The movement of goods by autonomous vehicle systems is influenced by many factors: from public policy and law enforcement, to staffing the autonomous vehicle fleet of the future, and then outfitting it with an effective technology stack that affords safety.
The day shaped out with an exhaustive exploration of these and many other topics important in promoting the automated movement of goods in the world around us.
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The Future of Freight is Autonomous
In a keynote discussion at AUVSI’s XPONENTIAL in Orlando, Florida, Tomas Ohlson, a founding engineer at Einride, a Swedish transport company specializing in electric and self-driving vehicles, described his company's efforts in automating the delivery of freight.
Supply Chain Digitization
The automation of freight delivery - especially parcel delivery for the "last-mile" - is an attractive topic as supply chain logistics have taken center stage as the movement of goods seems more paramount than ever before.
Reporting on Autonomy: Journalists Collaborate on Messaging
During the first keynote of the final day of XPONENTIAL 2022, journalists from various outlets joined together on stage to discuss the topic of reporting on autonomy. The representative panel featured: Jacob Demmitt, U.S. marketing and communications manager, Wing - who served as the moderator, Paul Brinkmann, staff reporter, Aerospace America magazine, Frederic Lardinois, editor with TechCrunch, and Marco Santana, founder, Orlando Tech News.
Cybersecurity in Focus: Lessons learned from the Energy Sector
In a latter keynote panel discussion at XPONENTIAL 2022, four cybersecurity professionals discussed the topic of cybersecurity with important lessons learned from the energy sector. The panel featured: Michael Robbins, executive vice president of government and public affairs, AUVSI, along with Shawn Bilak, cyber lead, Federal cybersecurity, Southern Company, Eric Cardwell, director of cyber risk engineering with Axio, and Tobias Whitney, vice president of strategy and policy at Fortress.
AUVSI Announces 2022 Membership Awards Winners
Chapter of the Year, Member of the Year, Advocate of the Year, Donor of the Year, and new Hall of Fame winners were announced at XPONENTIAL on Thursday, April 28.
Five Chapters were awarded titles this year for:
Winners Announced in 2022 AUVSI XCELLENCE Awards: Humanitarian and Public Safety
(ARLINGTON, VA) – Today, the Association for Uncrewed Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) announced winners of the XCELLENCE Humanitarian and Public Safety Awards. Five organizations pioneering new ways to use autonomous technology for good were recognized during an awards ceremony at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2022, which is being held this week at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL.
Operationalizing Robots
As part of Wednesday’s keynote addresses at AUVSI’s XPONENTIAL, leaders within the robotics industry provided their perspectives on moving from innovative concepts to refined products to solve problem with autonomous systems.
Tim Dykstra, director of strategic partnerships with Boston Dynamics (creators of well-known robot "dog" Spot) and Kay Murphy, a partner in asset optimization with IBM, have both worked in tandem in helping shape projects from the earliest ideas, to developing proof of concept, and finished robotics products that perform a function and solve some type of problem. The journey in getting from such a beginning to an end can be arduous and packed with trial, error, and much relationship building.
An Agile US Department of Defense: A Message from Heidi Shyu, Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering
On Wednesday, April 27, AUVSI's XPONENTIAL featured keynote speaker was Heidi Shyu, the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense. In her role at the Pentagon, she works towards technological superiority of the U.S. military and is responsible for the research, development, and prototyping activities across the DoD enterprise.
She mentioned that DoD is now using the AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma, which is a small, battery powered, hand-launched unmanned aircraft system used for surveillance and intelligence gathering using an electro-optical and infrared camera.
AUVSI Announces Fifth Annual XCELLENCE Award Winners: Operations, Technology and Innovation
(ARLINGTON, VA) — The Association for Uncrewed Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) today announced the winners of the fifth annual XCELLENCE Awards during an awards ceremony at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2022. The awards recognize companies and organizations, and individuals that achieved significant accomplishments in operations, technology and innovation across the uncrewed systems community.
The State of Innovation: An Autonomous Florida
Beth Kigel, vice president, intelligent transportation and emerging mobility solutions at Florida-based HNTB Corporation facilitated the keynote discussion at AUVSI’s XPONENTIAL in Orlando, Florida. The discussion featured Eric Schwartz, manager technology and innovation at Florida Power and Light and Ariel Avitan, chief commercial officer and co-founder of Percepto.
“Dronifying” Florida
Eric Schwartz is quick to point out that Florida Power & Light's (FP&L) chairman describes his organization as a technology company - that happens to sell electricity. Indeed, FP&L’s technology plays a prominent role as they help "dronify" Florida.
