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SAE International, GM, and students gear up for AutoDrive Challenge Year 2 at Mcity

2019-05-21

SAE International® and General Motors are prepping for the AutoDrive Challenge™ Year 2 Competition May 29 through June 4, 2019, at the Mcity Test Facility, a purpose-built proving ground for connected and automated vehicles and technologies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

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Automated Vehicle Safety series addresses design, testing, verification, and validation

2019-04-22

To better inform and equip mobility engineers dealing with these challenges, SAE International has released a new book series from Juan R. Pimentel that explores automated vehicle safety concepts and technologies.

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Curtiss-Wright will provide data technology support for Boeing’s MQ-25 unmanned air refueling platform

2019-04-29

The MQ-25 is the U.S. Navy’s first operational carrier-based UAS and is designed to provide a much-needed, low-cost refueling capability to aircraft like the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet, Boeing EA-18 Growler, and Lockheed Martin F-35C fighters.

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USPS tests autonomous semi-trailers for long-haul mail logistics

2019-05-23

TuSimple, which specializes in autonomous trucks, will perform five round trips between USPS distribution centers in Phoenix and Dallas over the course of a two-week pilot program. USPS will use the program to assess factors like fuel cost reduction, operational safety, and fleet utilization rates.

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New university-led Air Force Center of Excellence focuses on securing autonomous systems operating in contested environments

2019-05-22

The researchers at the COE for Assured Autonomy in Contested Environments – all of which histories of innovation for Department of Defense problems of interest – will focus on the availability, integrity, and effective use of information by leveraging its diverse expertise in dynamics, mathematics, control theory, information theory, communications, and computer science.

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DARPA’s latest drone swarm sprint focuses on virtual environments

2019-05-13

Through OFFSET, DARPA envisions swarms of 250 collaborative autonomous systems – including unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) – providing critical capabilities to ground units in urban areas where challenges such as tall buildings, tight spaces, and limited sight lines constrain essential communications, sensing, maneuverability, and autonomous operations.

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High-temperature pressure sensor

2017-02-10

The Endevco model 8523 high-temperature pressure sensor from Meggitt Sensing Systems (Irvine, CA) uses silicon strain gages to enable gage and differential measurements.

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DARPA works toward unmanning aircraft

2017-01-26

DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program envisions flight operations with reduced onboard aircrew while improving mission performance and flight safety. This is achieved with a tailorable, drop-in, removable kit that would provide advanced automation to existing aircraft.

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Side-object detection for OTR vehicles displayed at Conexpo 2017

2017-03-09

Preco Electronics' new PreView Side Defender system aims to reduce trucking's increasing incidence of side-blindspot collisions.

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Renault ARMs its Twizy EV with open-source architecture

2017-02-10

Renault is teaming up with ARM, the multinational semiconductor and software design company, to open the software and hardware architecture of the little Twizy.

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Camera and sensor wash system

2017-03-13

Foreign materials like dust, mud, road salt, snow and other related debris can cause lens or sensor obstruction that will lead to degraded or non-functional system performance.

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High-power wireless charging technology

2017-02-14

Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s 20-kw wireless charging system has achieved 90% efficiency at three times the rate of the plug-in systems commonly used for electric vehicles today.

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CAN controller

2014-03-22

Adding thermocouple and analog signal input to the Axiomatic CAN controller line improves flexibility for these rugged I/O controllers.

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Vertical connectors

2014-03-22

Molex's vertical configuration version of its DuraClik 2-mm (0.08-in) pitch wire-to-board connector was designed for various space and installation needs with onboard instrumentation.

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Continental advances driver assistance towards future autonomy

2014-03-25

The company is continuing to develop foundation tools for future autonomous driving by advancing the fundamentals of sensing, planning, and then acting to guide vehicle response. Mimicking a human-like response is requiring new algorithm and systems engineering that better exploits existing sensors.

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Chrysler 200 Sport Mode balances performance with safety

2014-04-10

The system uses specific Sport Mode algorithms with modules from the high-speed CAN data bus, including those for adaptive cruise control, forward facing camera, all-wheel drive, shift-by-wire, electric power steering, transmission, and powertrain.

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Compact controller

2014-03-22

MEN Micro offers the flexible G51 3U CompactPCI Serial session border controller with a QorIQ processor and eight standard I/O interfaces.

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Temperature controller

2014-03-27

Oven Industries' offers a high-power temperature controller mounted on a heat sink that creates a seamless transition between heating and cooling devices.

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Unleashing AI in aviation will accelerate move to zero-pilot cargo and passenger aircraft

2018-10-03

Software has transformed every operational asset of everything in life; artificial intelligence (AI) will have as big an impact on life, predicts Mark Roboff, vice president, aerospace and automotive at SparkCognition during the 2018 SAE Aerospace Standards Summit at LMI in McLean, Va.

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First Lockheed Martin-built GPS III ready for system-level testing

2015-05-19

Lockheed Martin is currently under contract to build eight GPS III satellites at its GPS III Processing Facility near Denver, a factory specifically designed to streamline satellite production.