The U.S. Department of Transportation has released its updated version of its autonomous vehicle policy: Ensuring American Leadership in Automated Vehicle Technologies: Automated Vehicles 4.0. The update builds upon Preparing for the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0 and unifies efforts in automated vehicles across 38 Federal departments, independent agencies, commissions, and executive offices
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Steven Kramer, member-in-charge of the Eckert Seamans White Plains office, was recently appointed chair of the Product Liability Advisory Council’s Autonomous Vehicles and Products Action Group. He is also a member of PLAC’s Conference Planning Committee.
Steve plans to move away from concentration on vehicles to capture a larger net of products that rely on AI/machine learning.…
NTSB shares investigation findings and recommendations regarding March 2018 Uber ATG fatality
Photo Credit: UberThe National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) held a board meeting yesterday to discuss its investigation of the March 18, 2018, fatal car accident in Tempe, Arizona, involving an automated test vehicle, a 2017 Volvo XC90, modified and operated by the Advanced Technologies Group of Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber ATG). A more detailed…
Latest Update to Eckert Seamans’ Autonomous Vehicle Legislative Survey
The October 2019 Update of the Autonomous Vehicle Legislative Survey has been released. It’s been a busy several months for actions at the national and state level related to connected and automated vehicles. The updates, some of which are highlighted below, include updates at the national, state and city levels.
National
• The Federal…
Jodi Dyan Oley to speak at Pennsylvania Automated Vehicle Summit, Sept. 4-6
Please join me next week at the Pennsylvania Automated Vehicle Summit. This is the premier AV event in Pennsylvania and is the largest dedicated Automated Vehicle conference in the Northeast region, bringing together both public and private industries. The conference’s subject matter experts and diverse group of attendees come together to discuss and engage with…
Lyft releases data set on Level 5 autonomous vehicles and hosting competition on use of data
In what can be seen as a huge step forward in the arena of autonomous vehicle technology, Lyft has announced that it will share with the public its level 5 dataset from its autonomous vehicle data. The dataset is described as a “comprehensive, large-scale dataset featuring the raw sensor camera and LiDAR inputs as perceived…
Yuma to host free public seminar on autonomous vehicles on June 12
In what appears to be a first, the city of Yuma, Arizona, has announced that it will host a free seminar on TV and over the internet regarding autonomous vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles 101: Education for Yuma and Surrounding Communities. The seminar is being sponsored by the city, Yuma County, Greater Yuma Economic Development Corporation,…
NIST accepting comments on AI standards until May 31
As reported yesterday, National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Request for Comments was published today and comments will be accepted until 5 p.m. Eastern time on May 31, 2019, and may be submitted via email to ai_standards@nist.gov, or by mail to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2000,…
National Institute of Standards and Technology seeking comments on development of Artificial Intelligence Standards
Tomorrow, May 1, 2019, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will officially publish in the Federal Register a Request for Information (Docket Number: 190312229-9229-01) seeking comments on development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Standards. Pursuant to the Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence (signed on February 11, 2019), NIST was…
New Calendar Feature
The blog is now maintaining a Google Calendar featuring upcoming notable artificial intelligence events. (If you would like to submit an event for inclusion, please contact Jodi Oley at joley@eckertseamans.com.)
The calendar will be updated on an ongoing basis, so check back or sync with your own calendar to stay in the loop. Here’s a…