{"id":1723,"date":"2017-07-06T11:05:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T10:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoverpassenger.com\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2021-12-30T17:49:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T17:49:14","slug":"software-and-transport-experts-working-closely-on-driverless-tech-at-imcreate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.masabi.com\/es\/news\/software-and-transport-experts-working-closely-on-driverless-tech-at-imcreate\/","title":{"rendered":"Software and transport experts working closely on driverless tech at IMCreate"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cSmart cities\u201d must have smarter transport, where public and private transport need to coexist if we are to collectively solve some of the biggest challenges of the 21st century. Driverless vehicles promise to create a truly interconnected and efficient end-to-end transport system, but software companies and transport experts have a huge part to play in figuring out how.<\/p>\n

Research on autonomous vehicles has been happening for almost a century<\/a>. However, it\u2019s not until recently that this technology has seemingly sparked the next revolution in transport, thanks in part, to the latest advances in machine learning. Google spin-off Waymo<\/a> claim that their autonomous cars have already driven more than 3 million miles<\/a>. In the UK, Oxbotica<\/a>, an Oxford University spin-off is running a pilot on autonomous buses<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Though most people consider technical issues like bad weather conditions<\/a> and roadworks<\/a> as the main reasons for delay we should also consider some of the much larger questions such as the political<\/a>, sociological<\/a> and ethical<\/a> issues that surround the autonomous vehicle.<\/p>\n

Last weekend Transport Catapult<\/a> and IMPART<\/a> organised the IMCreate hackathon<\/a> to help address some of these new challenges. 9 teams had 27 hours to create and present a project to impress the judging panel to win \u00a32000 in the final showcase and one of our Passenger sponsored Amazon Echo Dots.<\/p>\n

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And we’re off! IMCreate CAV hackathon has started and teams are being formed to work on the challenges, just 26 hours to go! #imcreate<\/a> #cav<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/5fG8xTVpZA<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Transport Systems (@TSCatapult) July 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n