{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/blog/high-tech-pavement-markers-support-autonomous-driving-in-tough-conditions-remote-areas/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"No Frills News"}},"contentfulNfnPost":{"postTitle":"High-Tech Pavement Markers Support Autonomous Driving In Tough Conditions, Remote Areas","slug":"high-tech-pavement-markers-support-autonomous-driving-in-tough-conditions-remote-areas","createdLocal":"2023-08-03 14:31:08.410158","publishDate":"2023-08-02 00:00:00","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","sourceUrl":{"sourceUrl":"https://cleantechnica.com/2023/08/02/high-tech-pavement-markers-support-autonomous-driving-in-tough-conditions-remote-areas/"},"postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"<p>“We are working to make autonomous driving features accurate and safe in more remote areas,” Ekti said.\nORNL researchers experimented to find the best combination of transceiver, battery and antenna for the sensor package inside standard road markers, as well as those that are designed to withstand snowplows.\nORNL researchers field-tested the sensor platform in a variety of weather conditions and in a remote national park in Montana with no wireless access.\nThe Vehicle Technologies Office under DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy provided funding.\nContributing ORNL researchers include Ross Wang, Jason Richards, Elizabeth Piersall, David Pesin, Ozgur Alaca and Shean Huff.</p>"}}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"high-tech-pavement-markers-support-autonomous-driving-in-tough-conditions-remote-areas"}}}