There is no such thing as a Level 5 universally autonomous vehicle, driving in all weather conditions, on all roads, in all traffic. All driverless vehicles are more or less prototypes of autonomous vehicles, with system-specific limitations regarding performance in…
Sustainability and private mobility often don’t go hand in hand. Cars carry a heavy burden: Petrol-driven vehicles emit CO2, heating our planet, they consume raw materials to make, and they take up high-valued space on our streets. In fact, according to the IEA,…
I was looking at our latest autonomous vehicle – a retrofitted Toyota Proace – driving smoothly on the roads near our office in Espoo and started to think how long it took to come here. Back in 1990 I was doing my M.Sc. studies at Helsinki University of Technology and…
One of the biggest investors behind Sensible 4 is NordicNinja VC, a Japanese venture capital fund, with some hundred million euros of a portfolio. NordicNinja VC is focusing on Finnish and Baltic start-ups and they are backed up by major Japanese companies, such as…
Autonomous vehicles rely on many sensor technologies, or sensor modalities, each providing their characteristic view of the surrounding world. Each sensor measuring the outside of the vehicle responds differently to weather conditions. This has to be taken into…
Perception of the surroundings is a core building block for autonomous driving. It provides answers to important questions such as: “where is it safe to drive?”, “what are other road users doing?” and “where are my blind spots?”. In practice, perception is implemented…
