a driver.
Oxford firm Oxbotica has enjoyed previous awards success for its work and will be hoping for something similar with the Selenium software that it demonstrated in Culham Science Centre this month.
This company is directly affiliated with the Mobile Robotics Group run by Oxford University and was set up by Ingmar Posner and Paul Newman, both of whom are professors at this university. The current chief executive of the company is Dr. Graeme Smith.
The software that it has developed, Selenium, does not require the use of GPS to be operational and can be used on motorways and roads as well as within pedestrianised areas. Furthermore, it has been specifically created for use in a range of different vehicles – including warehouse trucks, self-driving pods and cars. Among the tasks that it can perform are navigation, calibration, braking and motion control.
Speaking to a reporter from the Oxfordshire Guardian at the launch event, Dr. Smith stated that:
“Autonomous vehicles are the future and our new software is leading the field.”
This software will now undergo a number of trials and companies such as this one can always rely on places that provide business card printing to ensure they have the materials needed for networking.