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Q: Please can you briefly explain your role and involvement with autonomous technologies.
Tony Pipe (TP): I am an engineering designer, so my prime interest is in the technology that will allow this advance. However, I am also very interested in the socio-economic impacts of its introduction.
Q: What is the number one challenge for those working in today’s current market?
TP: Sensor-perception technology and its impact on safety.
Q: What is the most exciting development in this field at the moment, either within your company or in the industry in general?
TP: Verification and validation methods for ensuring CAV safety.
Q: Where do you see the future of these assets in the next 5 – 10 years?
TP: I think that this technology will first find a place in specialist circumstances, such as low-speed POD/shuttle/bus application on fixed routes with limited environmental variability. A decade from now, we may begin to see fully autonomous vehicles on our public roadways.
Q: What can attendees expect from your presentation at this year’s seminar?
TP: An enhanced appreciation of the important part CAV simulation will take in the development, introduction and operation of this new highly safety-critical technology and its users.
Q: What other topics are you looking forward to hearing about and discussing at the upcoming seminar?
TP: Developments in the sensor-perception pipeline that feeds the decision-making system on a CAV.
Q: Why do you feel it is important for all engineers and professionals to join the conference in Nuneaton?
TP: Because the engineering challenges to the introduction of this technology are urgent and important and would benefit greatly from a holistic approach to their solution.
Automated and Autonomous Vehicles: Overcoming Engineering Challenges For Future Mobility takes place on 20 June 2019 at MIRA Technology Institute, Nuneaton.
This seminar will provide attendees with an update on the latest technology and developments while helping them understand the opportunities, issues and risks associated with this technology. Take away best practice from thought leaders and engineers in industry that will enable your organisation to develop safe, robust systems.
Ranging from the legal, regulatory and technological developments through to testing and validation of autonomous systems, gain valuable insights into the end to end development of autonomous systems from those at the forefront of the industry, including:
- Volvo Trucks
- Bristol Robotics Laboratory
- Connected Places
- Catapult
- HORIBA MIRA.
For more information and to register, please visit ww.imeche.org/autonomousvehicles.