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Engineers Take NASA's Mars 2020 Rover for First Test Drive

In December, 2019, engineers in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratorydemonstrated that all of the Mars 2020 rover systems were working...

Over-the-Air Radar-in-the-Loop Simulation

The task of validating radar sensor functions is very challenging. To help OEMs and suppliers master this activity, dSPACE offers a radar-in-the-loop simulation solution for testing radar-based...

How Can Sensor Simulation Help Make Autonomous Cars Safer?

Autonomous cars rely on sensors to detect their environments. The correct processing of the sensors’ signals is a crucial factor for the safety of autonomous vehicles – and...

dSPACE MicroAutoBox III – Next Generation of Compact In-Vehicle Prototyping

Compact and robust in-vehicle prototyping system. The new MicroAutoBox III is the next generation of the established dSPACE MicroAutoBox, a real-time system for...

dSPACE AUTERA – Shape the Autonomous Era

Blazingly fast data logging and prototyping with huge, hot-swappable storage - AUTERA is the new dSPACE product family for data-driven development for autonomous driving. Making its debut is the...

Competence in Autonomous Driving

Learn how dSPACE supports your next development steps in autonomous driving with an end-to-end development and test environment – from data recording to homologation. Let’s get autonomous driving on the...

Model Based Engineering

In an interview with SAE’s Automotive Engineering, James Mullins, Phoenix Integration Vice President of Operations, explains why Model based Engineering matters, and how ModelCenter can be used to make it a reality.

2020 Ford Super Duty F-350

Just a few ticks on Ford’s extensive options list will push the price of an F-350 to nearly $100K, but those who buy HD pickups for work—and their untapped capability—just keep tickin’.

Tier 1s Tout Newest Mobility Tech at CES 2020

At this year’s CES, Automotive Engineering was impressed by new developments in ADAS and AV sensing and processing, V2X connectivity, vehicle cabin sensing and related technologies, electrification advances and a number of vehicle introductions.

Hyundai Brings Brave New Tech to 2020 Sonata

Amid a steadily contracting sedan universe, Hyundai has dug in its heels and thoroughly redesigned and engineered its Sonata for 2020.

Growing Lidar for North America

Paula Jones, the president of IBEO Automotive USA, aims to grow IBEO’s lidar business in North America as ADAS and self-driving vehicle applications take off in the 2020s.

Wired for Autonomy

Engineers and product planners are already grappling with the complexity of autonomous vehicles (AVs), with the prospect of complexity increasing.

Autonomy’s ‘Pirouetting’ Future

Designing and engineering a 360-degree steering capability for a production electric autonomous road vehicle’s four wheels is no mean achievement. But Protean Electric also combines this pirouetting capability with an in-wheel electric motor, “innovative” suspension and pneumatic ride height control.

Laser-Based System Detects Fires Even in Dusty, Harsh Environments

A new laser-based system offers an efficient way to detect fires in challenging environments such as industrial facilities or large construction sites.

New Products

Photopolymer films, LED light engines, measurement systems, and more.

Microchip Produces High-Contrast OCT Imagery

For disease diagnosis, a microchip maps the back of the eye.

SPIE Photonics West 2020 Preview

SPIE Photonics West 2020 returns to The Moscone Center in San Francisco, February 1 through February 6

Helping Autonomous Vehicles See Around Corners

A system senses tiny changes in shadows on the ground to determine if there’s a moving object coming around the corner.

Sandia’s Nanoantennas Help Detectors See More Heat, Less Noise

A nanoantenna-enabled detector boosts the usable signal of a thermal infrared camera by up to three times.

Blue Lasers: Leveraging Fundamental Physics for High Performance

Increased laser capacity has enabled, and will continue to enable, new manufacturing possibilities.

Additive Manufacturing of Precision Optics at Micro and Nanoscale

AM is an especially good fit for products that require a high level of customization.

Tiny Pulsed Lasers Have Medical, Industrial, Military, Environmental Applications

Q-Peak Inc. developed a pulsed laser source for the Mars rover Perseverance.

Virtually Optimizing Metasurface Topology with a Genetic Algorithm

See how software supported the design of an advanced antenna.

Metallic Glass Coatings Improve Power Plant, Oil Rig Productivity

JPL now has a Metallurgy Facility to explore and advance metallic glass.

CES 2020: Mercedes VISION AVTR Concept a Beacon for Sustainability

At the keynote for the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Mercedes-Benz unveiled its VISION AVTR concept vehicle, which represents a far-forward look at the...