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Automated Vehicles Symposium 2018
The Automated Vehicles Symposium convenes industry, government, and academia from around the world to address complex technology, operations, and policy issues. 1,500 thought leaders meet over 3 days to move us toward safe, automated mobility. The symposium is produced in partnership with the Transportation Research Board (TRB).
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University of Nevada, Reno students spend Thanksgiving Eve flying UAS
Two classes of graduate students at the University of Nevada, Reno spent the Wednesday before Thanksgiving getting hands-on experience flying UAS as a tool for research at the university’s UAS testing field in South Reno.
The students were led by Geology department professor Scott Tyler, and department chair and professor Wendy Calvin.
Ontario launches Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network
Ontario, Canada has launched its Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network (AVIN), which is located in Stratford, Ontario.
Among its many features, which include a Research and Development Partnership Fund, a Talent Development Program and a Central Hub, AVIN has a demonstration zone that is described as “among the first of its kind in Canada.” The demonstration zone will serve as a space for researchers to hone connected and autonomous vehicle (C/AV) technology, and test these vehicles in various every day, real-life traffic scenarios.
Premier Kathleen Wynne officially opened the AVIN Demonstration Zone on Nov. 8, and she thinks very highly about the future of this technology not only in Ontario, but across the globe.
Teams of "swarm systems integrators" to develop UAS swarm infrastructure for US military
In an effort to help the U.S. military in urban combat, two teams of “swarm systems integrators” will look to develop a UAS swarm infrastructure, using funding from a multi-million-dollar contract that is part of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) Offensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program.
The goal of the program is “to empower … troops with technology to control scores of unmanned air and ground vehicles at a time.”
The two teams will be responsible for developing the system infrastructure and integrating the work of the “sprint” teams, which will focus on swarm tactics, swarm autonomy, human-swarm teaming, physical experimentation and virtual environments.
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