Transport is about to have a massive shift as automation becomes more competent and accepted. Many drivers will be displaced as autonomous vehicles become cheaper, more reliable, and government regulations change to accomodate the new technology.
Drone technology may soon become your own personal flying car – just like the Jetsons! Sea and air transport is also being transformed by autonomous systems and battery power.
New battery technology developed at Berkeley Lab could give flight to electric aircraft and supercharge safe, long-range electric cars. In the pursuit of a rechargeable battery that can power electric vehicles (EVs) for hundreds of miles on a single charge, scientists...
This is a recording of the virtual workshop, held on Wednesday 24th June 2020, on Transport/Mobility as part of creating the second edition of the Robotics Roadmap for Australia. 0:00:00 Introduction and scope by Sue Keay (CSIRO's Data61) 0:06:00 Miro board tutorial...
LiDAR is a technique used for measuring distances with laser light. In a study published in Nature, researchers at EPFL show a new way to speed up a type of LiDAR engine by using photonic circuits.
FROM THE ARCHIVES Let's Get Airborne by Chris Ebbert Electric aircraft are beginning to pop up in many different guises around us as battery technology becomes more suitable for aviation. he...
FROM THE ARCHIVES Drone Delivery by Chris Ebbert When the possibility was first discussed to have items delivered by drones, I thought, ”Well, here we have an example of a runaway craze, and this is clearly not going to happen!” [dropcap style="font-size: 60px;...
FROM THE ARCHIVES Toward All-Electric Transport
The claim that true self-driving cars - machines acting entirely on their own without need for restraints—will eventually hit the road has been, without a doubt, a topic of hot debate. In late 2018 Waymo CEO John Krafcik spoke up on the topic. Despite Waymo's bullish...
With more and more self driving cars hitting the road, risks that rarely occur in lab conditions begin to surface. One such problem which has become somewhat common is the innability for self driving cars to compute exactly where they are when driving in bad weather....
A recent decision by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on the March 2018 Uber crash that killed a pedestrian in Arizona split the blame among Uber, the company’s autonomous vehicle (AV), the safety driver in the vehicle, the victim, and the state of...
Monash University researchers have developed the world’s most efficient lithium-sulphur battery, capable of powering a smartphone for five continuous days. Prototype cells have been developed in Germany. Further testing in cars and solar grids to take place in...
