A self - driving car equipped with the BlackBerry QNX
autonomous vehicle software has completed its first road test in the public streets of Ottawa as a part of the Canadian tech company's broader autonomous driving push.
The firm, which is currently raising a second fund with a $ 175 million target, is focused on early - stage investments in several industries, including security, digital health, AI and
autonomous vehicle software.
Artificial intelligence serves as the foundational technological platform for several of Aspect's portfolio companies targeting key verticals, including companies like Amino (digital health), Astro & Troops (future of work), and Mapper (
autonomous vehicle software).
The fund's launch coincides with the release of Apollo 1.5, the second generation of the company's open - source
autonomous vehicle software.
Not exact matches
Zimmer says that Lyft's view of self - driving
vehicles» immediate future contrasts with ideas of a «magical
autonomous car [that] drops out of the sky and does everything,» and also of cars with
autonomous software that theoretically improve over time in the model of Tesla's Autopilot.
Because all of Tesla's cars are equipped with the
software and hardware necessary to collect data that can be used to improve its ML system, the electric - car company could have a huge edge against other automakers and tech companies working on
autonomous vehicles.
• Ushr Inc., a Livonia, Mich. - based provider of high - definition mapping technology and
software for
autonomous and semi-
autonomous vehicles, raised $ 10 million in Series A funding.
Today, the ride - hailing company officially announced that it will develop a suite of hardware and
software that will allow any manufacturer to turn its
vehicles into
autonomous vehicles.
After all, Tesla's
autonomous vehicles are inherently dependent on machine learning
software.
Aurora is developing a «full - stack solution» for self - driving cars, which means it intends to design and develop the sensors,
software, and data services needed to deploy fully
autonomous vehicles.
Tesla also said California should not prohibit the sale of any non-self-driving
vehicle that was previously used for
autonomous vehicle testing, an issue that could affect the company because of company
software.
videos online since October, when Tesla updated its
software with an «autopilot» feature that steers the
vehicle on highways — not fully
autonomous, but a strong start.)
While most automakers are adding
software to conventional mass market cars to enable
autonomous driving, Google has designed its self - driving
vehicles from the ground up.
I'm going to be meeting with BlackBerry and talking about the investments they've made in QNX, an additional $ 100 million, to really look at how they can adapt their
software and security technologies with Ford and other
vehicles and really help drive the
autonomous vehicle initiatives in Canada.
Short of building entire cars, there is money to be made from the
software to run a self - driving
vehicle, as well as the services associated with
autonomous driving, such as mapping, car - sharing and car recharging services, the auto source said.
Its latest
software upgrade equips Tesla
vehicles with
autonomous highway driving.
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The third was a «loss of communication between
autonomous vehicle control
software and test engineer GUI.»
One of the more eye - catching announcements of the show was Nvidia unveiling its new
autonomous vehicle testing
software, called DRIVE Constellation.
For example, Nvidia makes chips and
software used by more than 100 companies developing
autonomous vehicles and driving capabilities.
It is actually a little funny that Musk thinks this way about the role of
autonomous vehicles in worsening traffic conditions since Tesla has been focused on improving its own autopilot
software.
GM, which now has a seat on Lyft's board, will get access to the ride - hailing company's
software, whereas Lyft will have GM's expertise — especially when it comes to
autonomous vehicles to separate itself from competitors like Uber in the future.
Despite recent setbacks, Apple is also reportedly working on
autonomous vehicles (or at least the
software that will power them).
The partners will work on developing hardware and
software for
autonomous vehicles.
It's unclear whether Ford would help Google build a stand - alone
autonomous car, or whether the partnership would entail fitting existing Ford
vehicles with Google's
software.
Before ROSS, Jimoh worked on developing technology to enable
autonomous vehicles and
software that can understand human language.
Ms. Bell focuses on technology and IP transactions — with an emphasis on complex strategic alliances — for a wide range of
software, electronics, AI, IoT,
autonomous vehicle, telecommunications, cloud computing, digital media, Internet, fintech, digital health, and clean technology companies.
Mobileye, an Israeli unit of Intel that makes
software brains that interpret what sensors are seeing, has called for the industry to discuss a framework to validate the safety of
autonomous vehicles.
Waymo offered a first look at its fleet of hybrid Chrysler Pacifica minivans today, showing off
vehicles that pack an array of sensors and
software that enable
autonomous operation.
Since Chen joined BlackBerry, the company managed to pivot from hardware development towards
software, establishing partnerships Chinese search giant Baidu, while also continuing work on
autonomous and connected
vehicle technology.