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Opinion: Cars and Toxic Substances

Clean Fleet Report

While there are a lot of downsides to a car, this blog post is going to be focused on the toxic substances in a car that poses a threat to humans and the environment. When all those cars emit CO , it is not good for the environment or for those who breathe. . Exposure to CO for about 3-5 hours can kill a person.

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Robert Bosch Venture Capital invests in DeepMap; HD mapping for autonomous vehicles with centimeter-level real-time localization

Green Car Congress

High Definition (HD) maps are complete and accurate volumetric reconstructions of a 3D environment and provide a critical set of “pre-information” to autonomous vehicles. It needs to be safe, affordable, and scalable. DeepMap has assembled a 75-person team with extensive experience at launching maps at massive scale.

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X PRIZE Foundation Aims to Launch $100M in Prizes Over Next 10 Years, Targeting 4 Key Areas

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The X PRIZE Foundation (XPF) is expanding its vision to address worldwide challenges in the areas of Energy & Environment; Exploration of the Oceans and Space; Life Sciences; and Education & Global Development with $100 million in prizes over the next 10 years. Energy & Environment. pH, temperature, current), mapping (e.g.

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Volvo Cars announces production-viable autonomous driving system; targeting limited pilot customer rollout by 2017

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A network of computers processes the information, generating a real-time map of moving and stationary objects in the environment. Our smart vehicles are a key part of the solution, but a broad societal approach is vital to offer sustainable personal mobility in the future. High definition 3D digital map. Click to enlarge.

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Years Later, Alphabet’s Everyday Robots Have Made Some Progress

Cars That Think

It's less of a dig and more of an acknowledgement that getting mobile manipulators to usefully operate in semi-structured environments has been, and continues to be, a huge challenge. It might be effective when constrained to a research environment, but fundamentally, "platform" typically means "getting it to do (commercially?)

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Drones That Can Fly Better Than You Can

Cars That Think

His lab is best known for developing extremely agile drones that can autonomously navigate through complex environments at very high speeds. Bry: Definitely. They might have some context from a clue that came up earlier in the case or something about the environment or something about the weather.

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This Robot Could Be the Key to Helping People With Disabilities

Cars That Think

It was a PR2 , from the robotics company Willow Garage, and Georgia Tech robotics professor Charlie Kemp was demonstrating how the PR2 was able to locate a person and bring them a bottle of medicine. I imagined using it as a way to once again manipulate my physical environment after years of just lying in bed.”

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