Sentences with phrase «of autonomous operation»
While the 2012 Mitsubishi i doesn't offer any type of autonomous operation — it won't even park itself — this electric city car could be a step toward the end of automotive life as we know it.
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It also describes the design of an onboard computing device capable of handling the information needed for autonomous operation.
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.
Wholly - Owned Subsidiary - Various compelling reasons, including location, financial and regulatory factors, companies allow and circumstance necessitates, this more autonomous operation and structure, subsidizing and supervising hierarchy, chain of command.
This budget proposal will empower the state commissioner of the department of motor vehicles (DMV) to «approve demonstrations and tests consisting of the operation of a motor vehicle equipped with autonomous vehicle technology while such motor vehicle is engaged in the use of such technology on public highways within this state.»
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.
Because computers are capable of virtually instantaneous communication with other computers (relative to human reaction time), then perhaps the idea of autonomous vehicle operation should be restrained until all the similar computers in all the vehicles within a half - mile radius can communicate with one another.
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.
The new quadruped will have «a higher level of maturity in terms of system and autonomous operation,» Raibert says.
By the time fully autonomous driving becomes a reality, however, carmakers such as Volvo, Mercedes and Google are confident that they will have these technologies — and many more — so buttoned up that they will be able to take the driver out of the operation and liability picture almost entirely.
«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.»
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.
And let's reimagine the role the diocese should play in the operations and oversight of autonomous Catholic school networks.
The Foundation has maintained this organizational commitment to quality authorizing since 2005 by supporting — financially and in terms of human capital — a largely autonomous, highly visible authorizing operation.
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.
A charter school is a public school whose operation is autonomous from the local school district and based on a contract with the State Board of Education.
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.
«The new Nissan LEAF, with its improved autonomy range, combined with the evolution of autonomous drive technology, such as ProPILOT ™ Assist and the simple operation of the e-Pedal, strengthens Nissan's EV leadership, as well as the expansion of EVs globally.
The stunningly designed Nissan IMx, an all - electric 4 seater crossover concept offering fully autonomous operation and a driving range of more than 600 kilometers (Japan JC08).
The Nissan IMx, an all - electric crossover concept vehicle offering fully autonomous operation and a driving range of more than 600 kilometers, was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show.
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.
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.
At the Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan unveiled the Nissan IMx, an all - electric crossover concept vehicle offering fully autonomous operation and a driving range of more than 600 kilometers (373 miles).
At the core of the IMx's technological features is a future version of ProPILOT that offers fully autonomous 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.
As long as humans are involved in the operation, maintenance, modification or repair of autonomous vehicles, tort jurisprudence will apply.
The department is not currently considering the approval of «fully autonomous UAVs,» meaning operations that «would not permit / allow the pilot to intervene in the management of the flight,» she added.
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.
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Over in California, where Uber has also suspended its self - driving car tests, the DMV says it «takes the safe operation of our autonomous vehicle permit holders very seriously,» a DMV spokesperson said in a statement to TechCrunch.
Amnesty International has expressed concern that fully autonomous weapons, including «less lethal» robotic weapons that can result in deaths and serious injuries, would result in unlawful killings and injuries both in situations of armed conflict as well as in law enforcement operations.
Amnesty International Ireland's executive director Colm O'Gorman cautioned that the use of fully autonomous weapons «would result in unlawful killings and injuries both in situations of armed conflict, where both international humanitarian law and international human rights law apply, and in law enforcement operations, where international human rights law applies.»
The order requires that state agencies with pertinent regulator jurisdiction «support the safe testing and operation of autonomous vehicles on Washington's public roads.»
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.
Whenever a problem is detected, the system is prepared to run autonomous «healing» actions, and if a device wavers, the operation is transferred to another network of redundant nodes.
And with hundreds of thousands of vehicles on the road today, Tesla touted its method of «shadow - testing» its autonomous capabilities, by which the company collects anonymized data from its fleet of customer - owned vehicles during normal driving operations.
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.
All was not well with Uber's self - driving car project before the fatal crash this past Sunday in Arizona, which has prompted widespread criticism of the ride - hailing giant's approach to autonomous vehicle development and forced the company to pause much of its operations surrounding the technology.
«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.