Orlando poised to become capital of autonomous vehicle research paid ORLPartnership
Luminar Technologies employs 250 people at its design and manufacturing headquarters in Orlando, where its innovative work on lidar took place.But to achieve the revolution they promise, they’ll have to prove they are less dangerous than people behind the wheel. That’s why engineers in Orlando are figuring out how to make them as safe as they can be.
“It’s like the Silicon Valley of lidar,” Faris said. “The density of folks here that understand things like lasers and computer modeling is higher than certainly anywhere else in North America, and maybe even the world.” Specialized research at institutions like Florida Polytechnic University and the University of Central Florida is pushing the industry forward. Companies, meanwhile, are developing the systems that robotic cars, trucks, aircraft and ships need to operate on their own. And government at all levels is chipping in to both nurture the fledgling industry and become an early AV adopter.
The creation of a 400-acre testing facility may have led federal officials to designate the region as a national autonomous vehicle proving ground.Pushing the effort further, Orlando and the CFAVP won a federal competition in 2017 to become one of several national AV proving grounds.
All of the tourists constantly streaming into and out of the area are another big motivator. Charles Ramdatt, Orlando’s deputy director of public works and its AV lead, said the technology will significantly improve life for the 72 million tourists who visit the area every year. The chance to improve transportation for residents and tourists alike is why the city and county joined CFAVP. In efforts to demonstrate the safe and improved services AVs could provide, leaders have started inking deals to deploy the first wave of pilot projects.
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