Driverless trial getting underway in Oxford

A new project is getting underway to trial an autonomous vehicle fleet in Oxford, with the researchers saying this brings the deployment of commercial autonomous vehicles in the UK one step closer. Oxbotica-led Project Endeavour will run until Autumn 2021 with live tests in three major UK cities overall. The project aims to demonstrate autonomous […]

Oxbotica masters autonomous driving on the right

Oxford-based autonomous vehicle software company Oxbotica says it’s become the first British firm to manage driverless vehicles on the right hand side of the road. Official trials started in Germany last month on public roads near Friedrichshafen, with a fleet of vehicles successfully navigating a complex urban environment. It’s now been granted an automated vehicle […]

“Deepfake” tech “brings universal autonomy in sight

The Oxford-based technology firm Oxbotica has announced it’s developed and deployed technology to teach driverless vehicles the “near infinite” variations of a single situation without it having to test in the real world. It says it’s using “deepfake” technology that is capable of generating thousands of photo-realistic images in minutes, employing deep learning artificial intelligence […]