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Aurora unveils safety blueprint ahead of driverless truck debut

Aurora Innovation, a frontrunner in autonomous trucking technology, recently released its Driverless Safety Report, laying out its road map for deploying its self-driving trucks on public highways. The 75-page document, published ahead of the company’s planned commercial launch in Texas, is part of Aurora’s efforts to finalize a safety framework for its Dallas-to-Houston freight lane. Aurora describes the closing of its safety case as a critical step toward rolling out driverless operations.

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Driverless trucking – ‘On the cusp’ of a revolution

Morgan Stanley initiates coverage of Aurora Innovation
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Autonomous trucking is gaining the attention of Wall Street with Morgan Stanley initiating coverage of autonomous truck technology company Aurora Innovation on Monday. Ravi Shanker, equity analyst at Morgan Stanley, writes that despite taking years longer than expected, “Trucking finally appears to be on the cusp of an autonomous future.” 

Morgan Stanley believes that Aurora is the most sophisticated on-highway,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/driverless-trucking-on-the-cusp-of-a-revolution

Autonomous trucking’s triangle-shaped problem goes to court

Autonomous truck maker Aurora Innovation Inc. is suing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration after the agency denied its request for a five-year exemption from the placement of roadside warning devices in favor of cab-mounted warning beacons (CMWBs).

The filing, submitted Friday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, argues that the ruling is unlawful, “because it is arbitrary, capricious, [and] an abuse of discretion and otherwise not in accordance with...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/autonomous-truckings-triangle-shaped-problem-goes-to-court

VESSEL REVIEW | Aurelia – Research submersible delivered to Norwegian non-profit

Sebastian, Florida-based Triton Submarines recently handed over a new deep-diving, three-person submersible to Norwegian marine research non-profit REV Ocean. Named Aurel ..

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VESSEL REVIEW | Aurora – Versatile, deep-diving ROV for Norwegian research non-profit

Norwegian marine research non-profit REV Ocean has begun operating a new type of work-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) that was designed to be capable of reaching de ..

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Legislators, industry leaders agree collaboration key to driverless vehicle adoption

Congressional representatives Darrell Issa and Yvette D. Clarke speak with executives from Aurora, Reef Technology and Argo AI about the adoption of driverless vehicles

It’s no secret that self-driving vehicles are a thing. From trucks to passenger vehicles to middle-mile delivery vans, companies across the transportation industry are doing everything they can to get drivers out of vehicles.

But they can only do so much. Currently, there exists no overarching federal legislation for the regulation of driverless vehicles, with the only framework in place being a patchwork of state-by-state regulations and statutory requirements. That has severely limited their...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/legislators-industry-leaders-agree-collaboration-key-to-driverless-vehicle-adoption

Autonomous tease: Aurora shows image of Toyota Sienna designed for rideshare

Autonomous vehicle company Aurora has shown images of an autonomous Toyota Sienna that it said has been designed specifically for ride-hailing operation.

The company posted a blog detailing the vehicle, which is based on the Toyota (NYSE:TM) Sienna Autono-MaaS (S-AM) mass-produced prototype. The S-AM is Toyota’s hybrid-electric powertrain. Aurora said tests will be conducted over the next six months and that “we’ll mature this initial development fleet in Pittsburgh, Dallas, the Bay Area and...

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Waabi founder: AI-based self-driving technology ‘will change the world as we know it’

As chief scientist for Uber ATG – the company’s self-driving vehicle division that was sold to Aurora in December 2020 – Raquel Urtasun played a firsthand role in developing the technology that powered the division’s vehicles.

With nearly two decades of machine learning and artificial intelligence experience, Urtasun has developed expertise in the space and is a leading voice in North America for the technologies. In her “spare time,” she is also a professor at the University of Toronto.

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