Innovation: Self-driving cars in urban environments

February 1, 2022

How Inertial Systems and GNSS Availability Will Help

Self-driving cars in urban environments can be problematic. The required multi-sensor automated systems will include GNSS, but buildings block and reflect GNSS signals, reducing system availability and accuracy. Researchers from the Illinois Institute of Technology report on how inertial navigation systems coupled with wheel-speed sensors and vehicle dynamic constraints can help.

This article is tagged with 3D mapping, autonomous cars, GNSS-challenged environments, Innovation, INS/GPS, National Science Foundation, positioning error, self-driving car, urban navigation and posted in From the Magazine

In a simulated G1000 NXi integrated flight deck for a King Air 350, a pilot refers to the Garmin Pilot app, used as a supplement during flight. (Photo: Garmin)

GNSS simulator companies help pilots find their way

October 15, 2020

Flight simulators range in price from free to tens of millions of dollars and in purpose from pure […]

This article is tagged with Flight simulator, GNSS, GNSS signal, GNSS simulator, Matteo Lucio, Orolia, Racelogic, self-driving car and posted in Featured Stories, From the Magazine

Age of acceptance: Retirement communities embrace driverless shuttles

July 16, 2019

Two companies have integrated GPS/PNT tech into a growing autonomous vehicle market: driverless shuttles for retirement communities. Powering […]

This article is tagged with autonomous test drive, autonomous vehicles, Duro, Piksi Multi, retirees, self-driving car, Skylark, Swift Navigation, The Villages, Voyage and posted in Featured Stories, From the Magazine, Transportation

Wireless LBS Contributing Editor Kevin Dennehy sits in Delorean connected vehicle on "Back to the Future Day" sponsored by ITS America.

Opinions Vary on Autonomous Vehicle Rollout

October 22, 2015

By Kevin Dennehy
Two recent Washington events highlighted the gulf in expectations for full autonomous vehicle rollout. The question is, why are the two groups so far apart? Funding? Safety? Cyber Security?