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How Autonomous Vehicles Distinguish Between Bicycles and People Who Ride Them
Self-Driving

How Autonomous Vehicles Distinguish Between Bikes and People
By Lisa Abelar
August 9, 2022
5 min. read
When it comes to how autonomous vehicles see the world, humans come first, literally. Autonomous vehicles (AVs), like t...
Why The League of American Bicyclists is optimistic about autonomous vehicles
Self-Driving

Why a Leading Cycling Advocacy Group Is Optimistic About Autonomous Vehicles

By Lisa Abelar
Illustration of a futuristic parking deck turned into a mixed-use space, with AVs driving by
Business

How Autonomous Vehicles Could Help Transform Parking Lots

By Clint Williams
Self-Driving

Researchers Predict the Future With Lidar Data

By Carl Franzen
A colorful illustration showing a birds-eye view of a city with a white Argo autonomous vehicle SUV in front of an orange multi-story warehouse.
Business

Why Urban Warehouses Are Good For Autonomous Vehicles

By Clint Williams
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How Autonomous Vehicles Distinguish Between Bicycles and People Who Ride Them
Self-Driving

How Autonomous Vehicles Distinguish Between Bikes and People

By Lisa Abelar
August 9, 2022
5 min. read
When it comes to how autonomous vehicles see the world, humans come first, literally. Autonomous vehicles (AVs), like the kind operated by Pittsburgh-based Argo AI, use Machine Learning to detect and classify the objects in their surroundings, identifying people...
Why The League of American Bicyclists is optimistic about autonomous vehicles
Self-Driving

Why a Leading Cycling Advocacy Group Is Optimistic About Autonomous Vehicles

By Lisa Abelar
July 28, 2022
4 min. read
As autonomous vehicle use grows, AV companies and the League of American Bicyclists are collaborating on how to ensure cyclists and motorists can share the roads safely, even if the “motorist” is artificial intelligence software. As part of the...
Opinion

Self-Driving Is Arriving Right On Time. Just Like Ice Cream Did

By Alex Roy
July 19, 2022
5 min. read
Seven years ago, I was a self-driving skeptic. Not of the technology. Of all the “experts” promising autonomous vehicles would be everywhere by 2020. You didn’t need to be Nostradamus to know that was ridiculous. All you needed was...
Illustration of a futuristic parking deck turned into a mixed-use space, with AVs driving by
Business

How Autonomous Vehicles Could Help Transform Parking Lots

By Clint Williams
June 28, 2022
5 min. read
Researchers say it’s likely that autonomous vehicles (AVs) can help reduce the need for parking lots, opening more room for grass and trees and other elements of nature. It may not seem like it when you’re circling the block...
An illustration of an Argo autonomous vehicle in teal against a backdrop of buildings, a bicyclist, and research papers
Self-Driving

7 Big Breakthroughs From Argo Research at CVPR 2022

By Carl Franzen
June 16, 2022
8 min. read
The 2022 Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2022) is nearly here. Thousands of computer scientists, software engineers, and researchers from around the globe will gather in New Orleans to review and discuss their latest work in...
Self-Driving

Researchers Predict the Future With Lidar Data

By Carl Franzen
June 16, 2022
6 min. read
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Argo AI Center for Autonomous Vehicle Research, a private-public partnership funded by Argo for advancing the autonomous-vehicle (AV) field, say they have come up with a way to use lidar data to visualize not...
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