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Luminar, Volvo Will Offer Self-Drive System to Automakers

Luminar Technologies and Zenseact, the self-driving software subsidiary of Volvo Cars will coöperate to offer a combination hardware-software system to other automakers. Luminar make a self-driving lidar which uses laser light to help cars gain a three-dimensional view of their surroundings. Volvo plan to use Luminar’s sensors in their vehicles with production starting next year.Zenseact…

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TechnoTeam, Trioptics in Development Pact

Manufacturers in consumer electronics and automotive industries depend on analysing the imaging quality of their display products—VR/AR headsets, head-up displays, and suchlike—in various aspects in detail. Both photometric properties like colour and luminance and imaging properties like modulation transfer function and distortion must be characterised in combination. TechnoTeam and Trioptics will combine their competencies in…

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Innoviz launches automotive perception platform to OEMs

Innoviz has launched its automotive perception platform, “InnovizAPP”, designed for the automotive industry. InnovizAPP includes automotive-grade hardware and software that enable AVs to identify and classify objects along the road. The company stated that it is already shipping InnovizAPP “to selected automaker giants, helping them accelerate timelines for consumer AV programs globally.” InnovizAPP enables a…

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Jenoptik expects ‘significant and profitable’ growth in 2021

Jenoptik ended its 2020 reporting year with a strong fourth quarter and was able to significantly increase profitability in 2020, the company announced last week. This “positive development was supported by sustained high demand from the semiconductor equipment industry, the acquisition of Trioptics and a largely stable capital spending by public sector customers. At the…

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Auto Tech Trends: Lidar Is In Top 10

A new IHS publication gives an overview of key automotive developments happening in 2021. Their top-ten list includes lidar sensors enabling automation, especially in L3 and L4 AVs. Here’s that list:1. EV charging speeds keep increasing; over 60 per cent of EVs produced in 2021 can charge at 100kW DC or faster.2. 5G automotive deployment…

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Object Detection in the Rain With Lidar

Researchers from the University of Warwick (WMG) are testing how lidar sensors on vehicles perform in the rain. Using a WMG 3xD simulator (explanatory video here) the team tested an autonomous vehicle’s lidar sensors in different intensities of rain, driving around a simulation of real roads in and around Coventry, England.One of the issues with…

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Innoviz: Perception Platform to Accelerate AV Production

Innoviz have released their InovizAPP automotive perception platform. It includes automotive-grade hardware and software to enable AVs to identify and classify objects. Innoviz are shipping InnovizAPP to some automakers already, helping them accelerate timelines for consumer AV programs globally. Based on Innoviz’s advanced Perception Software, InnovizAPP enables safe autonomous driving as it identifies, detects, and…

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Hella Collaborate With Wejo for Sensor Data Wrangling

Hella have an extensive sensor portfolio including high-performance radar, battery, and rain-light-climate sensors. Many of these generate large amounts of data. In order to further improve the performance of the sensors based on data from millions of vehicles,Hella have partnered with connected vehicle data provider Wejo. The relationship aims to potentially develop new data-driven business…

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Luminar Lidar for SAIC’s New EVs

Luminar have announced a strategic partnership with SAIC, China’s largest auto maker. Luminar’s Iris lidar and components from their Sentinel software system will underpin the autonomous capabilities and advanced safety features in SAIC’s new R-brand EVs, expected to begin series production with Luminar starting in 2022, with the parties’ longer-term goal being widespread standardisation across…

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Siemens, Bosch to Link Roadside Cameras With Vehicles

Siemens Mobility and Bosch have announced a new, fully integrated connected vehicle collective perception system. It enables a direct connection between roadside camera onboard intelligence and dual-mode roadside unit (RSU), which can in turn pass information to connected vehicles.Detections and geocoordinates captured by roadside cameras can now be processed more efficiently, bypassing additional interface devices,…

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