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Why an Exceptional Coach is Needed for Autonomous Vehicles
At Motional, we have a rigorous, multifaceted training curriculum, including supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement learning in simulated environments, ensuring our vehicles are prepared for what they will encounter on the roads. Learn more how we train our autonomous driving system from Motional's President and CEO Laura Major.
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Motional’s All-Electric IONIQ 5 Robotaxis Test Highway Speeds Autonomously at Hyundai’s Proving Grounds
Motional is now conducting highway speed testing with our all-electric IONIQ 5 robotaxis.
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Motional IONIQ 5 Robotaxi to be Manufactured at New Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center Singapore
First production models of IONIQ 5 robotaxi will be manufactured at HMGICS and deployed as part of Motional’s commercial services in the U.S., starting in 2024. Hyundai Motor Group and Motional announce all-electric IONIQ 5 robotaxi is one of the first SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicles to be certified under the U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.
Technically Speaking
Motional's Technically Speaking series takes a deep drive into how our top team of engineers and scientists are making driverless vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality.
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Why is Behavior Prediction Important for Autonomous Driving?
Prediction is the ability to accurately reason a driving environment and anticipate the behavior of other road users. This technical blog covers Motional's approach to prediction, and how scaling up our behavior prediction network has been a major part of our vision to develop Large Driving Models (LDMs) that support globally scalable autonomous driving.
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Technical Speaking: Omnitag, ML-Powered Multimodal Data Mining Framework
In this blog post, we introduce Omnitag, an ML-Powered Multimodal Data Mining Framework that transforms the "dark matter" of autonomy into refined, ready-to-use fuel for next-generation AVs.
DriverlessEd
Do you have questions about autonomous vehicles? Want to learn more about the technology? Motional created a series, DriverlessEd, to help people better understand AVs, the technology behind them, and their benefits.
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DriverlessEd Chapter 7: Outside Your Ride
When developing autonomous vehicles, nothing is more important than safety. The safety of those driving, walking, or biking near our robotaxis is just as important as the safety of the person inside the vehicle. Learn how our vehicles respond to their environment in Chapter 7 of #DriverlessEd.
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DriverlessEd Chapter 6: During Your IONIQ 5 Robotaxi Ride
Chapter 6 of Motional's DriverlessEd series explores what it's like to ride in a robotaxi, and how Motional's team has designed it to feel familiar even to a first-time passenger.
