Estonian unmanned military vehicles manufacturer Milrem Robotics has been demonstrating its latest version of the unarmed self-propelled vehicle, TheMIS, ETV news show 'Aktuaalne kaamera' (AK) reported Thursday night.\n\"Such a machine, even without any weapons system, would augment things with a lot of operating distance, operating time and firepower,\" he continued.\nTheMIS also demonstrated its ability to evacuate wounded and retrieve equipment – AK showed the unmanned vehicle towing a 4WD vehicle.\nMilrem kit has been used in the West African country of Mali, where Estonian troops are deployed in the French-led counter-terrorism Operation Barkhane.\nTheir primary client is the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF).
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Australia and New Zealand Driverless Vehicle Initiative coming to Cudal","slug":"australia-and-new-zealand-driverless-vehicle-initiative-coming-to-cudal","publishDate":"2021-06-11 18:00:00+10:00","createdLocal":"2021-06-11 14:31:03.781596","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"news, local-news, driverless cars, cudal, advi, orange, central westThe future of driverless technology is coming to Cudal.\nThe Australia and New Zealand Driverless Vehicle Initiative (ADVI) Summit, will be in town on October 19.\nADVI executive director Rita Excell said the regional NSW component would allow public participation and to experience the benefits of driverless technology in regional areas.\nThere will be car-to-car autonomous emergency braking and lane support systems demonstrations and will be held at Transport for NSW's Future Mobility Testing Centre at Cudal - part of the Cudal road safety precinct.\nActivities are expected to firm up processes for future testing and certification for driverless vehicle technology.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"3D Printing Industry news sliced: MakerBot, Czinger, America Makes, GE Additive, Amaero, ZEISS, Arkema and more","slug":"3d-printing-industry-news-sliced-makerbot-czinger-america-makes-ge-additive-amaero-zeiss-arkema-and-more","publishDate":"2021-06-11 09:20:56+00:00","createdLocal":"2021-06-11 14:31:02.623567","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Subscribe to the 3D Printing Industry YouTube channel for the latest 3D printing webinars, video shorts, and reviews.\nIn this edition of Sliced, the 3D Printing Industry news digest, we cover the latest business developments and partnerships in the 3D printing sector.\nToday’s edition includes several 3D printing partnerships, investments, a new 3D printing air filtration system, same-day 3D printed dentures, and coatings for 3D printed rocket engine parts.\nSubscribe to the 3D Printing Industry newsletter for the latest news in additive manufacturing.\nYou can also stay connected by following us on Twitter, liking us on Facebook, and tuning into the 3D Printing Industry YouTube Channel.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Project Endeavour autonomous driving trials begin in Birmingham","slug":"project-endeavour-autonomous-driving-trials-begin-in-birmingham","publishDate":"2021-06-11 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2021-06-11 14:31:01.402379","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Birmingham is hosting the Project Endeavour autonomous driving trial, as it enters its next phase on public roads.\nThe trials offer the Project Endeavour partners the opportunity to refine local deployment approaches as well as understand and model the complex and busy road network in Birmingham.\nProject Endeavour – a Government-backed mobility research project – is the UK’s first multi-city demonstration of autonomous vehicle services and capability.\nThe Project Endeavour trial will feature four Ford Mondeo vehicles fitted with LiDAR, radar and stereo cameras and integrated with Oxbotica’s autonomy software platform.\nTrials will run throughout the day for several weeks, allowing Oxbotica’s autonomous vehicles to experience a range of traffic scenarios and weather conditions.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"China's Huawei aims to develop self-driving tech by 2025","slug":"china-s-huawei-aims-to-develop-self-driving-tech-by-2025","publishDate":"2021-06-11 06:23:09-04:00","createdLocal":"2021-06-11 14:31:00.059846","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"BEIJING -- China's Huawei Technologies aims to develop driverless-car technology by 2025, an executive said, as the world's largest telecommunications equipment maker diversifies its business in the face of U.S. sanctions.\n\"Our team's goal is to reach true driverless passenger cars in 2025,\" Wang Jun, senior executive at Huawei's smart vehicle unit, told an industry conference.\nDozens of startups, automakers and large technology firms such as Internet search leader Baidu and Apple are accelerating work on self-driving vehicle systems which are expected to bring a sea change to the transportation industry.\nHuawei has pivoted to smart electric vehicles after its global smartphone business was hammered by U.S. sanctions.\nThe previous Trump administration labelled the company a threat to U.S. national security - a charge it denies.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Perrone Robotics completes series of public road tests of its autonomous vehicles","slug":"perrone-robotics-completes-series-of-public-road-tests-of-its-autonomous-vehicles","publishDate":"2021-06-11 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2021-06-11 14:30:58.783681","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Perrone Robotics, a provider of autonomous vehicle technology, says it has successfully completed a series of public road demonstrations in the city of Westminster, Maryland, as part of an event hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Gigabit Innovation Collaboratory (MAGIC) Autonomous Corridor Project.\nCustomers are able to accelerate the global deployment of autonomous vehicle fleet solutions across their gas-powered, diesel and electric passenger and cargo shuttles.\nPerrone Robotics received national recognition several years ago for technically reaching Level 5 autonomy in its 2019 public road demonstrations in Albemarle County, Virginia.\nPerrone has additional AV transit, cargo and delivery shuttles under development and will be ready for use in public fleets by late summer 2021.\nPaul Perrone, founder and CEO of Perrone Robotics, says: “We have been operating in a driverless fashion with our autonomy since 2005, including the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"AI Driving Will Be Here Soon: Tesla And Volkswagen Make Plans","slug":"ai-driving-will-be-here-soon-tesla-and-volkswagen-make-plans","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-06-11 14:30:56.519433","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Regardless of the extent to which either of these driving modes offer driver assistance, both are clearly not full self-driving.\nThe age of autonomous vehicles IS dawning however, and Volkswagen refuses to be left behind in the self-driving revolution.\nIf you’ll let me be Frank with you, charging for access to full self-driving makes a lot of sense, but it also makes a vehicle much less desirable, in my opinion.\nThe Tesla Model S Plaid is set to arrive to owners soon, so Autopilot will find its way into some new hands shortly.\nFull self-driving should not be called full self-driving unless the vehicle does not need an alert operator.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Volkswagen Plans Hourly Subscription For Self-Driving Feature","slug":"volkswagen-plans-hourly-subscription-for-self-driving-feature","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-06-11 14:30:54.800598","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Volkswagen, the German automaker, is considering a service that would charge passengers on its autonomous vehicles on an hourly basis.\nVolkswagen plans to launch the first subscription plan for its vehicles based on MEB, a modular electric car platform that offers more space for e-mobility in a smaller area.\nOnce Volkswagen's self-driving features are ready, it hopes to launch the service by the second quarter of next year, according to Thomas Ulbrich, a Volkswagen board member.\nUlbrich said in an interview to the German newspaper Die Welt that Volkswagen plans to offer other allied services with the hourly/ daily subscription plans.\nThe question then arises — Would people want to pay per hour for a self-driving feature in their car?
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