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June 13, 2016. Cambridge, MA.
An audience of approximately 250 gathered Monday, June 13th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a forum exploring the transformative technology of autonomous vehicles and their likely impacts. The forum was moderated by MAPC’s Executive Director, Marc Draisen.Sponsored by MAPC and Transportation for Massachusetts (T4Mass), the event featured an expert panel from both the public and private sectors, and covered topics including: driverless car technology, likely timeframe for implementation, how driverless cars might change the role of driving and transit in our communities, and the role of government in the process.
© 2016 Marilyn Humphries
A woman poses for photographers beside a prototype driverless car called a LUTZ (Low-carbon Urban Transport Zone) Pathfinder Pod, center, and a Meridian shuttle, right, during a launch event for the media near the O2 Arena in London, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. Britain has begun testing driverless cars in four cities, launching the first official trials ahead of a series of planned rule reviews to accommodate the new technology. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Two new metro stations opened to the public on October 20, 2023, extending the metro line B to Oullins-Centre and Saint-Genis-Laval Hôpital Lyon-Sud, Lyon, France. The metro line B is now fully operated driverless with brand-new Alstom metro cars.
I paid a visit to theses new metro station with my French FOCA camera PF2B (year 1948). For the photo session, I equipped my Foca a normal lens Oplar 1:3.5 f=5cm lens. This lens, with the serial number beginning by 032, was manufactured in 1947 by the Optique & Précision de Levallois (OPL) French company, most likely in its factory of Châteaudun, Eure, France. The lens was also equipped withe with a generic 36mm push-on AUV filter a metal shade-hood.
I used also a special FOCA ever-ready bag made of a mix of strong military fabric and brown leather. This type of FOCA bag appeared as soon as 1945 and was price listed until 1954 but less popular and te other full leather bags. Exemplary in good shape is a rarity. The lens cap used here is a modern plastic 36mm lens cap Heliopan, Germany.
Due to a rather "foggy" finder, I used the Foca multi-focal external finder for the 50mm lense. The focus is almost impossible to evaluate using the internal range-finder that is, however, well operating. When necessary (distances bellow ca 5-6m), exact distances were measured using a LASER meter and reporting the value found to the lens distance scale.
The Foca camera was loaded with an Ilford HP5+ 36-exposure film. It was exposed for 400 ISO using an Autometer III Minolta lightmeter fitted with a 10° finder for selective measurements privileging the shadow areas.
Station de métro ligne B "Oullins-Centre", October 25,, 2023
69600 Oullins
France
After exposure, the film was developed using Adox Adonal (Agfa Rodinal). I wanted to develop the film at dilution 1+25 for 6min at 20°C to get a bit more of contrast but I was distracted and I prepared wrongly by routine a 1+50 that would have required 11min, resulting of an incomplete development and a quite pale negative. I realized my mistake while considering the film before complete wash.
I thought first that the film will be not usable and I was ready to return on the site for a second session. However, when digitalized it was possible to obtain acceptable positives views. Digitization was done using a Sony A7 body (24MP) fitted to a Minolta Slide Duplicator installed on a Minolta Auto Bellows III with a lens Minolta Bellow Macro Rokkor 50mm f/3.5. The RAW files obtained were processed without intermediate files in LR and edited to the final jpeg pictures.
All views of the film are presented in the dedicated album either in the printed framed versions and unframed full-size jpeg accompanied by some documentary smartphone Vivio Y76 color pictures.
About the camera :
This Foca PF2B is an early series (model-3 version-5 circa 1948) of the Foca PF2B 35mm French range-finder camera released in 1945. The PF2B model of Foca has the 36mm screw mount of all other Foca PF (PF standing for "Petit Format"). Foca camera's were constructed in France by the company "Optique & Precision de Levallois" (OPL) in the OPL factory of Chateaudun (Eure) starting from 1946. This factory still exists under the name of SAFRAN a French company producing aerospace devices and systems. This model of PF2B was originally without flash synchronisation. This one has been probably modified after sale with the double synchro X and FP that are still operating correctly (X synchro at 1/25s)
Two new metro stations opened to the public on October 20, 2023, extending the metro line B to Oullins-Centre and Saint-Genis-Laval Hôpital Lyon-Sud, Lyon, France. The metro line B is now fully operated driverless with brand-new Alstom metro cars.
I paid a visit to theses new metro station with my French FOCA camera PF2B (year 1948). For the photo session, I equipped my Foca a normal lens Oplar 1:3.5 f=5cm lens. This lens, with the serial number beginning by 032, was manufactured in 1947 by the Optique & Précision de Levallois (OPL) French company, most likely in its factory of Châteaudun, Eure, France. The lens was also equipped withe with a generic 36mm push-on AUV filter a metal shade-hood.
I used also a special FOCA ever-ready bag made of a mix of strong military fabric and brown leather. This type of FOCA bag appeared as soon as 1945 and was price listed until 1954 but less popular and te other full leather bags. Exemplary in good shape is a rarity. The lens cap used here is a modern plastic 36mm lens cap Heliopan, Germany.
Due to a rather "foggy" finder, I used the Foca multi-focal external finder for the 50mm lense. The focus is almost impossible to evaluate using the internal range-finder that is, however, well operating. When necessary (distances bellow ca 5-6m), exact distances were measured using a LASER meter and reporting the value found to the lens distance scale.
The Foca camera was loaded with an Ilford HP5+ 36-exposure film. It was exposed for 400 ISO using an Autometer III Minolta lightmeter fitted with a 10° finder for selective measurements privileging the shadow areas.
Preparing the FOCA camera for action in its new battle-fileld bag, October 25,, 2023
69004 Lyon
France
After exposure, the film was developed using Adox Adonal (Agfa Rodinal). I wanted to develop the film at dilution 1+25 for 6min at 20°C to get a bit more of contrast but I was distracted and I prepared wrongly by routine a 1+50 that would have required 11min, resulting of an incomplete development and a quite pale negative. I realized my mistake while considering the film before complete wash.
I thought first that the film will be not usable and I was ready to return on the site for a second session. However, when digitalized it was possible to obtain acceptable positives views. Digitization was done using a Sony A7 body (24MP) fitted to a Minolta Slide Duplicator installed on a Minolta Auto Bellows III with a lens Minolta Bellow Macro Rokkor 50mm f/3.5. The RAW files obtained were processed without intermediate files in LR and edited to the final jpeg pictures.
All views of the film are presented in the dedicated album either in the printed framed versions and unframed full-size jpeg accompanied by some documentary smartphone Vivio Y76 color pictures.
About the camera :
This Foca PF2B is an early series (model-3 version-5 circa 1948) of the Foca PF2B 35mm French range-finder camera released in 1945. The PF2B model of Foca has the 36mm screw mount of all other Foca PF (PF standing for "Petit Format"). Foca camera's were constructed in France by the company "Optique & Precision de Levallois" (OPL) in the OPL factory of Chateaudun (Eure) starting from 1946. This factory still exists under the name of SAFRAN a French company producing aerospace devices and systems. This model of PF2B was originally without flash synchronisation. This one has been probably modified after sale with the double synchro X and FP that are still operating correctly (X synchro at 1/25s)
The Driverless May Mobility vehicle stops automatically to avoid collision and let the incoming car turn in front of it during the first day of testing to support the City of Detroit's Automated Driving System (ADS) Shuttle. The May Mobility engineer is AJ Weckle is behind the wheel but not steering the shuttle van.
The shuttle service is a pilot that will serve elderly residents in certain neighborhoods of the city of Detroit, as well as people with disabilities. The vehicle being used for the shuttle is from May Mobility -- the city awarded the company the work over the summer. The shuttle is going through safety testing ahead of launch, starting at Mcity. Researchers are running it through the Mcity Safety Assessment Program, a two-part testing protocol to demonstrate the safety of an AV in a controlled environment before deploying on public roads.
The test vehicle -- the May Mobility vehicle -- encounters potentially dangerous situations, and having to avoid them. Specifically, left and right turns in front of the May vehicle and a passerby crossing the street. The challenge vehicle, as it's called, was the Mcity Lincoln MKZ. These are examples of specific driving scenarios that an AV will have to be able to identify and respond to. There are many more, obviously.
The lead U-M researcher running the testing is Tinghan Wang, a postdoc research fellow in Mechanical Engineering. The PI on the project is Mcity Director Henry Liu. The May Mobility engineer is AJ Weckle.
November 10, 2023.
Photo by Marcin Szczepanski/Lead Multimedia Storyteller, Michigan Engineering
June 13, 2016. Cambridge, MA.
An audience of approximately 250 gathered Monday, June 13th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a forum exploring the transformative technology of autonomous vehicles and their likely impacts. The forum was moderated by MAPC’s Executive Director, Marc Draisen.Sponsored by MAPC and Transportation for Massachusetts (T4Mass), the event featured an expert panel from both the public and private sectors, and covered topics including: driverless car technology, likely timeframe for implementation, how driverless cars might change the role of driving and transit in our communities, and the role of government in the process.
© 2016 Marilyn Humphries
The Driverless May Mobility vehicle stops automatically to avoid collision and let the incoming car turn in front of it during the first day of testing to support the City of Detroit's Automated Driving System (ADS) Shuttle. The May Mobility engineer is AJ Weckle is behind the wheel but not steering the shuttle van.
The shuttle service is a pilot that will serve elderly residents in certain neighborhoods of the city of Detroit, as well as people with disabilities. The vehicle being used for the shuttle is from May Mobility -- the city awarded the company the work over the summer. The shuttle is going through safety testing ahead of launch, starting at Mcity. Researchers are running it through the Mcity Safety Assessment Program, a two-part testing protocol to demonstrate the safety of an AV in a controlled environment before deploying on public roads.
The test vehicle -- the May Mobility vehicle -- encounters potentially dangerous situations, and having to avoid them. Specifically, left and right turns in front of the May vehicle and a passerby crossing the street. The challenge vehicle, as it's called, was the Mcity Lincoln MKZ. These are examples of specific driving scenarios that an AV will have to be able to identify and respond to. There are many more, obviously.
The lead U-M researcher running the testing is Tinghan Wang, a postdoc research fellow in Mechanical Engineering. The PI on the project is Mcity Director Henry Liu. The May Mobility engineer is AJ Weckle.
November 10, 2023.
Photo by Marcin Szczepanski/Lead Multimedia Storyteller, Michigan Engineering
Two new metro stations opened to the public on October 20, 2023, extending the metro line B to Oullins-Centre and Saint-Genis-Laval Hôpital Lyon-Sud, Lyon, France. The metro line B is now fully operated driverless with brand-new Alstom metro cars.
I paid a visit to theses new metro station with my French FOCA camera PF2B (year 1948). For the photo session, I equipped my Foca a normal lens Oplar 1:3.5 f=5cm lens. This lens, with the serial number beginning by 032, was manufactured in 1947 by the Optique & Précision de Levallois (OPL) French company, most likely in its factory of Châteaudun, Eure, France. The lens was also equipped withe with a generic 36mm push-on AUV filter a metal shade-hood.
I used also a special FOCA ever-ready bag made of a mix of strong military fabric and brown leather. This type of FOCA bag appeared as soon as 1945 and was price listed until 1954 but less popular and te other full leather bags. Exemplary in good shape is a rarity. The lens cap used here is a modern plastic 36mm lens cap Heliopan, Germany.
Due to a rather "foggy" finder, I used the Foca multi-focal external finder for the 50mm lense. The focus is almost impossible to evaluate using the internal range-finder that is, however, well operating. When necessary (distances bellow ca 5-6m), exact distances were measured using a LASER meter and reporting the value found to the lens distance scale.
The Foca camera was loaded with an Ilford HP5+ 36-exposure film. It was exposed for 400 ISO using an Autometer III Minolta lightmeter fitted with a 10° finder for selective measurements privileging the shadow areas.
Preparing the FOCA camera for action in its new battle-fileld bag, October 25,, 2023
69004 Lyon
France
After exposure, the film was developed using Adox Adonal (Agfa Rodinal). I wanted to develop the film at dilution 1+25 for 6min at 20°C to get a bit more of contrast but I was distracted and I prepared wrongly by routine a 1+50 that would have required 11min, resulting of an incomplete development and a quite pale negative. I realized my mistake while considering the film before complete wash.
I thought first that the film will be not usable and I was ready to return on the site for a second session. However, when digitalized it was possible to obtain acceptable positives views. Digitization was done using a Sony A7 body (24MP) fitted to a Minolta Slide Duplicator installed on a Minolta Auto Bellows III with a lens Minolta Bellow Macro Rokkor 50mm f/3.5. The RAW files obtained were processed without intermediate files in LR and edited to the final jpeg pictures.
All views of the film are presented in the dedicated album either in the printed framed versions and unframed full-size jpeg accompanied by some documentary smartphone Vivio Y76 color pictures.
About the camera :
This Foca PF2B is an early series (model-3 version-5 circa 1948) of the Foca PF2B 35mm French range-finder camera released in 1945. The PF2B model of Foca has the 36mm screw mount of all other Foca PF (PF standing for "Petit Format"). Foca camera's were constructed in France by the company "Optique & Precision de Levallois" (OPL) in the OPL factory of Chateaudun (Eure) starting from 1946. This factory still exists under the name of SAFRAN a French company producing aerospace devices and systems. This model of PF2B was originally without flash synchronisation. This one has been probably modified after sale with the double synchro X and FP that are still operating correctly (X synchro at 1/25s)
The Driverless May Mobility vehicle stops automatically to avoid collision and allow the incoming car to turn in front of the shuttle during the first day of testing to support the City of Detroit's Automated Driving System (ADS) Shuttle. The May Mobility engineer is AJ Weckle is behind the wheel but not steering the shuttle van.
The shuttle service is a pilot that will serve elderly residents in certain neighborhoods of the city of Detroit, as well as people with disabilities. The vehicle being used for the shuttle is from May Mobility -- the city awarded the company the work over the summer. The shuttle is going through safety testing ahead of launch, starting at Mcity. Researchers are running it through the Mcity Safety Assessment Program, a two-part testing protocol to demonstrate the safety of an AV in a controlled environment before deploying on public roads.
The test vehicle -- the May Mobility vehicle -- encounters potentially dangerous situations, and having to avoid them. Specifically, left and right turns in front of the May vehicle and a passerby crossing the street. The challenge vehicle, as it's called, was the Mcity Lincoln MKZ. These are examples of specific driving scenarios that an AV will have to be able to identify and respond to. There are many more, obviously.
The lead U-M researcher running the testing is Tinghan Wang, a postdoc research fellow in Mechanical Engineering. The PI on the project is Mcity Director Henry Liu. The May Mobility engineer is AJ Weckle.
November 10, 2023.
Photo by Marcin Szczepanski/Lead Multimedia Storyteller, Michigan Engineering
Two new metro stations opened to the public on October 20, 2023, extending the metro line B to Oullins-Centre and Saint-Genis-Laval Hôpital Lyon-Sud, Lyon, France. The metro line B is now fully operated driverless with brand-new Alstom metro cars.
I paid a visit to theses new metro station with my French FOCA camera PF2B (year 1948). For the photo session, I equipped my Foca a normal lens Oplar 1:3.5 f=5cm lens. This lens, with the serial number beginning by 032, was manufactured in 1947 by the Optique & Précision de Levallois (OPL) French company, most likely in its factory of Châteaudun, Eure, France. The lens was also equipped withe with a generic 36mm push-on AUV filter a metal shade-hood.
I used also a special FOCA ever-ready bag made of a mix of strong military fabric and brown leather. This type of FOCA bag appeared as soon as 1945 and was price listed until 1954 but less popular and te other full leather bags. Exemplary in good shape is a rarity. The lens cap used here is a modern plastic 36mm lens cap Heliopan, Germany.
Due to a rather "foggy" finder, I used the Foca multi-focal external finder for the 50mm lense. The focus is almost impossible to evaluate using the internal range-finder that is, however, well operating. When necessary (distances bellow ca 5-6m), exact distances were measured using a LASER meter and reporting the value found to the lens distance scale.
The Foca camera was loaded with an Ilford HP5+ 36-exposure film. It was exposed for 400 ISO using an Autometer III Minolta lightmeter fitted with a 10° finder for selective measurements privileging the shadow areas.
Station de métro Saint-Genis Hôpital Lyon-Sud, October 25,, 2023
69230 Saint-Genis-Laval
France
After exposure, the film was developed using Adox Adonal (Agfa Rodinal). I wanted to develop the film at dilution 1+25 for 6min at 20°C to get a bit more of contrast but I was distracted and I prepared wrongly by routine a 1+50 that would have required 11min, resulting of an incomplete development and a quite pale negative. I realized my mistake while considering the film before complete wash.
I thought first that the film will be not usable and I was ready to return on the site for a second session. However, when digitalized it was possible to obtain acceptable positives views. Digitization was done using a Sony A7 body (24MP) fitted to a Minolta Slide Duplicator installed on a Minolta Auto Bellows III with a lens Minolta Bellow Macro Rokkor 50mm f/3.5. The RAW files obtained were processed without intermediate files in LR and edited to the final jpeg pictures.
All views of the film are presented in the dedicated album either in the printed framed versions and unframed full-size jpeg accompanied by some documentary smartphone Vivio Y76 color pictures.
About the camera :
This Foca PF2B is an early series (model-3 version-5 circa 1948) of the Foca PF2B 35mm French range-finder camera released in 1945. The PF2B model of Foca has the 36mm screw mount of all other Foca PF (PF standing for "Petit Format"). Foca camera's were constructed in France by the company "Optique & Precision de Levallois" (OPL) in the OPL factory of Chateaudun (Eure) starting from 1946. This factory still exists under the name of SAFRAN a French company producing aerospace devices and systems. This model of PF2B was originally without flash synchronisation. This one has been probably modified after sale with the double synchro X and FP that are still operating correctly (X synchro at 1/25s)
Two new metro stations opened to the public on October 20, 2023, extending the metro line B to Oullins-Centre and Saint-Genis-Laval Hôpital Lyon-Sud, Lyon, France. The metro line B is now fully operated driverless with brand-new Alstom metro cars.
I paid a visit to theses new metro station with my French FOCA camera PF2B (year 1948). For the photo session, I equipped my Foca a normal lens Oplar 1:3.5 f=5cm lens. This lens, with the serial number beginning by 032, was manufactured in 1947 by the Optique & Précision de Levallois (OPL) French company, most likely in its factory of Châteaudun, Eure, France. The lens was also equipped withe with a generic 36mm push-on AUV filter a metal shade-hood.
I used also a special FOCA ever-ready bag made of a mix of strong military fabric and brown leather. This type of FOCA bag appeared as soon as 1945 and was price listed until 1954 but less popular and te other full leather bags. Exemplary in good shape is a rarity. The lens cap used here is a modern plastic 36mm lens cap Heliopan, Germany.
Due to a rather "foggy" finder, I used the Foca multi-focal external finder for the 50mm lense. The focus is almost impossible to evaluate using the internal range-finder that is, however, well operating. When necessary (distances bellow ca 5-6m), exact distances were measured using a LASER meter and reporting the value found to the lens distance scale.
The Foca camera was loaded with an Ilford HP5+ 36-exposure film. It was exposed for 400 ISO using an Autometer III Minolta lightmeter fitted with a 10° finder for selective measurements privileging the shadow areas.
Station de métro ligne B "Oullins-Centre", October 25,, 2023
69600 Oullins
France
After exposure, the film was developed using Adox Adonal (Agfa Rodinal). I wanted to develop the film at dilution 1+25 for 6min at 20°C to get a bit more of contrast but I was distracted and I prepared wrongly by routine a 1+50 that would have required 11min, resulting of an incomplete development and a quite pale negative. I realized my mistake while considering the film before complete wash.
I thought first that the film will be not usable and I was ready to return on the site for a second session. However, when digitalized it was possible to obtain acceptable positives views. Digitization was done using a Sony A7 body (24MP) fitted to a Minolta Slide Duplicator installed on a Minolta Auto Bellows III with a lens Minolta Bellow Macro Rokkor 50mm f/3.5. The RAW files obtained were processed without intermediate files in LR and edited to the final jpeg pictures.
All views of the film are presented in the dedicated album either in the printed framed versions and unframed full-size jpeg accompanied by some documentary smartphone Vivio Y76 color pictures.
About the camera :
This Foca PF2B is an early series (model-3 version-5 circa 1948) of the Foca PF2B 35mm French range-finder camera released in 1945. The PF2B model of Foca has the 36mm screw mount of all other Foca PF (PF standing for "Petit Format"). Foca camera's were constructed in France by the company "Optique & Precision de Levallois" (OPL) in the OPL factory of Chateaudun (Eure) starting from 1946. This factory still exists under the name of SAFRAN a French company producing aerospace devices and systems. This model of PF2B was originally without flash synchronisation. This one has been probably modified after sale with the double synchro X and FP that are still operating correctly (X synchro at 1/25s)
June 13, 2016. Cambridge, MA.
An audience of approximately 250 gathered Monday, June 13th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a forum exploring the transformative technology of autonomous vehicles and their likely impacts. The forum was moderated by MAPC’s Executive Director, Marc Draisen.Sponsored by MAPC and Transportation for Massachusetts (T4Mass), the event featured an expert panel from both the public and private sectors, and covered topics including: driverless car technology, likely timeframe for implementation, how driverless cars might change the role of driving and transit in our communities, and the role of government in the process.
© 2016 Marilyn Humphries
June 13, 2016. Cambridge, MA.
An audience of approximately 250 gathered Monday, June 13th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a forum exploring the transformative technology of autonomous vehicles and their likely impacts. The forum was moderated by MAPC’s Executive Director, Marc Draisen.Sponsored by MAPC and Transportation for Massachusetts (T4Mass), the event featured an expert panel from both the public and private sectors, and covered topics including: driverless car technology, likely timeframe for implementation, how driverless cars might change the role of driving and transit in our communities, and the role of government in the process.
© 2016 Marilyn Humphries
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This year’s Wales Open sees the introduction of a driverless golf buggy. The buggy aims to ensure golfers maintain social distancing protocols
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The Driverless May Mobility vehicle stops automatically to avoid collision and let the incoming car turn in front of it during the first day of testing to support the City of Detroit's Automated Driving System (ADS) Shuttle. The May Mobility engineer is AJ Weckle is behind the wheel but not steering the shuttle van.
The shuttle service is a pilot that will serve elderly residents in certain neighborhoods of the city of Detroit, as well as people with disabilities. The vehicle being used for the shuttle is from May Mobility -- the city awarded the company the work over the summer. The shuttle is going through safety testing ahead of launch, starting at Mcity. Researchers are running it through the Mcity Safety Assessment Program, a two-part testing protocol to demonstrate the safety of an AV in a controlled environment before deploying on public roads.
The test vehicle -- the May Mobility vehicle -- encounters potentially dangerous situations, and having to avoid them. Specifically, left and right turns in front of the May vehicle and a passerby crossing the street. The challenge vehicle, as it's called, was the Mcity Lincoln MKZ. These are examples of specific driving scenarios that an AV will have to be able to identify and respond to. There are many more, obviously.
The lead U-M researcher running the testing is Tinghan Wang, a postdoc research fellow in Mechanical Engineering. The PI on the project is Mcity Director Henry Liu. The May Mobility engineer is AJ Weckle.
November 10, 2023.
Photo by Marcin Szczepanski/Lead Multimedia Storyteller, Michigan Engineering
The Driverless May Mobility vehicle stops automatically to let a passerby cross the street during the first day of testing to support the City of Detroit's Automated Driving System (ADS) Shuttle.
The shuttle service is a pilot that will serve elderly residents in certain neighborhoods of the city of Detroit, as well as people with disabilities. The vehicle being used for the shuttle is from May Mobility -- the city awarded the company the work over the summer. The shuttle is going through safety testing ahead of launch, starting at Mcity. Researchers are running it through the Mcity Safety Assessment Program, a two-part testing protocol to demonstrate the safety of an AV in a controlled environment before deploying on public roads.
The test vehicle -- the May Mobility vehicle -- encounters potentially dangerous situations, and having to avoid them. Specifically, left and right turns in front of the May vehicle and a passerby crossing the street. The challenge vehicle, as it's called, was the Mcity Lincoln MKZ. These are examples of specific driving scenarios that an AV will have to be able to identify and respond to. There are many more, obviously.
The lead U-M researcher running the testing is Tinghan Wang, a postdoc research fellow in Mechanical Engineering. The PI on the project is Mcity Director Henry Liu. The May Mobility engineer is AJ Weckle.
November 10, 2023.
Photo by Marcin Szczepanski/Lead Multimedia Storyteller, Michigan Engineering
June 13, 2016. Cambridge, MA.
An audience of approximately 250 gathered Monday, June 13th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a forum exploring the transformative technology of autonomous vehicles and their likely impacts. The forum was moderated by MAPC’s Executive Director, Marc Draisen.Sponsored by MAPC and Transportation for Massachusetts (T4Mass), the event featured an expert panel from both the public and private sectors, and covered topics including: driverless car technology, likely timeframe for implementation, how driverless cars might change the role of driving and transit in our communities, and the role of government in the process.
© 2016 Marilyn Humphries
June 13, 2016. Cambridge, MA.
MAPC Driverless Cars Forum. An audience of over 300 gathered Monday, June 13th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a forum exploring the transformative technology of autonomous vehicles and their likely impacts.
Sponsored by MAPC and Transportation for Massachusetts (T4Mass), the event featured an expert panel from both the public and private sectors, and covered topics including: driverless car technology, likely timeframe for implementation, how driverless cars might change the role of driving and transit in our communities, and the role of government in the process.
Panelists Include:
Christopher Zegras (Associste Professor, Dept of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT)
Marc Draisen (Executive Director, Metropolitan Area Planning Council)
Tony Dutzik (Senior Policy Analyst, Frontier Group)
Lauren Isaac (manager of Sustainable Transportation, WSP | Parsons Brinkerhoff)
Jonathan Koopmann ( Senior Engineer, Technology, Innovation and Policy Division, U.S. DOT/ Volpe Center)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone (City of Somerville)
Kent Larson (Director of the City Science Initiative & the Changing places Group at the MIT Media laboratory)
© 2016 Marilyn Humphries
June 13, 2016. Cambridge, MA.
An audience of approximately 250 gathered Monday, June 13th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a forum exploring the transformative technology of autonomous vehicles and their likely impacts. The forum was moderated by MAPC’s Executive Director, Marc Draisen.Sponsored by MAPC and Transportation for Massachusetts (T4Mass), the event featured an expert panel from both the public and private sectors, and covered topics including: driverless car technology, likely timeframe for implementation, how driverless cars might change the role of driving and transit in our communities, and the role of government in the process.
© 2016 Marilyn Humphries
June 13, 2016. Cambridge, MA.
An audience of approximately 250 gathered Monday, June 13th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a forum exploring the transformative technology of autonomous vehicles and their likely impacts. The forum was moderated by MAPC’s Executive Director, Marc Draisen.Sponsored by MAPC and Transportation for Massachusetts (T4Mass), the event featured an expert panel from both the public and private sectors, and covered topics including: driverless car technology, likely timeframe for implementation, how driverless cars might change the role of driving and transit in our communities, and the role of government in the process.
© 2016 Marilyn Humphries
The Driverless May Mobility vehicle stops automatically to let a passerby cross the street during the first day of testing to support the City of Detroit's Automated Driving System (ADS) Shuttle.
The shuttle service is a pilot that will serve elderly residents in certain neighborhoods of the city of Detroit, as well as people with disabilities. The vehicle being used for the shuttle is from May Mobility -- the city awarded the company the work over the summer. The shuttle is going through safety testing ahead of launch, starting at Mcity. Researchers are running it through the Mcity Safety Assessment Program, a two-part testing protocol to demonstrate the safety of an AV in a controlled environment before deploying on public roads.
The test vehicle -- the May Mobility vehicle -- encounters potentially dangerous situations, and having to avoid them. Specifically, left and right turns in front of the May vehicle and a passerby crossing the street. The challenge vehicle, as it's called, was the Mcity Lincoln MKZ. These are examples of specific driving scenarios that an AV will have to be able to identify and respond to. There are many more, obviously.
The lead U-M researcher running the testing is Tinghan Wang, a postdoc research fellow in Mechanical Engineering. The PI on the project is Mcity Director Henry Liu. The May Mobility engineer is AJ Weckle.
November 10, 2023.
Photo by Marcin Szczepanski/Lead Multimedia Storyteller, Michigan Engineering
June 13, 2016. Cambridge, MA.
An audience of approximately 250 gathered Monday, June 13th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a forum exploring the transformative technology of autonomous vehicles and their likely impacts. The forum was moderated by MAPC’s Executive Director, Marc Draisen.Sponsored by MAPC and Transportation for Massachusetts (T4Mass), the event featured an expert panel from both the public and private sectors, and covered topics including: driverless car technology, likely timeframe for implementation, how driverless cars might change the role of driving and transit in our communities, and the role of government in the process.
© 2016 Marilyn Humphries
June 13, 2016. Cambridge, MA.
An audience of approximately 250 gathered Monday, June 13th at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a forum exploring the transformative technology of autonomous vehicles and their likely impacts. The forum was moderated by MAPC’s Executive Director, Marc Draisen.Sponsored by MAPC and Transportation for Massachusetts (T4Mass), the event featured an expert panel from both the public and private sectors, and covered topics including: driverless car technology, likely timeframe for implementation, how driverless cars might change the role of driving and transit in our communities, and the role of government in the process.
© 2016 Marilyn Humphries