Zoox’s Robotaxi: More detailsAmazonand self-driving carsAmazon-owned autonomous vehicle startup Zoox Inc. has reportedly carried passengers in its completely self-driving car on public roads for the first time.\nThe permit was later extended by the state to include the self-driving Robotaxi.\nThe autonomous vehicle doesn’t have traditional controls or pedals.\nAs per the report, Zoox’s Robotaxi can travel at a top speed of 35 miles per hour.In 2020, Amazon acquired Zoox for an undisclosed sum.\nHowever, the company has not started testing its self-driving shuttle yet.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Amazon’s Zoox robotaxi drives on public roads in California for the first time","slug":"amazons-zoox-robotaxi-drives-on-public-roads-in-california-for-the-first-time","publishDate":"2023-02-14 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-02-15 14:31:09.868524","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"London CNN —Amazon’s Zoox driverless transportation company has started testing its robotaxi on open public roads — with employees on board, for now.\nThe company said Monday that it conducted an initial run of its shuttle service for workers at its headquarters in Foster City, California on February 11, a key step in its efforts to make autonomous vehicles widely available.\nFull-time employees will now be able to travel in the self-driving taxi on the route between Zoox’s two main office buildings.\nZoox, which was founded in 2014 and purchased by Amazon in 2020, is unique in its approach to designing electric self-driving vehicles.\nBut Zoox has ditched the steering wheel and brake pedal, claiming those features are unnecessary when there’s no human driver.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Apple won 58 Patents today covering an Autonomous Vehicle Lane Change System and an Odd one covering future Wearables","slug":"apple-won-58-patents-today-covering-an-autonomous-vehicle-lane-change-system-and-an-odd-one-covering-future-wearables","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-02-15 14:31:08.162568","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"In this particular report we briefly cover a Project Titan patent relating to an autonomous vehicle lane change system along with a unique, yet odd, wearables patent.\nThe patent describes an approach for an integrated decision making and trajectory determination solution for lane change maneuver motion planning.\nWhen a lane change is feasible, the decision making component may provide the trajectory determination component with an identification of the chosen gap, a temporal parametrization of the phases of the lane change maneuver, and an initial guess for the acceleration profile to be used during the lane change maneuver.\nIn contrast, this approach uses a new planner for lane change which uses different cost functions, maneuver windows and constraints suited for lane change.\n1 below is an illustration of an example of a lane change maneuver of a vehicle; FIG.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Amazon’s weird toaster-shaped robotaxi hits the road in a ‘first’ for the company","slug":"amazons-weird-toaster-shaped-robotaxi-hits-the-road-in-a-first-for-the-company","publishDate":"2023-02-14 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-02-15 14:31:07.523696","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Zoox, the autonomous vehicle company owned by Amazon, said that its toaster-shaped driverless vehicle without a steering wheel or pedals was approved to drive on public roads with passengers in California.\nThe company celebrated the milestone as the “first time in history a purpose-built robotaxi — without any manual controls — drove autonomously with passengers.”Zoox is one of dozens of companies currently testing AVs on public roads in the Golden State.\nZoox is one of dozens of companies currently testing AVs on public roads in the Golden StateBut Zoox’s purpose-built robotaxi can hardly travel where ever it wants.\nAccording to Levinson, the Zoox vehicle drove a two-mile loop “dozens of times” on open roads with passengers in the vehicle.\n“As you’d expect on open public roads, we encountered lots of vehicles, pedestrians, bikes, etc.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Amazon's Zoox robotaxi drives on public roads in California for the first time","slug":"amazon-s-zoox-robotaxi-drives-on-public-roads-in-california-for-the-first-time","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-02-15 14:31:07.004466","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Google, General Motors and other tech and transportation companies have poured billions of dollars into self-driving vehicles for more than a decade with the promise that they would deliver improved safety and convenience for riders.\nYet some evangelists have abandoned their efforts in recent months, with high costs and elusive profits becoming harder to stomach as the economy slows.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"This Industry Will Be Worth $14 Trillion by 2027, Says Ark Invest -- Here's the Stock to Buy Now","slug":"this-industry-will-be-worth-14-trillion-by-2027-says-ark-invest-here-s-the-stock-to-buy-now","publishDate":"2023-02-14 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-02-15 14:31:05.943020","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Ark Invest just released its \"Big Ideas 2023\" report, and it made a blockbuster call on the autonomous ride-hailing industry.\nIt says that by 2027, the sector could amass a $14 trillion enterprise value based on $4 trillion in annual revenue.\nArk is betting that self-driving vehicles will reduce the cost of mobility by a whopping 88% compared to human-driven ride-hailing services.\nConsider Uber Freight, which serves as a digital marketplace for the logistics industry.\nUber Freight has more than 200,000 users on the platform with $17 billion in freight under management, but it has a long runway for growth.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Autonomous vehicle ECU market to grow at a CAGR of 24.12%: Evolving opportunities with Aptiv PLC, Autoliv Inc among others - Technavio","slug":"autonomous-vehicle-ecu-market-to-grow-at-a-cagr-of-24-12-evolving-opportunities-with-aptiv-plc-autoliv-inc-among-others-technavio","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-02-15 14:31:04.745393","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"The development of autonomous features and smart road infrastructure will provide immense growth opportunities for the growth of the global autonomous vehicle ECU market.\nVendor offerings -Aptiv PLC - The company offers autonomous vehicle ECU such as Aptiv Smart Vehicle Architecture.\nThe company offers autonomous vehicle ECU such as Aptiv Smart Vehicle Architecture.\nDownload a sample reportAutonomous vehicle ECU market – Market dynamicsLeading drivers - The rising number of accidents due to human errors is driving the global autonomous vehicle ECU market growth.\nMajor challenges - The high cost associated with semi-autonomous and autonomous technologies is challenging the global autonomous vehicle ECU market growth.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"A Simple Laser Toy Can Make a Self-Driving Car Completely Blind","slug":"a-simple-laser-toy-can-make-a-self-driving-car-completely-blind","publishDate":"2023-02-14 19:26:11+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-02-15 14:31:01.483447","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Based on the collected data, the vehicle can act accordingly, such as engaging the emergency brakes when a pedestrian is discovered.Such a system relies on laser light itself, using reflections received from the detected objects to determine the distance, eventually being able to determine the proper reaction.\nResearchers, however, discovered that pointing a laser light directly at the LiDAR camera makes it prioritize the fake light instead of the reflections received when the vehicle is in motion.As such, the LiDAR system ignores data related to obstacles and pedestrians, therefore failing to take proper action.\nVehicles no longer activated the brakes even when pedestrians were detected in front of the cars, eventually causing an increased risk of collision.\nResearchers used a simulated attack from a real person standing just a few meters away from the car and pointing the laser light at the LiDAR system.\nBut with a more complex system, such as camera-tracking technology and more powerful lasers, a self-driving vehicle could be turned blind for several seconds, especially as an automated implementation would point the laser precisely at the right spot.
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