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Provizio Eyes Safety with Radar, Not LiDAR
"Safety first” is more than a catchphrase. For sensing company Provizio, it’s the only way the transportation industry should introduce autonomous vehicles. In Provizio’s view, using AV...
Briefs Unmanned Systems
Update on Machine-Learned Correctness Properties
Despite the potential advantages to be derived from employing autonomous systems, evidence-based assurance of dependability is a key to obtaining users’ trust in these systems.
Original Equipment Manned Systems
Daimler Launches New EV Truck Brand for U.S. Market
Daimler Truck has launched a new brand, Rizon, dedicated to Class 4 and 5 medium-duty battery-electric vehicles for the U.S. market. Making its public debut at the Advanced Clean...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Using an Open Architecture Approach to Military Avionics
The system was developed to reduce the high number of controlled flight into terrain accidents in the southeast region of Alaska.
News Manned Systems
Volvo CE Targets Jobsite Safety with Collision Mitigation for Wheel Loaders
Volvo Group announced its vision for zero accidents long ago and has launched several advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) for its commercial trucks in...
News Materials
High-Performance Hybrid Headlines Lexus’s Re-Engineered RX Lineup
Electrification is a pillar of Lexus’s “next chapter.” The fifth-generation Lexus RX progresses this objective, offering four new powertrains including a...
Articles Materials
Cadillac's Future-Tech Flagship
Restoring the Cadillac brand to its golden-age pinnacle, when it stood equal among Europe’s ultra-luxury greats, has long been an intermittent dream within GM. The grandiose ‘Sixteen’ concept in...
News Software
Machine Learning Software Monolith Cuts Development Time for BMW’s Test Engineers
BMW faced a problem. Because leg injuries can be common in vehicle crashes, the effect of all manner of deformation must be measured in order to...
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Hyundai’s ‘Edgy’ New Ideas for Safety Testing
In June 2022, Hyundai Motor America broke ground for its Safety Test and Investigation Laboratory (STIL), an industry-unique testing facility dedicated to root-cause crash...
Technology Report Power
Hyundai Breaks Ground for Safety Test and Investigation Lab
Hyundai Motor America is creating an industry-unique testing zone to address root cause crash investigations and electric vehicle/future product analysis activities at its...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
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...
Technology Report Automotive
Toyota Reinvesting in Collaborative Safety Research
To adapt to a swiftly changing mobility ecosystem, Toyota announced on April 27 a new five-year, $30-million investment in its Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Collaborative Safety Research...
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Evaluation of Environmental Sensors in Training: Performance Outcomes and Symptoms during Airborne and Combatives Training
Investigating the feasibility and potential validity of using biomechanical environmental sensor technologies to improve the detection of potentially concussive events that could lead to mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).
News Photonics/Optics
Designing and Assessing Vehicle Safety Functions with a Use Case Approach
The required capabilities of a vehicle’s systems and components will vary depending on the scenarios and use cases in which they are expected to safely operate....
Editorial Manned Systems
Making Safety Standard
I’m not sure who claims to have coined the often-repeated phrase, “Safety comes standard.” But that tagline came to mind as authorities in Texas and officials with the National Transportation Safety Board...
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Sensory Integration Balance Deficits in Complex mTBI: Can Early Initiation of Rehabilitation with Wearable Sensor Technology Improve Outcomes?
A novel feedback system provides physical therapists with real-time information about quality of head and trunk movement during exercise.
Articles Transportation
Bosch Quantifies Cost Savings for ADAS-Equipped Trucks
Heavy-duty trucks still are disproportionately involved in deadly crashes on U.S. roadways. “Ten percent of the fatalities involve large trucks when large trucks only account for...
Articles Materials
Electric-Truck Battery Enclosures Balance Demands
Manufacturers of battery-electric commercial trucks have similar requirements for their battery enclosures as do their passenger-vehicle counterparts. Lightweight construction is very...
What We’re Driving Manned Systems
When a Van Beats a Pickup
As a utilitarian tool, the 2021 Great American Pickup truck has some fundamental flaws. Its open bed jeopardizes any cargo that’s valuable (exposing your payload to the world) or not waterproof. Worse,...
Articles Manned Systems
Reconstructing Accidents in the ADAS Age
With advanced driver-assist systems (ADAS) evolving rapidly, the technology will continue to improve safety as it augments the skill and attention of human drivers. Accidents will still occur,...
News Materials
Tesla Casts a New Strategy for Lightweight Structures
Aluminum is synonymous with “weight-saving” in most contemporary automotive-engineering reference points. But apart from a few applications – most notably Ford’s F-Series...
News Unmanned Systems
Origin of the Species
“I was a vehicle-dynamics engineer my entire career—but maybe not a good one, because they put me in charge of a self-driving car!” jokes Jason Fischer, chief engineer for the Cruise Origin, the autonomous...
News Sensors/Data Acquisition
Underwriters Labs Publishes First AV Safety Standard
On April 1, 2020, Underwriters Laboratories (UL) announced that it published UL 4600 as an American National Standard. With its publication, UL 4600 became the auto industry’s first...
News Connectivity
Thermal Imaging Makes Its Case for ADAS, AVs
What specific sensor types will comprise the advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) of the 2020s? That’s a controversial subject among engineers who are developing SAE Level 2 and 3 (and...
News Unmanned Systems
Silicon Valley Summit Refines Autonomous Safety Thinking
Until recently, leading autonomous vehicle (AV) technologists posited that ultra-safe, go-anywhere robotaxis would soon be on the road. But questions about those timelines –and...
News Unmanned Systems
Volvo Safety Guru Lotta Jakobsson on AV Crash Tech
It’s been 60 years since Nils Bohlin, the legendary Volvo safety engineer, invented the three-point safety belt, which remains the single most important safety feature of today’s...
Technical Innovation Imaging
How HMI Displays Impact Operator Productivity in Industrial Vehicles
The latest research indicates that well-integrated HMI (human-machine interface) systems lead to more attentive users that better retain task-related information and...
Technology Report Connectivity
Honda Ready with New Injury-Reducing Airbag
Starting next year, Honda will begin fitting vehicles with a new, advanced-design passenger-side front airbag that its engineers said is designed to mitigate brain and neck injuries by...
News Energy
The New Gas Tank: Constellium Preps Its First OEM Battery Tray
The “gas tank” is about to get a lot more sophisticated. Electric vehicle (EV) battery trays are highly-engineered components that barely existed a few years ago but...
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Starliner to Perform Uncrewed Return Flight From International Space Station...
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EA-37B Compass Call: The US Air Force's New Electronic Attack Aircraft
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Archer Delivers First Midnight eVTOL to US Air Force
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Is the Department of Defense Stockpiling Enough Critical Materials?
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Modern Commercial Jets Create Longer Living Contrails Than Older Aircraft,...
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Accelerating Time to Market: Tackling NVH Challenges in Electric Vehicles
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Space Communications and Navigation Summit 2024
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Utilizing Model-Based Systems Engineering for Vehicle Development
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Meeting the Challenges of Software-Defined Vehicles With...
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Automotive Hardware Security Modules: Functionality, Design, and...
