Using Lidar technology, PASS is designed to help professionally-trained operators avoid or reduce the severity of a collision.
The smart city project is designed to improve safety and communication between vehicles and surrounding infrastructure.
The Laser Bear Honeycomb is a perimeter sensor, which Waymo says is the same sensor around the bumper of self-driving vehicles.
This technology will forever change transportation on a local level and national scale; the time is ripe for public transit agencies and OEMs to be more visible in shaping the outcome of these discussions, regulations, and laws.
The statewide program funds translational research applications in advanced transportation materials, robotics and autonomy, sensors, electric vehicle drivetrain/propulsion, software/controls/data, and advanced manufacturing processes.
Will use two fully automated, 15-passenger, all-electric shuttles manufactured by French firm NAVYA to transport students, faculty and staff on a nonstop two-mile route.
It’s similar to Google’s Street View system, which offers users panoramic views from on-the-ground positions along many streets and neighborhoods in the world.
The new image-enhancing technology provides pinpoint accuracy of the agency’s 106 miles of track.
Waymo, Google's self-driving car project, and Fiat Chrysler haved teamed up to offer rides to the public so that it can get feedback on the experience.
Built by the French company NAVYA SAS, the $250,000 RAC Intellibus can shuttle 11 passengers and is capable of a 28 mph speed.