InterDigital Looks Ahead at the Future of Autonomous Vehicles

<p>While the development of autonomous vehicle technology has progressed rather rapidly, regulatory requirement development is just starting to progress. <em>GovTech</em>, a top government technology news website, recently featured&nbsp;<a href="http://www.govtech.com/fs/Looking-Ahead-The-Future-of-Regulations-on-Autonomous-Vehicles.html">an article</a> by InterDigital&rsquo;s Serhad Doken that examines a number of key items policymakers need to consider and gives a peak into a future with autonomous vehicles as widespread reality. &nbsp;</p>
<p>In the article, Serhad discusses the U.S. Department of Transportation&rsquo;s AV policy, which was&nbsp;<a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article/us-dot-unveils-worlds-first-autonomous-vehicle-policy-ushering-in-age-of-driverless-cars/">unveiled in September 2016</a> as the world&rsquo;s first autonomous vehicle policy. He explains while the policy is definitely a step in the right direction, there are a number of things to consider as the technology evolves. Serhad breaks down some of the additional items for consideration into five categories: testing in different climates and conditions; wireless upgrades; regulations; data; and technology standards. Check out the full GovTech article <a href="http://www.govtech.com/fs/Looking-Ahead-The-Future-of-Regulations-on-Autonomous-Vehicles.html">here</a>.</p>
<p>Another area of consideration for autonomous vehicles, not mentioned above, is safety. Serhad&rsquo;s colleague Samian Kaur recently covered an approach to potentially improving autonomous vehicle safety in an <a href="http://industrialiot5g.com/20160920/connected-cars-2/improving-autonomous-vehicle-safety">Industrial IoT 5G article</a>. In the piece, she discusses a multi-sense approach, coined collaborative sensor fusion, that aims to address one of the main limitations of current self-driving technologies &ndash; reliance on a single mode of perception.&nbsp;<a href="http://industrialiot5g.com/20160920/connected-cars-2/improving-autonomous-vehicle-safety">Click here</a> to learn more about sensor data fusion in the full article. &nbsp;</p>
<p>To learn more about autonomous vehicles, please <a href="http://www.interdigital.com/tags?tag_name=connected%20vehicle">click here</a>.</p>