Sentences with phrase «for autonomous operation»

The roughly A7 - sized Elaine uses an advanced version of the new A8's Level 3 Traffic Jam Pilot for autonomous operation up to 81 mph.

The system alerts drivers to intervene if conditions are not right for autonomous operation.

It also describes the design of an onboard computing device capable of handling the information needed for autonomous operation.

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Uber has halted its autonomous vehicle operations in response to a fatal accident Sunday evening in a Phoenix suburb that has become a hub for testing self - driving vehicle technology.

By late October, it became clear the operations team in San Francisco was struggling to prepare for the public launch of the company's on - demand autonomous cars, according to insiders.

Geidt, who's now head of operations for Uber's autonomous driving unit, declined to comment for this story.

As for costs of operation — chief among them being product delivery — technologies like driverless, autonomous electric vehicles, which are already test - driving around Las Vegas, are sure to be rapidly adopted by major courier companies as it becomes feasible to do so, substantially reducing delivery costs.

These partners are Mercedes - Benz, which was recently reported to be preparing to unveil a fleet of electric vehicles based on a completely new architecture; Nvidia, which just launched the artificial intelligence - powered palm - sized Drive PX 2 computer for self - driving cars; Otto, an autonomous truck startup that was acquired by Uber last month; and Didi Chuxing, which recently bought out Uber's operations in China.

The company also suggests the placing of strategic park and ride sites to improve urban mobility in the short term and for the potential to be explored of switching freight to autonomous night time operation.

ARM will demonstrate advanced, high - power, high - throughput solar electric propulsion; advanced autonomous high - speed proximity operations at a low - gravity planetary body; controlled touchdown and liftoff with a multi-ton mass from a low - gravity planetary body, astronaut spacewalk activities for sample selection, extraction, containment and return; and mission operations of integrated robotic and crewed vehicle stack — all key components of future in - space operations for human missions to Mars.

«This research is investigating the value of combining autonomous soaring algorithms and solar photovoltaics for capturing energy from the environment to extend flight endurance and mission operations of an aircraft.»

In 2006 the National Science Foundation awarded Major Research Infrastructure (MRI) funding to UNAVCO and IRIS / PASSCAL to design and build power and communication systems for autonomous polar station operation.

Scientists from across the globe have been researching binary operations in DNA, RNA and proteins for over a decade now, but Maxim Nikitin and his colleagues were the first to propose and experimentally confirm a method to transform almost any type of nanoparticle or microparticle into autonomous biocomputing structures that are capable of implementing a functionally complete set of Boolean logic gates (YES, NOT, AND and OR) and binding to a target (such as a cell) as result of a computation.

A lack of oversight and confusion among several departments with little experience in understanding how affiliated charter school should operate, including school operations, school management services and budget services, lead the district to purchase textbooks, classroom furniture and other supplies for years on behalf of the autonomous schools.

Having said that, even this high - tech piece of kit won't be ready for full autonomous operation before 2025 at the earliest.

Mercedes - Benz's latest technologies, including the dual - display setup for the seamlessly merging fully digital driver display and central display, new Comand 5 infotainment system with touch operation, redesigned steering wheel with touch operated controls and a host of new driver assistance systems teaming up for providing Level 2 autonomous driving functions will find their place in all - new Mercedes A-Class.

But without a legal framework for its operation in many markets, Audi says it will adopt a step - by - step approach to the introduction of its new autonomous driving tech.

The ensuing proliferation of autonomous cars will mean safer driving conditions for everyone and more efficient vehicle operation.

In just the last few months, we have been witness to many signs of technological advancement in this field: Tesla declaring its ability to produce a fully autonomous vehicle by 2017; Uber utilizing a broad definition of Pittsburgh's existing regulatory framework and close cooperation with local authorities in order to turn the city into an experimental ground for autonomous taxis; Otto testing the operation of autonomous trucks, which have the potential to disrupt the entire commercial delivery industry; Google, Baidu, Volvo, and many others, already stepping in and working hard to establish themselves in the industry, too.

In his brief to the press, Minister Katz presented a target of autonomous vehicles driving down Israeli streets by 2020, thus turning Israel into one of the first countries to allow for the operation of autonomous vehicles.

A marketing company that markets software from a plurality of different independent and autonomous software companies, and carries out and pays for operations associated with marketing of software for all of said different independent and autonomous software companies, in return for a contingent share of a total income stream from marketing of the software from all of said software companies, while allowing all of said software companies to retain their autonomy.

The autonomous vehicle start up learned its main financier, LeEco, planned to significantly scale back its U.S. operations, signaling a potential death knell for Faraday's car ambitions.

The DMV's Deputy Director Brian Soublet sent a letter to Uber saying that its current autonomous vehicle testing permit expires on March 31 and if the company wants to resume operations again in the state it must apply for another permit.

Its primary operations are, as is expected for a company that's headquartered in Beijing, located in Asia (notably central China and the autonomous Inner Mongolia) but, as per recent reports, it looks as though the company might be looking to

China is home to nearly two - thirds of the bitcoin hashrate with mining operations rampant in the Sichuan province and the autonomous regions of Inner Mongolia and Tibet that provide cheap hydroelectricity and cooler temperatures for the energy - intensive process of mining cryptocurrency.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin said autonomous cars could be functional and safe for operation on public streets within a few years.

«5G's promise of greater speed and overall network performance brings huge opportunities not only for video but in the internet of things, 4K video, augmented and virtual reality, smart homes and cities, autonomous vehicles, and much more,» says John Donovan, chief strategy officer and group president of technology and operations at AT&T.