New Honda Car Models Use Driverless Vehicle Technologies
The world is one step closer to fully autonomous vehicle technology in everyday consumer cars. Advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) technologies like lane change sensors, collision avoidance systems, and adaptive cruise control are creeping into today’s vehicle designs more often. Most recently, Gizmag’s Ben Coxworth reports that Honda’s 2014 Fit and Jazz models will sport the City-Brake Active System. Collision avoidance laser/radar units will be mounted in the… Read More »
PGA Targets Global Markets Starting in Korea
Proving Ground Automation (PGA), an ASI company, goes global by attending their first internationally hosted tradeshow, the Automotive Testing Expo 2013 Korea. Eric Budd, Sales Manager for PGA, flew half way across the world to join 114 other exhibitors at the first Automotive Testing Expo held in Seoul, Korea. The show was well-received with more than 4000 attendees eager to see the newest and most innovative technologies.
“There… Read More »
PGA’s VEHICLE AUTOMATION KIT SHINES AT OEM ROLLOVER TEST
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DETROIT, MICHIGAN—November 7, 2012. A major automotive OEM performed a successful automated rollover test using Proving Ground Automation’s (PGA) vehicle automation kit. Many facets of durability testing are difficult to accomplish when accounting for driver safety, one of those being destructive rollover testing. OEM testers have devised a variety of ways to simulate a vehicle rollover, but most solutions are highly expensive and do not… Read More »
Automotive Testing Expo 2012 North America in Retrospect
On October 23-25, automobile testing manufacturers, supplies, domestic and international OEMs, and government officials from around the world converged on Novi, Michigan, for Automotive Testing Expo 2012 North America. Eric Budd, Sales Manager for Proving Ground Automation (PGA), attended the expo in Novi to demonstrate PGA’s automotive testing capabilities.
“Our second year at the Automotive Testing Expo was a great success,” said Budd. “While the number of vendors… Read More »
Best-of-the-Best Booth Awards – AUVSI 2012
As the aftermath of the AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America conference dies down, we finally had a moment to catch our collective breath and evaluate what we saw and learned from our fellow exhibitors. AUVSI is pretty much the place to be if you’re interested in the latest and greatest in robotics technology. Each company that participated in the expo put their best foot and products forward to… Read More »




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