Second drone parachute validation by NUAIR and New York UAS Test Site, advancing drone package delivery industry and routine flights over people (SYRACUSE, NY) – Following strenuous testing completed by Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research (NUAIR) at the New York UAS Test Site in Rome, New York, Israel-based drone company Flytrex, has the parachute on its package delivery drones validated […]
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PRESS RELEASE 02 July 2019 Rockley Photonics announces $52m in funding in the first close of its Series E investment round Oxford, UK, 02 July 2019 – Rockley Photonics, a leading silicon photonics solutions provider, announces the successful first closure in its Series E funding round. Investors in the additional $52 million funding include a key strategic partner, Morningside Technology Ventures […]
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Ground-breaking Drone Autonomy Company Announces First North American Distributor NEW YORK, June 14, 2019 Emesent PTY LTD based in Brisbane, Australia are bringing their revolutionary drone autonomy technology to the North American market. Emesent’s advanced autonomy and SLAM-based LIDAR mapping technology known as Hovermap, will now be available through a dedicated distribution channel with partner Qntfi, Inc. in New York, […]
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Velodyne Features Advanced Lidar for Port Terminal Automation at TOC Europe SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Velodyne Integrator DGWorld Showcases Advanced Vehicle Automation Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Stand A50) will demonstrate how its smart, powerful lidar solutions can advance port terminal automation at TOC Europe in Rotterdam, 18-20 June. Velodyne will highlight customer applications that show how its lidar sensors can be used in crane […]
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Phantom Intelligence Launches the First Compact Short-Range Digital LiDAR Sensor The light and compact Guardian™ flash LiDAR sensor, powered by Phantom Intelligence digital processing, introduces a unique design that opens the door to new applications for LiDAR. Québec, Canada, June 5, 2019—Phantom Intelligence, the leader in digital processing for safety sensors, is proud to announce the launch of Guardian, the first compact digital […]
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COAST Autonomous Optimizes Self Driving Vehicle Safety with LeddarTech’s Cocoon LiDAR COAST Autonomous selects LeddarTech’s solid-state LiDAR technology as the most reliable solution to achieve maximum safety levels for its self-driving vehicles designed for campus and urban environments. QUEBEC CITY, June 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LeddarTech®, an industry leader in automotive and mobility LiDAR technology, is pleased to announce that […]
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USGIF Announces 2019 Stu Shea Endowed Scholarship Recipient Clark University’s Jaclyn Guz becomes second recipient of $15,000 scholarship San Antonio, Texas (June 3, 2019)—This morning at the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation’s (USGIF) GEOINT 2019 Symposium, Jaclyn Guz was recognized as the recipient of the Foundation’s Stu Shea USGIF Endowed Scholarship. Guz is a student at Clark University in Worcester, […]
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Don’t Miss Your Chance to Sponsor or Speak! The Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR) is excited to be hosting the second Annual New York UAS Symposium, September 16 – 18 at the Turning Stone Resort in Verona, NY. Last year’s symposium brought in over 300 participants and we’re expecting an even bigger turn out this year. The […]
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Cepton and Dataspeed Partner to Bring Advanced LiDAR to Global Autonomous Vehicle Developers Dataspeed to integrate Cepton’s LiDAR technology with its autonomous vehicle development platform SAN JOSE, Calif. – May 14, 2019 – Cepton Technologies, Inc., a provider of 3D LiDAR solutions for automotive, industrial, security, and mapping applications, today announced a partnership with Dataspeed Inc., an industry leading autonomous vehicle […]
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Velodyne Showcases World’s Most Advanced Lidar for Autonomous Vehicles at SmartDrivingCar Summit Velodyne Alpha Puck™ Delivers Game-Changing Innovation for Smart Driving Mobility Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced it is sponsoring the SmartDrivingCar Summit, which takes place on May 15-16 in Princeton, N.J. and brings together buyers, sellers, and facilitators of autonomous cars, trucks, and buses. At the summit, Velodyne will discuss […]
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LeddarTech’s solid-state Cocoon LiDAR has proven the most reliable technology as May Mobility’s driverless fleet takes to the roads, making autonomous mobility services safer. QUEBEC CITY, May 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LeddarTechR, an industry leader in automotive and mobility LiDAR technology is excited to announce that May Mobility, one of the front-runners in the deployment of autonomous shuttles, has selected LeddarTech LiDAR […]
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Velodyne Alpha Puck™ Acknowledged for Game-Changing Automotive Innovation SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Velodyne Lidar, Inc. was named a 2019 Automotive News PACE Award winner at an awards ceremony on April 8 in Detroit. Velodyne was the only lidar provider to win this prestigious award, which distinguishes automotive suppliers for superior innovation, technological advancement, and business performance. “Velodyne is honored to have the […]
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Lumotive Unveils High-Performance LiDAR to Enable Autonomous Vehicles Patented Beam-Steering Technology Leverages Liquid Crystal Metasurfaces™ and Semiconductor Manufacturing to Improve LiDAR Performance, Reliability and Cost Seattle, WA – March 20, 2019 – Lumotive, the Bill Gates-funded startup developing LiDAR systems for autonomous vehicles, today introduced a disruptive beam-steering technology which will significantly improve the performance, reliability and cost of LiDAR […]
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Black Swift Technologies Developing Active Navigation Enabling a Fixed-Wing UAS to Fly Autonomously Around Obstacles and Over Rugged Terrain Boulder, CO – (March 18, 2019) – Black Swift Technologies (BST), a specialized engineering firm based in Boulder, CO, announced today it has completed the first phase of a NASA-funded project to demonstrate the effectiveness of fusing a host of onboard sensors to develop […]
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VELODYNE LIDAR CEO WINS ALLIANCE OF AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS’ AUTOS2050 AWARD Autonomous Vehicle Pioneer Recognized for Game-changing Contributions to Automotive Industry SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (Auto Alliance), a trade association representing 12 automakers, honored David Hall, chief executive officer and founder of Velodyne Lidar, Inc., as an Autos2050® award winner. Hall was selected in the award’s Ingenuity category, […]
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New White Paper Calls for Clearer Marketing of Vehicle Autonomy and Driver Assistance for Safety Report Also Finds that Lidar Enhances Performance of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Segmenting vehicles as Level 2+ (ADAS) and Level 4+ (autonomous vehicles) would help significantly reduce confusion about the meaning of “self-driving.” (Graphic: Business Wire March 06, 2019 08:00 AM Eastern Standard Time SAN JOSE, […]
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Velodyne Sponsorship of RoboNation Brings State-of-the-Art Lidar Technology and Skills to Future Engineers Bringing Autonomous Vessels to Open Water: Velodyne Lidar Supports the Next Generation of AV Developers in Maritime RobotX Challenge San Jose, Calif., United States At the 2018 Maritime RobotX Challenge, Velodyne Lidar, Inc. contributed mentorship and lidar sensors to 15 university teams competing in an autonomous maritime competition. Held […]
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Velodyne Lidar Discusses the Future of Self-Driving Cars with Next-Generation Engineers SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Student Engineers Participating in 3-Year AutoDrive Challenge Are Working to Invent Autonomous Vehicle Future Educational initiatives, such as the AutoDrive Challenge, enable next-generation engineers to deepen their knowledge and gain hands-on experience with autonomous vehicle technology. The AutoDrive Challenge, organized by General Motors and SAE […]
Read more LeddarTech – Mobility Leadership Series Addresses Autonomous Driving and LiDAR Technologies in Europe QUEBEC CITY, Nov. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LeddarTech, an industry leader in providing the most versatile and scalable automotive LiDAR development platform, announces that as part of the LeddarTech Mobility Leadership Series, two of its experts, Pascal Tousignant, senior product line manager and Frantz Saintellemy, president […]
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Hexagon to Display Smart X Solutions for Digital, Connected and Intelligent Cities at Smart City Expo World Congress Hexagon AB, a global leader in digital solutions, will demonstrate its Smart X solutions for solving urban challenges related to safety, infrastructure and mobility at the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) in Barcelona from 13-15 November. “Every smart city must respond […]
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Hexagon AB, a global leader in digital solutions, is showcasing its extensive portfolio of reality capture hardware and integrated software at INTERGEO, the global hub for the geospatial community, taking place in Frankfurt, Germany, from 16-18 October. Hexagon’s presence at INTERGEO is highlighted by an extensive, 880-square-metre booth, where Hexagon will offer hands-on demonstrations for reality capture devices, airborne sensors […]
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Since 2009 Google has logged more than 2 million self-driving miles with their test vehicles. In fact, last week they spun this project out to a new business. Waymo is the new company, but it still faces the same major hurdle – inclement weather…Read More at In The Scan
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What year do you think the first self driving vehicle was launched? According to the researchers at Carnegie Mellon it was 1986 and it was called NavLab1, short for…Watch the Video at In The Scan
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Most of the news on autonomous vehicles centers around the world of vehicles designed for roads. But what if your city or town is surrounded by water…Read More at In The Scan
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