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Volvo Cars Tech Fund invests in optical and imaging technology start-up Spectralics

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Coming from a background in aerospace technology development, Israel-based Spectralics creates state-of-the-art imaging and optical infrastructure spanning materials, hardware and software, enabling a wide variety of advanced optical capabilities. Volvo Cars has been a leading partner in both initiatives since 2017.

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Audi displays new AI project at NIPS: mono camera with semantic segmenting and depth estimates creates precise 3D model of environment

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Audi is exhibiting an innovative pre-development project to support autonomous driving at the NIPS 2017 conference in Long Beach, California, this week. A project team from the Audi subsidiary Audi Electronics Venture (AEV) developed a mono camera that uses artificial intelligence to generate an extremely precise 3D model of the environment.

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Wrightspeed named as World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer

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Ian Wright, CEO and founder of Wrightspeed, is participating in the Annual Meeting of the New Champions, and many Technology Pioneers will also participate in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2017 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. Notable members of the committee include Jeffrey M.

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Toyota Research Institute launches Toyota AI Ventures with $100M investment

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TRI participated in SLAMcore’s seed financing in March 2017. Israel-based Intuition Robotics is a leader in the development of social companion technology, including its ElliQ active-aging robotic companion. TRI participated in Intuition Robotics’ $14M Series A financing in May 2017.

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Ford introducing next-gen Fusion Hybrid autonomous development vehicle at CES and NAIAS in January

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Ford Motor Company is introducing its next-generation Fusion Hybrid autonomous development vehicle; the car will first appear at CES 2017 and the North American International Auto Show in January. This expertise will help Ford autonomous vehicles learn and adapt to the surroundings of their environment.

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Toyota Research Institute exploring blockchain technology for development of new mobility ecosystem

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Modern vehicles are increasingly aware of their environment through onboard sensors and are increasingly connected to the cloud, roadway infrastructure and other vehicles, all of which are generating massive amounts of valuable data.

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Ford targeting highly autonomous vehicle for ride-sharing in 2021; new tech company investments, staffing up in Silicon Valley

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Ford was the first automaker to begin testing its vehicles at Mcity, University of Michigan’s simulated urban environment, the first automaker to publicly demonstrate autonomous vehicle operation in the snow and the first automaker to test its autonomous research vehicles at night, in complete darkness, as part of LiDAR sensor development.

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