Autonomous mobility pods of the future could gain themselves exceptional tight-space manoeuvring capabilities if Protean's 360-degree integrated wheel systems come to fruition. Each one packs steering, suspension, motors and pneumatic ride-height adjustment into a single unit.
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EasyMile's EZ10 self-driving shuttle buses have already been trialled in Singapore, California, Switzerland, and Finland. Now, one has also entered use in what is being called regional Australia’s first automated vehicle trial.
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A Tel Aviv-based company is making a push to revolutionize the architecture of future automobiles. REE has developed a massively modular platform that squeezes the entire motor, transmission, steering, suspension, brakes and more into the wheel bay, enabling a full range of vehicle types.
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In its ongoing bid to automate its pizza operations in every which way possible, Domino’s has announced a new partnership with robotics startup Nuro. The agreement will see Nuro’s self-driving pods bring some customers in Houston their pizzas without the aid of a delivery person.
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What would trucks look like if they didn’t need to accommodate a human driver? Volvo Trucks' Vera vehicle is an exploration of this idea and has just been assigned its first task delivering containers to a port terminal in Sweden.
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Forget the skateboard chassis; Swedish brand Scania is exploring something that's much more of a hoverboard chassis. Its NXT autonomous EV concept uses detachable front and rear axles as the basis of a modular vehicle system that can go from dropping kids at school to dropping garbage at the dump.
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Back in 2016, Uber and Volvo joined forces to usher in the self-driving era and they've now introduced the first production vehicle built to accommodate the self-driving tech from the ground up, making for a plug-and-play autonomous car that could help speed things up a little.
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Back in 2015, EasyMile launched the EZ10 self-driving people mover, putting the shuttle to work in a Californian business park and a park in Singapore. Now the company has announced an updated version, which focuses on passenger safety and comfort.
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MIT is working on a new way for self-driving cars to get around in unfamiliar areas by imitating the way human drivers navigate. Called Variational End-to-End Navigation and Localization, it uses basic maps and video cameras to navigate a location for which it hasn't been programmed.
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Last month, Tesla introduced an update for its Autopilot self-driving software designed to allow the car to complete lane changes on its own. But independent testing by consumer-focused non-profit Consumer Reports has uncovered a few shortcomings in the technology.
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