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Location, Location, Location

Global positioning technology is crucial to a connected vehicle ecosystem that will support full vehicle autonomy. It’s already crucial for drivers who are navigating every day.

Most are familiar with GPS (global positioning system), but that’s just a subset of GNSS (global navigation satellite system), which can involve any array of satellites that provide location services.

Trimble is an expert in global positioning technology, and the company recently announced a partnership with VSI Labs to work on autonomous vehicle solutions. A press release on the partnership said that Trimble’s technology optimizes for a continual connection, which is essential for autonomous driving.

Stephen Ruff, general manager of Trimble’s On-Road Autonomy Division, joined ADAPT for a quick Q and A to learn more about the tech.

Tell us about the role of positioning technology like GNSS in automotive roles like ADAS features and autonomy.

GNSS is one element of a comprehensive positioning technology stack that supports robust and safe ADAS and fully-autonomous vehicle systems. GNSS is the one technology that locates a vehicle anywhere in the world. It can initialize the positioning system and bridge the gaps in the perception (computer vision) and other localization technologies.

To read the entire interview and learn more about how this technology is improving, head to adaptautomotive.com/geolocation.

FIND OUT EVEN MORE

How is one of the world’s largest automakers approaching automation?

ADAPT covered an event featuring Ryan Eustice, senior vice president of automated driving at the Toyota Research Institute, who explained the dual tracks that his team is taking with self-driving technology.

Head to adaptautomotive. com/ToyotaTracks to learn about the research and timelines for deployment.

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