http://www.vislab.it/ The Vislab Breaking News. en-us Thu, 17 May 2012 23:21:37 GMT Fri, May 18th 2012, 01:21 GMT http://www.vislab.it/News/rss Vislab null@ce.unipr.it http://nvislab.it/News/view/34/viac_presentation_in_shanghai Prof. Alberto Broggi presented the VIAC Project (VisLab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge) in Shanghai, China, on July 16 in the European pavillion.  The autonomous intercontinental trip has been selected by ERC (European Research Council) to represent ERC at the World Expo. Please check back regularly for updates.   A brief presentation of VIAC can be found here Mon, May 14th 2012, 11:02 GMT http://nvislab.it/News/view/34/viac_presentation_in_shanghai http://nvislab.it/News/view/35/viac_seminar Da Parma a Shanghai in automatico: la spedizione Overland13 per il progetto VIAC   Il giorno 2 dicembre 2010 alle ore 11.00 presso il Centro Polifunzionale per la Didattica del Campus Universitario di Parma, Aula Grande, si terrà la presentazione dei risultati di VIAC – VisLab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge – la spedizione di 4 veicoli elettrici a guida autonoma e 7 veicoli Overland di supporto svoltasi da Parma a Shanghai dal 26 luglio al 28 ottobre scorsi. Il seminario, di taglio divulgativo e corredato da foto e filmati, sarà strutturato in una prima parte adibita all’illustrazione del progetto ed alla descrizione tecnica dei veicoli seguita da una seconda parte di narrazione delle avventure (e disavventure… ) di viaggio lungo gli oltre 13.000 km percorsi dal convoglio. Il seminario potra' essere seguito in streaming anche su http://you.unipr.it nella sezione 'Eventi in diretta'     Wed, Dec 1st 2010, 12:33 GMT http://nvislab.it/News/view/35/viac_seminar http://nvislab.it/News/view/33/viac_presented_in_san_diego The VisLab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge was presented in San Diego, CA. San Diego, California, February 20, 2010 ---  The official presentation of the experiment that University of Parma’s VisLab will start next July 10th has just ended; it demonstrates a big step forward in the driver assistance technology developed in the last 15 years by the Italian research laboratory.                 VisLab, thanks to an important grant received from ERC (European Research Council) is performing research aimed at providing vehicles with perception capabilities in order to reduce the number of road accidents and –as an ultimate goal- even for completely autonomous driving. VisLab’s project was further selected by ERC to represent European research at an international level; the presentation was held at the European Community booth at AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) at the presence of Dr. Pablo Amor, Head of ERC grand management Department, and VisLab’s coordinator Prof. Alberto Broggi.   As one of the project’s intermediate steps (the project runs from Dec 2008 to Nov 2013) VisLab is going to test the results with a 13,000 km trip from Italy to China. “Besides moving autonomously –project coordinator Alberto Broggi explains- the vehicles will record all data throughout the trip (7 cameras, 6 laserscanners, GPS, IMU, and complete vehicle odometry) creating a unique database that will allow us to virtually travel the whole trip a number of times; the experience obtained on such a long and extreme trip will allow us to validate the systems that we develop with respect to both software (we will have to face very different situations and road scenarios) and hardware (the systems will be continuously stressed for 3 months in extreme road and environmental conditions).”   The event will also have a remarkable strategic importance from an industrial point of view: the vehicles (Porter Piaggio), conveniently chosen of reduced size and electrical, will be ready to be used to automate goods handling in last mile urban areas. The energetic supply from renewable sources will make this kind of mobility sustainable and environment friendly. In particular, the automatic driving system will be energy-autonomous, being powered by a solar panel installed on the vehicle roof. Moreover VisLab’s technologies tested from Italy to China may be transferred to other vehicles and applied to other fields as agriculture, earth moving, constructions, in extreme environments, … where the employment of a vehicle able to move without any driver will bring remarkable economical as well as social advantages.   The driverless vehicles that will traverse Europe and Asia towards Shanghai are two, implementing different technological solutions: “boosted” the former, bringing scientific experiments to the limit; more conservative the latter, ready to be industrially exploited.   The adventure will start from Italy on July 10, 2010 and will end in Shanghai, China, on October 10, 2010 at the 2010 World Expo, where the vehicles will be displayed. Media coverage and logistics will be dealt with by an exceptional partner: Overland, with a longtime experience on adventurous trips and extreme challenges. Besides stopping in the main cities reached during the 3 months trip in order to offer technical demonstrations and explanatory presentations, the experiment will be considered as finished once that some Italian goods, loaded in Italy on one of the automatic vehicles, will have, first time in history, reached their destination after a 13,000 km ground trip with no human driver.   “I’m particularly proud that ERC selected my project –concludes Alberto Broggi- as it gives us the opportunity to push our research towards topics that usually companies in this field avoid to consider, since they don’t offer a short term applicability. This fact will provide clear advantages to us in the near future, when autonomous vehicles will be of direct interest to vehicle companies.”       Sun, Feb 21st 2010, 09:08 GMT http://nvislab.it/News/view/33/viac_presented_in_san_diego http://nvislab.it/News/view/32/viac_trailer VisLab's next Challenge trailer is now available. Check here! Thu, Feb 18th 2010, 16:39 GMT http://nvislab.it/News/view/32/viac_trailer http://nvislab.it/News/view/25/drink_&_drive VisLab's driver status monitoring on Nat'l TV program "Speciale TG1".   Speciale TG1 presented some of the tests currenlt conducted by VisLab's partner SIPSIVI on divers after drinking alchool.  This video shows VisLab's equipment of the test vehicle. Thu, Feb 18th 2010, 16:36 GMT http://nvislab.it/News/view/25/drink_&_drive http://nvislab.it/News/view/31/braive_on_swiss_tv BRAiVE vehicle and the VisLab group were on air on swiss national TV in the "giardino di Albert" (Albert's garden) scientific magazine. video donwload Fri, Feb 5th 2010, 12:26 GMT http://nvislab.it/News/view/31/braive_on_swiss_tv http://nvislab.it/News/view/30/vislab_at_motorshow_2009 VisLab group attended the annual MotorShow 2009 in Bologna. BRAiVE vehicle was demoead during the 4 days event showing stop&go and vehicle following capabilities. The event was aired by TG2 motori on national broadcast. download video Fri, Feb 5th 2010, 12:19 GMT http://nvislab.it/News/view/30/vislab_at_motorshow_2009 http://nvislab.it/News/view/29/braive_at_r2b_ BRAiVE was shown and demoed during R2B (Research 2 Business) in  Bologna. video download Fri, Feb 5th 2010, 12:15 GMT http://nvislab.it/News/view/29/braive_at_r2b_ http://nvislab.it/News/view/28/vislab_on_air_-_speciale_tg1 A Vehicle equipped by VisLab with a perception system able to record the driver performance, during driving tests under the influence of drugs, alcool, medicines was shown.   video download Fri, Feb 5th 2010, 12:10 GMT http://nvislab.it/News/view/28/vislab_on_air_-_speciale_tg1 http://nvislab.it/News/view/27/demonstration_of_autonomous_driving_in_rome BRAiVE stop and go capabilities were shown during the "Piano Strategico per la Mobilità Sostenibile" in Rome on October 28-29, 2009 Video download   Fri, Feb 5th 2010, 12:03 GMT http://nvislab.it/News/view/27/demonstration_of_autonomous_driving_in_rome http://nvislab.it/News/view/26/vislab_on_air_-_tg1 BRAiVE, the subject of a reportage of Italian news TG1.   VisLab's new vehicle prototype was presented on the national TV news TG1 and TG3. The reporter showed autonomous driving in traffic. Check the whole video here. Thu, Nov 26th 2009, 16:21 GMT http://nvislab.it/News/view/26/vislab_on_air_-_tg1 http://nvislab.it/News/view/12/brand_new_vislab.it The brand new Vislab.it web site is finally online! Thu, Nov 19th 2009, 05:59 GMT http://nvislab.it/News/view/12/brand_new_vislab.it http://nvislab.it/News/view/16/sponsorship_opportunities We are starting new exciting projects involving autonomous driving downtown and off-road. If you want to be part of these new efforts and give visibility to your company please contact us immediately! Thu, Nov 19th 2009, 05:58 GMT http://nvislab.it/News/view/16/sponsorship_opportunities http://nvislab.it/News/view/22/braive_on_la7_tv BRAiVE's technology described to the public. BRAiVE was the focus of a 6-minute video on air on May 17, 2009, on LA7 national TV channel.         Thu, Nov 19th 2009, 05:57 GMT http://nvislab.it/News/view/22/braive_on_la7_tv http://nvislab.it/News/view/20/braive's_website A website dedicated to BRAiVE is available at www.braive.vislab.it VisLab's latest vehicle now has its own website available at www.BRAiVE.VisLab.it , launched just after BRAiVE presentation to the press in April 2009. The website contains all the latest details on this new and unique vehicle. Thu, Nov 19th 2009, 05:52 GMT http://nvislab.it/News/view/20/braive's_website http://nvislab.it/News/view/24/_europe_funds_vislab Prof.Broggi receives an ERC grant for the next 5 years.     Prof. Alberto Broggi was awarded with a grant by the European Research Council that will support a very innovative part of VisLab's reserach in the field of intelligent vehicles. These importantgrants are offered to highly respected scientists that undertake serious, rigorous, and innovative research streams that may be interpreted as too risky by industry. Thu, Nov 19th 2009, 05:17 GMT http://nvislab.it/News/view/24/_europe_funds_vislab http://nvislab.it/News/view/14/10th_anniversary_celebrations VisLab celebrated 10 years from the historical MilleMiglia in Automatico.   Ten years have passed from the historical "MilleMiglia in Automatico" during which ARGO drove for 2000+ km in automatic mode. The "MilleMiglia in Automatico" was successfully completed on June 6th 1998; VisLab is going to celebrate the event at the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium. Thu, Nov 19th 2009, 05:14 GMT http://nvislab.it/News/view/14/10th_anniversary_celebrations http://nvislab.it/News/view/18/x-by-wire_vehicle Thanks to our Korean partners, on July 28 VisLab was able to drive a vehicle thanks to CAN messages. This vehicle, a Hyunday Sonata equipped thanks to MANDO capabilities, will be used to test innovative functions based on the active control of the vehicle. Stay tuned: the next big demo event is coming up next year... Thu, Nov 19th 2009, 05:13 GMT http://nvislab.it/News/view/18/x-by-wire_vehicle http://nvislab.it/News/view/17/agreement_with_caterpillar,_inc On July 1, 2008 Caterpillar signed a 10 years agreement to work together with VisLab in a joint project involving deploying artificial vision on board Caterpillar vehicles. Here some pictures of the signature cerimony. Thu, Nov 19th 2009, 05:13 GMT http://nvislab.it/News/view/17/agreement_with_caterpillar,_inc http://nvislab.it/News/view/21/braive_travelling_to_china BRAiVE is just back from a trip to China, where it has been demonstrated to the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, June 3-5, 2009, in Xi'an, China. During this event, the new functionality called 'Stop & Go' was demonstrated: BRAiVE is able to locate a generic vehicle in front, virtually hook it, and follow it. BRAiVE controls both speed (gas and brake) and steering in autonomous mode. This function is designed to help the driver in queue driving, and brings with it the advangate of improving fuel efficiency as well as providing the driver with a more relaxed driving task. Sat, Nov 14th 2009, 12:18 GMT http://nvislab.it/News/view/21/braive_travelling_to_china