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JANUARY 12, 2020

The electric powertrain will be available with range options between 100 and 200 miles. The special Kenworth T680 is equipped with cameras, lidar, and radars to sense the surrounding road environment and to feed fusion algorithms in the perception stack for object identification and tracking.

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APRIL 30, 2013

In this next phase of development, engineers will drive Super Cruise vehicles in more and more challenging driving situations to test the system in a wide variety of environments to help refine it. As we continually upgrade Super Cruise’s enabling technologies, it is important to expose the updated system to different environments.

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JANUARY 10, 2018

Runtime is in-vehicle middleware that provides a secure framework to enable applications and algorithms to communicate in a real-time, high-performance environment. It enables sensor fusion in a sensor-independent manner, so sensors can be upgraded as new capabilities become available, such as radar going from 2-D to 3-D.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

It has become a standard in autonomous driving and ADAS applications to enable sensor fusion combining and processing the collected information from automotive cameras and radars for vehicles to recognize their surroundings. 360-degree surround view is expected to become an essential feature available in all vehicle segments.

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JANUARY 7, 2022

The Fisker Ocean’s cameras are sourced from one of the market-leading suppliers and provide latest-generation vision capability, with a front-facing 8-megapixel camera delivering the highest resolution currently available in a vehicle.

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MARCH 21, 2017

Elektrobit (EB), a leading developer of embedded and connected technology solutions for the automotive industry, introduced four new modules for its EB robinos product line: EB robinos Grid Fusion, EB robinos Path Planning, EB robinos Positioning and EB robinos Safety Management. The new EB robinos modules are: EB robinos Grid Fusion.

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MAY 18, 2016

sensor fusion. This same concept is applied in the AcuraWatch safety and driver-assistive suite available on all model year 2016 Acura sedans and SUVs. All model year 2016 Acura sedans and SUVs are available with the AcuraWatch suite of safety and driver-assistive technologies.

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APRIL 4, 2017

The automotive industry has for years been researching methods for detecting the available friction coefficient as an interaction between tires and the road surface in a proactive way and to use this information to make their vehicles safer. The environment model is generated through the fusion of different information sources.

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MAY 10, 2020

They first defined the extent of urbanized land between 1985 and 2015 by fusing four available global urban-extent maps with similar spatial resolutions for 1985 and 2015. They then extracted cells from the two fusion maps that changed from non-urban in 1985 to urban in 2015.

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

Incorporating simulated environments into an algorithmic model through estimating the behaviour of source environments can enable engineers to quickly study a system’s dominant effect using minimal computational resources. Beyond bringing sophistication and optimization, AI also brings project management benefits.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

It will warn drivers and can supplement active safety features, such as forward collision warning, already available on many production cars. Cadillac’s Super Cruise uses a fusion of radar, ultrasonic sensors, cameras and GPS map data. Click to enlarge. —Mary Barra.

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JULY 1, 2016

The common platform will address level 3 to level 5 automated driving and will be made available to multiple car vendors and other industries who could benefit from autonomous machines and deep machine learning. Intel brings a comprehensive portfolio of technology to power and connect billions of smart and connected devices, including cars.

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MARCH 15, 2015

The lidars generate a high-resolution point cloud that is helpful for general object detection; particularly in densely packed urban environments. Each lidar is paired with an ESRs, which allows the effective fusion of radar and lidar data. This approach enables 360-degree coverage, while preserving the aesthetics of the vehicle.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

Ford Fusion Hybrid automated research vehicle with four LiDAR sensors. Ford’s automated Fusion Hybrid research vehicle uses the same technology already in Ford vehicles in dealer showrooms, then adds four LiDAR sensors to generate a real-time 3D map of the vehicle’s surrounding environment. Click to enlarge. —Greg Stevens.

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JANUARY 23, 2016

ADAS platforms: NVIDIA DRIVE Automotive Platform for computer vision, deep learning, sensor fusion. ADAS vision: Itseez ADAS algorithms for pedestrian detection, forward collision warnings, traffic sign recognition, and lane detection; and TI’s vision libraries for front cameras, surround-view systems, sensor fusion, and smart backup cameras.

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JUNE 25, 2014

In 2007, Carnegie Mellon’s then state-of-the-art driverless car, BOSS, took home the $2-million grand prize in the DARPA Urban Challenge, which pitted the leading autonomous vehicles in the world against one another in a challenging, urban environment. All sensors are stock-car grade and readily available on the market. Autonomous SRX.

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JUNE 27, 2012

Ford is developing Traffic Jam Assist, an intelligent driving feature that employs technology from the already-available active park assist, adaptive cruise control, Lane-Keeping Aid and the PowerShift transmission to enable a vehicle to automatically keep pace with other vehicles.

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

This D³ (Data Driven Decisions) portfolio currently spans 400 use cases, of which more than 50 are available for regular operation. The BMW Group is taking an all-encompassing approach to monitoring the vehicle environment. Acoustic analytics: sensory enhancement in the sensor model for automated driving functions.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

We would expect that new reserves of conventional and unconventional oil may become available for exploration due to geological exploration and advances in oil extraction techniques or that extraction from less feasible oil fields becomes more economically attractive. —Deb Niemeier. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/es100730q.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Shot of Nuclear Fusion. An old saw regarding the multitude of dashed hopes about fusion energy’s promise goes “Fusion is 30 years away—and it always will be.” But that hasn’t dampened enthusiasm over an alternative energy source that could make fossil fuels and their effect on the environment relics of a bygone era.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

It calculates continuously a detailed model of the environment from a fusion of sensor data. The standard specification includes MMI navigation, with MMI navigation plus—a media hub with a new design—available as an option. Six free six-monthly updates are available as standard for the navigation map.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

The Intel GO automotive 5G platform, available in February 2017, offers the industry’s first 5G-ready platform for the automotive segment. Mobileye is developing the fifth-generation SoC EyeQ5 to act as the vision central computer performing sensor fusion for Fully Autonomous Driving (Level 5) vehicles that will hit the road in 2020.

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DECEMBER 20, 2012

Vehicle automation is set to be rolled out in stages, starting with partially automated driving from 2016; high levels of automation from 2020; and fully automated systems available from 2025. When fully automated systems become available in 2025, they will still be limited to driving on the freeway. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 9, 2015

Led by Dr. Marina Gashinova, the project combines novel low-THz (LTHz) sensor development with advanced video analysis, fusion and cross learning. The long-term objective is to enable affordable driver-less cars; in the short term, the project aims to enable a number of demonstrable autonomous features in a test environment.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Researchers have equipped a BMW 5 sedan with intelligent software as well as vision assistance and environment detection systems. This is accomplished through the redundant fusion of various sensor technologies such as lidar, radar, ultra sound and video cameras that monitor the environment around the automobile.

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AUGUST 15, 2022

The sun is like a giant fusion generator, from which mankind currently exploits a tiny amount of energy. The faster this transition is achieved, the less risk humanity poses to the environment and the more it will gain. In my view, the future of sustainable energy involves three components. The generation of sustainable energy.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

Novel technologies now support panoramic sensing capabilities, which allow an evaluation of space available for possible lateral avoidance (swerving) maneuvers. The “Emergency braking assistant” reduces or even avoids imminent collisions in the urban environment by situation-specific braking and steering interventions.

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JULY 12, 2013

In advance of this, the Government is announcing up to £10 million (US$15 million) is being made available by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) for highly innovative low carbon vehicle collaborative R&D projects that are closely aligned with the APC objectives and can demonstrate a strong potential for industrialization.

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JUNE 16, 2015

The system uses sensors to assess available space and to avoid pedestrians, vehicles and other objects. The research team is working on a system to scan the environment around the car and inform the driver whether it is safe to perform the turning maneuver.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Of crucial importance in this respect is the networking of all systems, or “sensor fusion”. DISTRONIC PLUS with Steering Assist, BAS PLUS and PRE-SAFE Brake all employ sensor fusion using the same stereo camera and multistage radar sensors. Sensors and cameras. The Cross-Traffic Assist function is operative at speeds up to approx.

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JANUARY 14, 2015

Nair said that while Ford feels it is “ very well established ” currently with hybrid and electric drive technology in the C-MAX, Fusion and Focus EV, the systems are still too heavy. The display is configurable for multiple driving environments and different driving modes. We are real focused on weight reduction. —Raj Nair.

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JANUARY 7, 2018

AEye says that the embedded intelligence in the AE100 systems offers features including: Coverage: The AE100 can use dynamic patterns for mapping the environment, as it is not tied to one fixed mode. The AE100 will be available beginning this summer to OEMs and Tier 1s launching autonomous vehicle initiatives.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2013

Applicants must articulate how output from this research will be made broadly available to the scientific and engineering community, and how the results can be used to support future development of high performance automotive die-casting alloys.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

A recent white paper by Leslie Bromberg of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and Wai K. However, while significant investment would need to be made for large-scale methanol deployment in the transportation sector, there is no technical hurdle both in terms of vehicle application and of distribution infrastructure, they noted.

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In order for low-cost electricity from coal-fired power plants to remain available, the DOE said, economical methods for capturing and storing the greenhouse gas emissions from these plants must be developed. Fusion Petroleum Technologies , The Woodlands, Texas. Coal supplies nearly 50% of domestic electricity.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

ULTIMATE projects address two target temperature levels and seek to develop ultrahigh temperature materials for continuous operation at 1300 ºC (2372 ºF) in a stand-alone material test environment or at 1800 ºC (3272 ºF) with coatings and cooling. In ULTIMATE Phase 2, up to $14 million in additional funds will be available to teams.

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JULY 4, 2014

The radar sensor is the basis for the Proximity Control Assist and Emergency Braking Assist already available today. Multisensor fusion. The sensors are networked (multisensor fusion), and provide a complete image of the surroundings. The short-range sensor has a range of 70 m and scans a 130-degree segment. V2V and V2I.

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