Following up on our coverage on international news and articles on automated and autonomous driving in severe and adverse weather (find part I here and part II here) we continue to give you an overview over the interesting and important articles published by international outlets and news stations over the last six month. The clear focus of our selection lies on LiDAR and its recent popularity and the important role it plays in cooperation with other sensor systems and technologies for the safety of autonomous driving in rain, snow and dense fog.
On testing and adverse weather:
NVIDIA on developing a driver’s license test for autonomous Cars
The Weather Network on the importance of robust and safe autonomous driving in poor weather
On LiDAR and other technologies:
The Globe and Mail on why LiDAR is the most important automotive technology in years
The Verge on the next generation of LiDAR technology
arsTECHNICA on using military tech to self-drive in snow
arsTECHNICA on a powerful LiDAR/Camera hybrid
Novuslight.com on sensor combinations and fusing their data
Sensors Online on the release of the largest open source multi-sensor self-driving dataset
Verhaert on the importance of smart autonomous sensor systems
TransportNetwork on the Finnish intelligent transport test ecosystem and “snowtonomous” driving
TU-Automotive on a new approach to heat sensors in ice and snow
DesignNews on the sensor advancements to look forward to in 2019
FLIR showcases their new all-weather thermal camera for self-driving cars