Welcome to ICAV. See the latest news and opportunities in the emerging Driverless Vehicle sector.
We are proud to say that our ICAV, has been growing from strength to strength and attracted both national and international attention. I can never wait to share the latest exciting news and opportunities in this emerging space.
Don Dhaliwal, Conigital, Lead Partner @ICAVcluster
Latest News
U.K. clears the way for autonomous cars on roadways
The United Kingdom is now the first nation to regulate the use of self-driving cars on its roadways, with the first autonomous vehicles hitting the pavement as early as this year, the Department for Transport announced on April 28. ALKS uses sensors to enable a vehicle to drive itself in a single lane and maintains the ability to return control to the driver when needed. Read More
PSTA continues autonomous vehicle testing by moving AVA to Dunedin
Baidu rolls out China’s first paid, driverless taxi service
Apple cuts the number of drivers for its self-driving cars in half
As reported by MacReports, Apple has increased its fleet of self-driving cars while decreasing the number of drivers. According to the report, Apple has actually cut the number of drivers in half. we have learned that Apple has increased its number of self-driving cars and decreased the number of drivers licensed to drive those cars by almost half. This is the first increase to their autonomous car fleet since August 2019. Read More
Germany passes its bill on autonomous driving with supervision
Germany is getting into autonomous driving. The Germans have already approved the autonomous driving bill, which was being developed in recent months. The Government will also lay the groundwork for setting specific standards for level 4. The German Parliament has approved the autonomous driving bill, making it the first European country, and almost in the world, to have adapted legislation to this advanced technology. Read More
Chinese startup Pony.ai can now test driverless vehicles in three California cities
Chinese robotaxi startup Pony.ai has been given permission by California regulators to pilot its autonomous vehicles without a human safety driver behind the wheel in three cities. Pony is the eighth company to be issued a driverless testing permit in the state, a list that includes Chinese companies AutoX, Baidu and WeRide as well as U.S. businesses Cruise, Nuro, Waymo and Zoox. Read More
Toyota Teams Up With Intel on Self-Driving Vehicles
Japanese giant Toyota Motor Corp. is upping its autonomous driving efforts by working with Intel Corp.’s Mobileye to develop self-driving safety systems. Toyota has selected Jerusalem-based self-driving tech developer Mobileye, which was acquired by Intel in 2017, along with German auto-parts maker ZF Friedrichshafen AG, to develop the advanced driver-assistance systems for Toyota’s future cars, according to a released Intel statement. Read More
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Featured Events
May 25th – May 27th, 2021 – Robotics and AI Showcase 2021. Join this amazing packed programme that will be delivered online over three days in partnership with Innovate UK. Alongside the conference there will be a 3-day virtual exhibition where organisations will be showcasing their robotics and AI products and services that are contributing to a more resilient future and better quality of life for all of society. Register Here
May 26th – May 27th,2021 – eBridges 2021. eBridges 2021 will include a Conference, Exhibition, Workshops & NEW Bridges Awards 2021, bringing you all the benefits of Bridges including face-to-face networking. The conference programme for Bridges 2020 served a wide variety of challenging case studies, cutting-edge technologies and as the latest developments in bridge construction, inspection, maintenance and structural health monitoring. Register Here
COVID 19 EVENT NOTICE
Following recent developments with the global pandemic relating to COVID-19. A number of events are being canceled, deferred or being made online. Please check directly with event organisers to the state of your event.
Upcoming Events
Trusted Research for Industry Series: May 24th, 2021 – Trusted Research is a campaign that raises the awareness of the security risks to research collaborations, some of which may have links to nations whose democratic and ethical values are different from our own. Join KTN, CPNI, NCSC and industry leaders for the launch of the Trusted Research for Industry series where we will discuss the impact of security risks and what it means for industry when embarking on research projects. Register Here
Robotics and AI Showcase 2021: May 25th – May 27th, 2021 – Join this amazing packed programme that will be delivered online over three days in partnership with Innovate UK. Alongside the conference there will be a 3-day virtual exhibition where organisations will be showcasing their robotics and AI products and services that are contributing to a more resilient future and better quality of life for all of society. Register Here
Engage with: Universal Balancing: May 27th, 2021 – Universal Balancing are global leaders in the design, manufacture, testing and servicing of precision balancing machines. In this webinar, Paul Fowler & Steve Fowler will provide insights into the world and the challenges of balancing electric powertrain components. All with the aim for companies and organisations to seize the economic opportunities from the global transition to clean technologies and electrification. Register Here
Reaching your Business Potential: June 1st, 2021 – Interested in starting a business, but unsure which idea to pursue? This webinar will explore some of the biggest societal problems we are facing, and outline what innovation means to help inspire you to find the right business idea for you. We will also outline some business support and tools available to get started, including the Young Innovators Awards. Register Here
Sustainable Plastic Packaging Business-led R&D Briefing: June 7th, 2021 – The event will set out the scope of the competition and how to apply, ahead of the competition’s launch on. Hear from speakers from KTN & UKCPN, Innovate UK and WRAP, who will run through the background of the Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging Challenge, the Plastic Pact targets and more. There will also be an opportunity to put questions to the team. Register Here
Virtual Connections Café: Support and Networking Webinar: June 9th, 2021 – Connections Café is the series of SME innovation support webinars that explore developments and opportunities in the built environment and mobility sectors that enable new levels of physical, digital and social connectedness. They offer support and guidance to growing businesses to help them bridge the gap between new innovations and commercial success. Register Here
Implementing an open access UTM for the UK: June 16th, 2021 – Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) will be required to unlock these benefits and provide safe and routine coordination of UAS as we move to increasingly automated and Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations. This webinar will provide a brief history and what has been achieved and discuss the way forward for UTM in the UK. This will be followed by a Q&A panel with key stakeholder from policy and regulation. Register Here
More events can be found here
COVID 19 Grant & Support Information
COVID-19: Government guidance for employees, employers and businesses
This guidance also provides details of support available to businesses including:
- Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
- Deferring VAT and Self-Assessment payments
- Statutory sick pay relief package for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
- Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) and other Grants
- New lending facility from the Bank of England to help support liquidity among larger firms
Funding Calls & Opportunities
Innovate UK SMART grants May 2021 – Smart is Innovate UK’s ‘Open grant funding’ programme. Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, is investing up to £25 million in the best game-changing and commercially viable innovative or disruptive ideas. All proposals must be business focused. All applicants are required to complete the EDI survey. Applicants are also prompted to consider EDI as part of the application process. Read More
Innovate UK SMART grants May 2021 – Smart is Innovate UK’s ‘Open grant funding’ programme. Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, is investing up to £25 million in the best game-changing and commercially viable innovative or disruptive ideas. All proposals must be business focused. All applicants are required to complete the EDI survey. Applicants are also prompted to consider EDI as part of the application process. Read More
Innovation loans: April 2021 open competition – Businesses can apply for loans for innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy. Your project must aim to develop new products, processes or services which are significantly ahead of anything similar in the field. You can also propose an innovative use of existing products, processes or services. Read More
Knowledge transfer partnerships (KTP): 2021 to 2022, round 2 – UK registered academic institutions, RTOs or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £6 million to fund innovation projects with businesses or not-for-profits. This new partnership brings new skills and the latest academic thinking into the business partner to deliver a specific, strategic innovation project. The knowledge base partner will recruit 1 or 2 graduates (known as ‘associates’) to work on the project. Each application must be led by a knowledge base, working with a business partner. Read More
Innovation in time dissemination and application – UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million for business-led innovation in resilient time, frequency and synchronisation. This funding is from the Strategic Priorities Fund (SPF). Your proposal must deliver a feasibility study for an innovative development and demonstrate a route to market. This is the first of two associated competitions funded from the Strategic Priorities Fund (SPF) as part of the National Timing Centre programme, led by NPL. Read More
Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition – Strand 2 – The aim of this competition is to support the design and development of technologies for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by the UK’s maritime sector as set out in the Clean Maritime Plan and support the transition to Net Zero by 2050. In this competition we are seeking solutions for all sizes and categories of maritime vessels. Solutions can be suitable for one target size or multiple sizes of vessels. Read More
Driving the Electric Revolution: Supply Chains for Net Zero – UK registered businesses of any size can apply for a share of up to £22 million for innovation projects focused on supply chain development for power electronics, electric machines and drives. The aim of this competition is to facilitate the UK’s niche and volume supply chain and manufacturing capability growth in power electronics, machines and drives (PEMD). Read More
IETF energy efficiency and decarbonisation studies, Spring 2021- Organisations can apply for a share of up to £40 million to carry out feasibility and engineering studies into energy efficiency and decarbonisation technologies for industrial processes. This competition is open to single applicants and collaborations. Read More
IETF deployment of energy efficiency technologies, Spring 2021- This competition aims to support the commercial roll out and permanent installation of technologies at industrial sites. This is the second round of the IETF Phase 1 competition. In this strand you must be an industrial business of any size to apply. You can apply on your own or in collaboration with other organisations. Your project must take place at a manufacturing site or data centre in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and be led by the operator of that site. Read More
More funding can be found here
Featured Jobs
Catapult: Sales Engagement Operations Manager – The Sales Engagement Operations Manager has a close relationship with sales, marketing and IT teams. They will enhance the engagement team’s effectiveness and productivity by providing daily support to the engagement managers to ensure reporting is accurate and up to-date. As the Manager grows into the role, they will increasingly use data to inform the strategic direction of the engagement team and influence operational behaviours as the sales team grows and matures. Apply
KTN: Online Event Production Manager – The Online production Manager will use their experience in designing and producing online event experiences to help deliver effective and impactful campaigns that target diverse audiences. Working in partnership with colleagues and contractors and in other client facing roles, this role ensures that campaign objectives are clear, and that skill sets from across the organisation are used to generate maximum return on investment. This role will ensure that at each touchpoint with each client, audience or partner, KTN is contributing towards the creation of a network of innovators so powerful, its ideas will change the world. Apply
University of Warwick: Technician – University of Warwick is looking for a Technician (UKVGB) to work with the project team to assist in the management and conservation of seed in the UKVGB. Duties include supporting the work of the UKVGB through handling seed stocks, fulfilling seed requests, updating the project database with seed stock and other information, conducting routine seed germination tests, and contributing progress reports to team meetings. Apply
University of Warwick: Senior Research Technician – This post is subject to the funding being confirmed by the funder and the duration may have to be shortened up to a maximum 35 months dependent on the starting salary of the successful candidate. The post-holder will be responsible for providing research support to the Principal Investigator and a Postdoctoral Fellow, participate in lab meetings and contribute to running the project. Apply
WMCA: Traffic Order Team Leader – WMCA is looking for a Traffic Order Team Leader, on a fixed-term basis until 31 August 2022, to support the development and management of the Games Traffic Management programme and help deliver an outstanding service for athletes, spectators and the West Midlands community working in collaboration with local highways authorities and the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee. Apply
Plextek: Sales Account Manager – As part of growth plan, Plextek is looking for a Sales Account Manager to join our sales team. Your primary objective will be new business development, identifying customers with potential requirements and marrying them to Plextek’s capabilities within a viable commercial framework. The scope of the role covers all our market sectors except defence. This role is about selling a capability, rather than an existing product portfolio, so identifying possible opportunities demands a solid understanding of the technical issues involved in a potential application. Apply
Immense Simulations: Transport Modeller – Demand Modelling – Modelling specialists will use our innovative software to deliver high quality external and internal projects. They work closely with our development and science teams to ensure the functionality and performance of our product meets the needs of our clients and aligns with our technology roadmap as well as contributing to developing tools to automate the building of calibrated and validated models throughout the world. Apply
ICAV Cluster: Motion Planning Engineer (Autonomous Driving) – As a Motion Planning Engineer, you will be responsible for the development of environment modeling, motion planning, and behavioral prediction algorithms, and software that enables an autonomous vehicle to interact with its environment. You will have the chance to work with expert team & implementing these algorithms on high tech hardware that will allow you to explore
algorithms that were traditionally too costly on edge computing systems. Apply
Conigital: Full-Stack Developer – Reporting to the Team Lead, you will take responsibility for developing key aspects and functions that form the backbone of our product portfolio (ConOP™). This includes development at different Technology Readiness Levels, writing functions to analyse data sets, develop prototypes releases of software (for pilots to prove concepts), and “glue” systems together to integrate different business applications. You will support technical review and have a passion to design, develop and implement quality software solutions to be deployed at scale. Apply
More jobs can be found here
Top Jobs
KTN: Lead Web Manager – Purpose of the role is to engage diverse audiences through our online activity, connecting them to the opportunities that will drive change through innovation and act as lead web manager for www.ktn-uk.org working with the head of online experience, marketing and data teams to maximise the value of KTN’s online experience for the KTN audience. Apply
WMCA: Assistant Recruitment Partner – As Assistant Recruitment Partner you will support the delivery of an agile, professional, timely and cost-effective recruitment solution that supports the West Midlands Combined Authority in meeting its corporate and departmental objectives. This is a new role within a new team and whilst your day to day will be centred around working with line managers and HRBP team to understand key recruitment requirements, developing attraction strategies and filling vacancies. Apply
WMCA: Interim Change Partner – As the Change Partner you will play a key role in ensuring change initiatives meet objectives on time and on budget. This will involve implementation of changes to business processes, systems and technology, job and organisation design, increasing employee adoption and usage. This is an agile role that responds to organisational needs effectively and adapts to current and future business requirements. Apply
Catapult: Marketing Operations Lead – As part of its ‘MicrosoftFirst’ strategy, Connected Places Catapult has implemented a suite of new technology centred around Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement and is looking for a Marketing Operations Lead to work closely with the marketing team to develop, harmonise and mature marketing automation processes, analytics and reporting. This is a high-value proactive role, requiring a blend of in-depth technical expertise and the ability to partner with and mentor marketing staff to become competent users of the new marketing automation tools on a daily basis. Apply
Conigital : ROS Developer – Conigital is looking for a ROS Developer to support ongoing development. Reporting to the AV Team Lead, the data scientist will be working within a successful and motivated team. As a specialist in ROS one will have to devote her/his expertise to leverage the current development in the field of Autonomous Vehicle (AV) development. You should be experienced in Robotic Operating System (ROS), ROS1 & ROS2, various sensors, navigation, control system, and robot programming. Expertise in sensor integration, sensor data acquisition, sensor data synchronisation and sensor data processing for modular integration is required. Apply
ICAV Cluster: Data Scientist [AI and Optimisation Specialist] – ICAV Cluster is looking for an AI and Optimisation Specialist, You will be working on Multi-objective Optimization projects in the transport and energy sectors using Metaheuristic Algorithms. You will be working with our technical lead deploying and integrating our propriety EAs algorithms to explore a variety of datasets to drive greater value and business insight supporting near Realtime decision making in dynamic situations. Apply
Conigital Group: Software Engineer – Reporting to the Tech Team Lead, you will take responsibility for developing key aspects and functions that form the backbone of our product portfolio (ConOP™). This includes development at different Technology Readiness Levels, writing functions to analyse data sets, develop prototypes releases of software (for pilots to prove concepts), and “glue” systems together to integrate different business applications. Apply
Conigital Group: Cloud Architect – Reporting to the CTO, you will translate business needs to technical requirements and specifications for cloud-based portfolio of products, while improving the efficiency and operations of SaaS products. You will support technical review and have a passion to design and improve digital solutions to be deployed at scale. Apply
ICAV Cluster: Vehicle Integration Engineer – Reporting to the Technical Director, the Vehicle Integration Engineer Will Lead and drive forward the definition and implementation of a vehicle x-by-wire interface that will be used to integrate with a vehicle automation platform. The x-by-wire solution will be designed to be configurable across several target vehicles. The role is not just about developing the software but also about defining and integrating the electro-mechanical mechanisms and interfaces with existing vehicle systems (e.g. introducing epas, e-braking etc). Apply
More jobs can be found here
About ICAV
The International Connected Autonomous Vehicle (“ICAV”) cluster has been set up to support new and existing businesses enter the growing Connected Autonomous Vehicles (“CAV”) market. KPMG research indicates that the CAV market has the potential to add £51 billion per year to the UK economy by 2030, create 320,000 new jobs and prevent 25,000 accidents saving 2500 lives per year. Find the latest Market Forecast report by Transport Systems Catapult here. ICAV are based at iCentrum, part of Innovation Birmingham, the UK’s third oldest science park and a base for the region’s growing Tech community.
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