discovery, thought, or discussion … or all of those and more. And while for the most part I expect content to be current, a little age doesn’t mean diminished interest.
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