Aurora Announces Beta Release of the Aurora Driver in Commercial Pilot of Aurora Horizon
28 Ottobre 2021 - 6:00PM
Business Wire
The Aurora Driver, now in beta, features cutting-edge hardware
and fresh capabilities that enable safe autonomous driving while
transporting goods on behalf of Aurora customers.
Autonomous driving company Aurora has released its first
commercial beta of the Aurora Driver, which consists of the
hardware, software, and data services needed to safely operate an
autonomous Aurora-powered vehicle. Aurora Driver Beta is currently
hauling loads between Dallas and Houston, TX, in a commercial pilot
of Aurora Horizon, a suite of subscription services that help
carriers and fleet owners move goods more safely and
efficiently.
This press release features multimedia. View
the full release here:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211028005401/en/
Aurora is moving quickly toward the commercial launch of its
Aurora Horizon product offering in 2023, and the release of Aurora
Driver Beta marks an important milestone. It’s a demonstration of
Aurora’s autonomous driving capabilities, a confirmation of its
Driver-as-a-Service business model, the manifestation of years of
hard work, and the foundation for future versions of its
products.
Aurora has always invested up-front in the creation of core
technologies built for rapid deployment and scale—an approach the
company calls self-driving 2.0—and the development of Aurora Driver
Beta has been no different. The commercial pilot with FedEx and
PACCAR along a 400-mile freight corridor comes after just a few
weeks of refining the Aurora Driver in simulation and testing on a
30-mile section of the I-45 between Dallas and Houston.
The Aurora Driver Beta release includes key updates that allow
it to safely navigate a new commercial route and autonomously
transport goods for customers. This release is the culmination of
the company’s improved hardware and autonomy system equipped with
the capabilities that allow its autonomous trucks to safely
navigate highways and streets.
Purpose-built hardware to see
farther, process sensor data faster, and respond more
accurately
Trucks integrated with the Aurora Driver come equipped with
Aurora’s proprietary FirstLight lidar, imaging radar, and
high-resolution cameras. The Aurora Driver uses early sensor fusion
to process data from all of its sensors at once, feeding its
perception system a comprehensive view of the environment. The
company’s advanced sensor suite allows the Aurora Driver to track
velocities and measure the acceleration of vehicles hundreds of
meters away while moving at highway speeds, enabling faster, more
accurate responses to road conditions.
New autonomy capabilities to
drive like an ideal citizen of the road
To safely operate on the highway and nearby streets, Aurora
Driver-powered trucks must autonomously handle all kinds of complex
situations they’ll encounter while hauling goods from city to city.
These capabilities, including unprotected left and right turns,
high-speed merges, and various forms of construction, are
notoriously difficult for self-driving vehicles. Today, Aurora
Driver Beta performs them reliably in stop-and-go traffic, while
negotiating with other traffic, and even when faced with rare
events such as people walking their dogs on a busy freeway.
Aurora Driver Beta is not just a development release; it is
designed to operate commercially for Aurora’s logistics partners.
To date, Aurora’s commercial pilots have delivered with 100%
on-time arrivals, demonstrating autonomy performance that exceeds
customer expectations and instills confidence in a full-scale
commercial launch in late 2023.
About Aurora
Founded in 2017 by experts in the self-driving industry, Aurora
is on a mission to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology
safely, quickly, and broadly. To move both people and goods, the
company is building the Aurora Driver, a platform that brings
together software, hardware and data services to autonomously
operate passenger vehicles, light commercial vehicles, and
heavy-duty trucks. Aurora is backed by Sequoia Capital, Baillie
Gifford, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates,
among others, and is partnered with industry leaders including
Toyota, Uber, Volvo, and PACCAR. Aurora tests its vehicles in the
Bay Area, Pittsburgh, and Dallas. The company has offices in those
areas as well as in Bozeman, MT; Seattle, WA; Louisville, CO; and
Wixom, MI. To learn more, visit www.aurora.tech.
View source
version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211028005401/en/
Khobi Brooklyn press@aurora.tech (415) 699-3657
Grafico Azioni Reinvent Technology Part... (NASDAQ:RTPY)
Storico
Da Mag 2024 a Giu 2024
Grafico Azioni Reinvent Technology Part... (NASDAQ:RTPY)
Storico
Da Giu 2023 a Giu 2024