Ryan Eustice is creating a self-driving car that will never cause an accident.…
autonomous vehicles
New tech helps autonomous cars get their bearings day or night
Visual semantics allow robots to recognise places from opposing viewpoints. Place recognition is vital for robots and autonomous cars, but the task is a challenge. For example, while humans can do a U…
Drones deliver vaccines to remote areas of the South Pacific in world-first trial
A Melbourne-based startup founded by a robotics engineer and former RAAF pilot has bagged world-first commercial contracts to ship vaccines via drone delivery for international aid.…
The past five years have been big ones for autonomous vehicles
The world of connected and autonomous vehicles is going through a period of tremendous change, but now protocols need to play catchup.…
Australia’s automotive engineering graduates get a $5 million boost
Car manufacturing has moved overseas, but Australia’s automotive industry is looking to secure a talent pipeline to work on the future of transport.…
Ground penetrating radar for driverless cars – not just a fair weather friend
Fog and icy roads make for challenging driving conditions. A localising ground-penetrating radar system could give driverless cars an edge in low-visibility navigation.…
This shuttle is helping pave the way for autonomous vehicles
Autonomous vehicles are one of the biggest engineering challenges of the 21st century. What does it take to make them road worthy?…
Holden invests in Aussie engineering to create its car fleet of the future
Last week, Holden announced it’s backing Australia’s engineering workforce to create a world with “zero crashes, zero emissions, zero congestion”.…
Autonomous vehicles are going to be a data gold mine
Programming autonomous vehicles is a challenge, but so is finding ways to manage the massive amounts of data and information they will gather while going about their business. Just how much data are w…
5 ways driverless cars will change city life
We know driverless cars will disrupt the transport industry, but what about the cities in which they work?…