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In this issue
Features
- Letter from the CEO
- CES 2018 recap
Products
- New: NXP Automated Drive Kit
- Highlight: Velodyne VLP-32c
- Update: HRI Safe Remote Control System
- Buy it now: Velodyne VLP-16
What's Happening at AStuff
- This month's favorite: Ben Ross
Events
- Baidu Apollo events
- Upcoming events
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Things keep getting better at AutonomouStuff! Our company has continuously grown year after year since its inception in 2010 and 2017 was no exception! Last year we more than doubled the size, opened offices in Silicon Valley and Beijing, started a GmbH in Germany, added to our automated R&D fleet options, participated in more than 40 events worldwide and had a lot of fun doing it all! We are so excited to see where 2018 takes us!
Click here
for CEO Bobby Hambrick's thoughts on where we've been and where we're going.
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The AutonomouStuff team started 2018 off with a bang at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. We hosted sales meetings and another legendary cocktail party in our MGM Skyline Terrace Suite. We also made a huge impact in various locations on the show floor, the gold lot and the central plaza. AStuff-built R&D vehicles provided demos on the strip, while our team and home town of Peoria, Illinois received a shout out at Baidu World Las Vegas 2018 (more below). The team put in a lot of work, but also managed to have a great time showing off the latest and greatest all over CES 2018.
We were happy to team up with amazing players in the industry including:
- Baidu/Apollo
- Velodyne
- NovAtel
- Quantum
- Renesas
- NXP
- LeddarTech
- Phantom Auto
- Molex
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New: NXP Automated Drive Kit
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At CES 2018,
NXP Semiconductors announced the release of the NXP Automated Drive Kit, available exclusively at
AutonomouStuff. The kit is comprised of the latest hardware and software solutions to enable autonomy. It is pulled together by NXP's BlueBox,
an all-in-one computer designed to analyze driving environments, assess risk factors and then direct the vehicle’s behavior in a safe and reliable manner. This easily customizable kit allows users to develop, test and deploy autonomous algorithms and applications quickly on an open and flexible platform.
NXP Automated Drive Kit includes:
- NXP BlueBox
- Neusoft Autonomous Vision Solution
- NovAtel IMU-IGM-S1
- NovAtel ProPak6
- Velodyne VLP-16 or Quanergy M8
- Delphi ESR
- ROS Service Installation
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Highlight: Velodyne VLP-32c
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Velodyne LiDAR's ULTRA Puck™ VLP-32C
is the newest long-range LiDAR sensor in its product portfolio, which combines best-in-class performance with a small form factor. It is a high-resolution LiDAR sensor that is cost-effective when compared to similar performance sensors but developed with automotive applications in mind. The VLP-32C retains the innovative breakthroughs in 3D LiDAR such as 360° surround view along with real-time 3D data that includes distance and calibrated reflectivity measurements along with rotational angles.
Features include:
- 32 Channels
- Dual Returns
- Up to 200m Range
- ~600,000 Points per Second
- +15° to -25° Vertical FOV
- 360° Horizontal FOV
- Low Power Consumption
- Protective Design
- Connectors: RJ45 / M12
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Update: HRI Safe Remote Control System
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HRI’s Wireless E-Stop — a handheld emergency stop button for industrial safety and accident prevention — is now multipoint-capable. You can now pair multiple E-Stops to a single receiver, or control multiple devices with a single E-Stop transmitter. Flexible configuration options can be customized for any machine system.
Multipoint delivers safety and mobility for machine scenarios including:
- Multiple machines: Shut down multiple systems from one or more E-Stop locations.
- Multiple E-Stops: Provide technicians with mobile E-Stop buttons for next level PPE, or mount E-Stops in multiple locations for permanent shared access.
- Cohesive safety: Combine fixed and wireless E-Stops for seamless safety across all of your machine systems.
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Velodyne LiDAR
is the leading developer and manufacturer of real-time LiDAR sensor technology used in a variety of commercial applications including autonomous vehicles, vehicle safety systems, 3D mobile mapping, 3D aerial mapping and security.
We currently have
VLP-16 sensors
in stock. Get yours today!
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What's Happening at AStuff
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This month's favorite: Ben Ross
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The AStuff team is full of so many amazing and unique individuals. This month, we'd like to introduce you to our Integration Service Manager, Ben Ross! Ben has been with the team for about five months and has quickly become a huge part of the AStuff family.
"Every day I feel lucky to be part of the team at AutonomouStuff. It is such an amazing company. We have the culture, the technology and we get to be a part of true greatness. This is the only company I have seen where everyone is excited about what they do. I can honestly say I love my job every day." -Ben Ross
It's employees like Ben who make AutonomouStuff such a great place. Thanks for all you do!!
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The AStuff team is proud to work with Baidu to bring autonomy to the world at "China speed." Team members traveled to Baidu's Sunnyvale, Calif. office prior to CES to participate in a media day event January 5. Just three days later at CES, Baidu's COO, Qi Lu, told the standing room only crowd at Las Vegas's Mandarin Oriental hotel about how the Baidu and AStuff teams worked together to bring the world Apollo 2.0 in just one week! It was here that Lu announced the second version of Apollo — the open, reliable and secure software stack designed to help accelerate self-driving car tech forward.
With Apollo 2.0 automated vehicles can:
- stop based on objects in front of them
- follow at a set distance
- detect stop lights
- recognize other vehicles, pedestrians, etc.
- negotiate intersections
- and much more
Click here to see more from the Baidu/Apollo events!
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February 5-7, 2018
February 12, 2018
February 26-28, 2018
March 4-7
March 13
March 26-29, 2018
May 1-3, 2018
June 6-7, 2018
July 10-12, 2018
July 10-12, 2018
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309-291-0966 | info@AutonomouStuff.com | www.AutonomouStuff.com
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