Autonomous vehicles

Qualcomm beefed-up its automotive portfolio by striking a deal to buy Israel-based Autotalks, which makes chips to help prevent vehicle crashes.

SoftBank Corp forged an agreement with US-based May Mobility to accelerate the introduction of autonomous driving services in Japan running on the operator’s 5G network.

Cambridge Wireless argued the full potential of 5G will only be unlocked by industrial use cases as it revealed the results of various private network trials spanning autonomous vehicles, healthcare, smart manufacturing and robotics.

SK Telecom (SKT) forged a deal with the Korean Transport Institute to develop urban air mobility (UAM) services, with the long-term aim of serving the emergency response and tourism sectors.

El fabricante de maquinaria pesada John Deere ha mostrado en el CES 2022 un tractor totalmente autónomo, promocionando la tecnología como una forma de aumentar la producción mundial de alimentos frente a la escasez de mano de obra.

Thailand-based AIS highlighted early progress on smart city applications developed at a lab jointly managed with Thammasat University, with the two piloting a fully autonomous electric vehicle (EV) running on the operator’s 5G network.

KDDI and Aisan Technology, a developer of 3D software, agreed to create a platform using 3D maps to control drones and autonomous vehicles as part of a broader Japanese technology research programme.