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Friday, May 17, 2019
Carleton is a key part of Ottawa’s connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) community, and on May 17, 2019 a large contingent of faculty and graduate students from the university helped launch the Ottawa L5 CAV testing facilities — the first integrated CAV test environment of its kind in North... More
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
There are more than 7.5 million kilometres of roads in North America and their conditions are constantly changing. Construction, potholes, accident scenes, new road signs and altered road geometry each present a challenge for today’s autonomous vehicle technologies, which use a combination of on-board sensors and cameras to interpret their... More
Monday, April 8, 2019
Carleton University’s Richard Yu, professor in the School of Information Technology in the Faculty of Engineering and Design, will host a demonstration of connected autonomous vehicle technology and simulated cyberattacks on the automobile’s collective artificial intelligence (AI)... More
Friday, February 15, 2019
An announcement by the Government of Canada to invest $40 million in BlackBerry QNX will support Carleton University’s research leadership in autonomous systems and provide great opportunities for Carleton students. The announcement was made today in Kanata by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and focused on the next generation of connected and... More
Monday, February 4, 2019
Ottawa’s private autonomous vehicle test track, the first of its kind in North America, is almost open for business. The Ottawa L5 test facilities, housed on the 1,866-acre National Capital Commission Greenbelt Research Farm in Nepean, boast a 16-kilometre stretch of private roadway that’s almost done being fitted with the latest... More
Friday, January 25, 2019
Ottawa is preparing to open a 16-kilometre test track for cutting-edge autonomous vehicle technologies, the only such facility of its kind in North America, according to Invest... More
Move over, Uber—testing driverless cars on real streets is so 2018. The City of Ottawa has announced a new plan to test driverless car technology by setting up a test track dubbed Ottawa L5 with roughly 16 paved kilometres. The track is located in a 1,866-acre property in Nepean and will be the first... More
Friday, August 31, 2018
If you’ve ever sat idling impatiently as an apparently endless stream of boxcars rolling past a level crossing, you won’t be surprised to learn that freight trains can reach nearly four kilometres in length and carry thousands of tonnes of cargo. But there’s economy in that scale: rail is an ultra-efficient way to ship... More
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
OTTAWA, Aug. 29, 2018 /CNW/ - The Government of Canada is protecting air quality so that Canadians have healthy communities in which to live, work and raise their families, while investing in innovation that will create Canada's transportation system of... More
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
The Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) and Carleton University’s Co-operative Education office are pleased to announce a partnership to expand career opportunities for students within the autonomous vehicle (AV) sector and to advance Ottawa’s position as the AV capital of... More
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
CBC News - 'There is an inherent skepticism when you start talking about brand new technology,' consulting firm says. Uber recently announced its plan to offer a pilotless flight taxi service in 2023, though it still faces major hurdles. Boeing and Airbus are also among aircraft companies working on the new technology for commercial... More
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
CBC News - CAVCOE - Barrie Kirk, who studies the progress of autonomous vehicles, said technology could solve New Brunswick's truck driver shortage — and fairly soon. "When I first started four years ago, people thought I was a nerdy geek who had overdosed on science fiction," said Kirk, who runs the Canadian Automated Vehicles... More
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