Taking a brief look at the transportation industry requires examination of a variety of media—including cars, highways, roads, airplanes, airport runways, trains, railways, boats, and waterways. When it comes to AI and machine learning, research reveals there are current, planned, and upcoming applications for a variety of products addressing problems facing each of the previously mentioned modes of transport. In fact, many transportation industry analysts are predicting growth in the use of technological trends that utilize advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. To begin this discussion, this Hub provides a brief look at 25 transportation or transport-related products featuring AI and machine learning innovative technologies. Next, the discussion will examine, briefly, developments related to self-driving automobile software (the technology required to create self-driving vehicles). Finally, I will take a brief look at auto manufacturers and other companies that either have introduced, or will soon introduce, self-driving vehicles targeting consumer markets.
TECHNOLOGY ON THE MARKET OR EXPECTED? 3. Driverless/autonomous buses On the market in Europe currently. Not sure of prediction for U.S. 4. Electric/self-driving shuttle Currently on the market in U.S., expanding to Central Europe. Local Motors' Olli, at Joint-Base, in Washington, D.C. 6. AI traffic-control system On the market in some U.S. 7. Self-driving long-haul trucks Expected in U.S. 8. Self-flying air taxis/delivery On market in Dubai as of 2017. Boeing testing in U.S. The number and variety of existing products and upcoming plans provides all the evidence needed to confirm expectations and/or predictions for further growth of trends utilizing AI and machine learning in the transportation industry. The author of the article, Saoirse Kerrigan, shared 25 products utilizing AI or machine learning, after stating, “. TECHNOLOGY ON THE MARKET OR EXPECTED? 11. Bio-chip tickets Not found on market in 2019, but has been tested in Sweden Micro-chip implanted public transit card.
12. Smart trains/virtual tracks On the market in Zhuzhou, China, 2017 Autonomous rail that does not require tracks. 14. Digital number plates Not sure if on market but was tested in Dubai and U.S., in 2018. Allows GPS tracking, auto-pay traffic fines. 16. ML flight-delay predicting Currently in use. Google uses machine learning to predict delays Provides expected flight time from previous flight data. AutonomousStuff is one such company. It is devoted to developing robotics and data integration technologies, and software companies, including Baidu and NVIDIA, used AutonomousStuff platforms to develop their self-driving car programs. More than 450 AV test vehicles are on the road today that are equipped with Dataspeed technology. Founded in 2012, Polysync Technologies, another company developing this type of software, is the creator of DriveKit. An Open Source car control system, DriveKit has a control interface that enables advanced testing and development of self-driving vehicles. Yet another developer of autonomous vehicle software is Tier IV, a start-up based in Japan. 30 million in its efforts to become a formidable player as a developer of autonomous vehicle software platforms.
Some see it as already having attained the status of “major player” in this market because of its affiliation/support of Autoware, one of the industry’s first “all-in-one” open-source applications. TECHNOLOGY ON THE MARKET OR EXPECTED? 22. Robot police cars Not on market, but Ford planned to file for a patent in 2018 Unmanned, issues tickets by scanning registration. Persistent environmental, urban infrastructure, and consumer-oriented problems, such as traffic congestion, air pollution, and limited inner-city parking space, are continuing to interfere with the quality of life in larger cities, in the U.S. Therefore, since transportation concerns affect both commercial and personal spaces, this discussion has included both commercial and consumer-oriented transportation industry applications. And, since major transportation-related problems continue to exist, the list of 46 companies working on solutions includes giants of technology and industry, such as Microsoft, Hyundai, Nissan/Renault, Samsung, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen, Waymo (Alphabet), Nvidia, Baidu, and more. Kerrigan, Saoirse. Interesting Engineering.
