Human Factors and Ergonomics
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Not Quite Your Father’s Cab
When New Holland developed its model year 2025 FR Forage Cruiser self-propelled forage harvester, the operator environment was top of mind, evidenced by the “more informative cab” leading the list of...
Road Ready Electronics & Computers
CES 2025 Preview: All the Tech That’s Fit to Print
Software trends continue to dominate the automotive industry’s collective brainpower, but as OEMS take a moment to breathe and possibly regroup on self-driving technology, much of the...
Technology Report Imaging
Coherix’s Laser-Based Computer-Vision Improves Electronics Manufacturing
An industry-first 3D laser-based, computer-vision system can monitor and control the application of adhesive beads as tiny in width as two human hairs. This unique...
Road Ready Lighting
Refreshed 2025 Cadillac Escalade Features 55-Inch Dash Display
Amid its constant rollout of new battery electric vehicles, Cadillac today announced a refreshed and tech-laden 2025 version of its flagship internal-combustion SUV, the...
Technology Report Manufacturing & Prototyping
UX Work Underway to Make Alphabet Soup, Control Icons Easier on Drivers
At the InCabin USA interior vehicle technology expo in Detroit in May, Ford customer research lead Susan Shaw said that the sea of letters around ADAS features and...
News Data Acquisition
Advancing HMI Development of ADAS and Active Safety Systems
The advancement of vehicles with enhanced safety and infotainment features has made evaluating human-machine interfaces (HMI) in modern commercial and industrial vehicles crucial....
News AR/AI
WCX 2024: The Technologies That Will Define Future Mobility
The migration to vehicle electrification and autonomy is ushering in product development changes with software coding and artificial intelligence (AI) performing disruptor roles....
Technology Report AR/AI
Mapping out Future Vehicle Cockpits
Game-like navigation visuals. Conversational-style voice commands. Contactless biometric sensing. A tidal wave of software code and sensing technologies are being prepped to alter in-vehicle activities.
Technology Report AR/AI
CES 2024: VW, Cerence Integrate ChatGPT in IDA Voice Assistant
ChatGPT has entered the car. At CES 2024, Volkswagen and technology partner Cerence introduced an update to IDA, VW’s in-car voice assistant, so it can now use ChatGPT to...
News AR/AI
WCX 2023: Making the ‘Smart Cockpit’ and UX Safer
The in-vehicle experience, also known as user experience (UX), is changing as technology evolves. “Everyone talks about AI for autonomy and ADAS, but I think it [artificial...
Application Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Integrated Flight Deck
Sky Warden will become the first forward-fit deployable combat aircraft to feature Garmin's G3000 tandem integrated flight deck.
News Test & Measurement
BMW Previews an HMI Future Without Dashboard Screens
The BMW i Vision Dee is an electric tease, dialed up to Las Vegas wattage for a provocative unveiling at CES 2023: A novel digital grille, wrapped with Kindle-style “E-ink” material,...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
SAE International Extends Call for Abstracts, Seeks Submissions for AeroTech Conference
Engineering Events staff at SAE International in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, have extended the call for abstracts through September 21 for the...
Articles Design
The Digital Cockpit of the Future
Software and automation have enabled a step forward in cockpit design, one that is stripped down to the essentials without sacrificing functionality.
Application Briefs Defense
Multi-Mission UAS (MMU) Systems
XTEND will supply hundreds of its advanced Wolverine drone systems to the U.S Department of Defense.
Road Ready Propulsion
Cadillac Lyriq Spearheads GM’s EV Assault
The 2023 Cadillac Lyriq isn’t the first of GM’s new-age EVs to use the company’s all-encompassing Ultium lithium-ion battery “system” and all-new family of traction motors. That...
News Materials
Airflow Concept Presents Chrysler EV Direction
In a far corner of the main exhibition hall of the 2022 New York International Auto Show, its display flanked by the latest products from Ram and Jeep, Stellantis rolled out a second edition...
Technology Report Imaging
Panasonic Augments Driver Safety with New HUD Tech
At CES 2022 Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America unveiled AR HUD 2.0 (Augmented Reality Head-Up Display 2.0), the first system to include a new, patented eye-tracking system...
News Unmanned Systems
The Future of Automated Vehicle Cabins
Although there are yet no privately owned, fully automated vehicles on the road, automakers and suppliers are working to develop vehicle interior technologies, materials and designs they think will...
News Design
Lexus Goes All-Touch for New Infotainment System
When Lexus unveiled its Remote Touch infotainment interface at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show, the original iPhone had been out a little over a year, and Apple’s second-generation iPhone...
Articles Design
GM Announces Door-To-Door Ultra Cruise ADAS
GM has announced the next generation of its hands-free Super Cruise advanced driver-assist system (ADAS), upping the label to “Ultra Cruise.” GM claims the Ultra Cruise system, expected to...
Application Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Ground Control System
Built around three core elements – software, hardware, and antennas – Crysalis was designed to simplify the operation of robotic systems.
News Propulsion
Industry Invited to Participate in AeroTech Aerospace and Defense Technical Program
SAE International is inviting global participation in its AeroTech® aerospace and defense technology conference and exhibition, which is for the first time...
Technical Innovation Electronics & Computers
Next-Gen HMI Crucial to Increasing ADAS Efficacy
Next-generation HMI (human-machine interface) technology platforms allow off-highway OEMs and system designers to support productivity tools like computer vision – including object...
Road Ready Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Ford Engineered the 2022 Bronco to Give Jeep the Willies
Ford engineers refused to utter a single bad word about Jeep Wrangler during the course of the week-long 2022 Bronco media drive event in Austin, Texas. In fact, some among that...
News Imaging
Virtual Meets Mixed Reality for Vehicle Development
Automakers developing stand-alone technologies, such as driver-interface systems, will increasingly need to consider moving to a company-wide virtual model to create a digital twin of an...
Articles Lighting
Honda, Toyota Intro More-Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems
Honda and Toyota each recently announced the release of new, more-sophisticated driver-assistance systems for a special range of vehicles available in Japan starting in March of...
News Connectivity
Umlaut Benchmarks Vehicle Connectivity: Who’s on Top?
Connectivity’s role in today’s vehicles is mostly focused on driver information and entertainment. But seamless connectivity will play a vital role in highly automated, and...
News Regulations/Standards
'Level 2+': Making Automated Driving Profitable, Mainstream
Soon after SAE International released its J3016 “Levels of Automated Driving” standard in January 2014, engineers and product planners working in automated-vehicle development...
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