Don Dhaniwal

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

Project Endeavour autonomous vehicle trial heads to Birmingham

Project Endeavour arrives in Birmingham this week, with the UK’s second largest city hosting the next phase of autonomous vehicle trials on public roads. The trials offer the Project Endeavour partners the opportunity to refine local deployment approaches as well as understand and model a complex and busy road network such as the one in Birmingham. Read More

Navya accelerates its development in Germany 

Navya, a leading company in autonomous driving systems, launches new experiments in Germany. Germany is one of the main markets for autonomous vehicles worldwide1. In order to position itself as a pioneer of autonomous mobility solutions, Germany is the first country in the world to adopt a legal framework for level 4 autonomous vehicles, paving the way for numerous commercial applications. Read More

California Approves A Pilot Program For Driverless Rides

The California Public Utilities Commission announced Friday that Cruise, a self-driving car service out of San Francisco, has been authorized to participate in the state’s first pilot program to provide driverless ride services to the public. The company is not allowed to charge passengers for rides. Cruise is the only company approved for giving rides to passengers without a safety driver on board. Read More

VW may offer pay-per-use autonomous driving

Volkswagen is considering offering autonomous driving on a pay-per-use basis, one of the brand’s board members said in a newspaper interview. We assume a price of around seven euros per hour. So if you do not want to drive yourself for three hours you can pay 21 euros to get it done,” Zellmer said, adding that way autonomous driving would become available for everyone. Read More

NuPort Brings Autonomous Trucking to Toronto Roads 

Autonomous truck technology is making its way across the Great White North. Self-driving trucking startup NuPort Robotics is leveraging NVIDIA DRIVE to develop autonomous driving systems for middle-mile short-haul routes. The Canada-based company is working with the Ontario government as well as Canadian Tire on a two-year pilot project to accelerate the commercial deployment of this technology. Read More

Volkswagen announces ‘new DNA’, teases fully autonomous cars

Volkswagen has announced what it calls its ‘new DNA’, a proprietary software solution that will provide owners of VW-badged EVs with unique benefits and ultimately enable the creation of completely self-driving vehicles. The battery cars already present in Europe will not just continue getting over-the-air updates, but will unlock new features as they become available. Read More

Foodpanda partners startups to trial food delivery via autonomous robots

Food delivery platform foodpanda announced that it has partnered with three autonomous robot startups to advance the progress of driverless deliveries in Singapore. They include Nanyang Technological University’s (NTU) student startup, Whizz Mobility; local robotics company OTSAW; and Chinese autonomous vehicle startup Neolix. The trials will be rolled out sequentially across separate locations in Singapore. Read More

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Member Requests

Conigital are searching for beta testers and early adopters of our product suite. If you would like to be involved in our Driverless vehicle and MaaS trials. Please register your interest here 

Featured Events

June 16th, 2021 – Implementing an open access UTM for the UK. 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 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 Q&A panel with key stakeholder from policy and regulation. Register Here

June 17th, 2021 – Accelerating Net Zero Series: Energy & Resource Efficiency. Join this webinar to hear about two key funding streams important for achieving net zero through energy and resource efficiency (the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund and the ISCF Transforming the Foundation Industries Challenge) and how to access them, hear from case studies of previously successful projects and network with the community. 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

Horizon Europe: Consortia Building Series: June 14th, 2021 – This webinar series brought to you by KTN Global Alliance in partnership with UK National Contract Points (NCPs) will focus on pitching of project ideas and brokering partnerships for European Research and Innovation collaborations and networking. Register Here

Made Smarter – Innovation Network: Design for Manufacture: June 15th, 2021 – If you are a manufacturer aspiring to be more productive, efficient, competitive, resilient through the use of digital technologies, an integrator or a digital technology solution provider or developer who wants to reach a manufacturing audience, then this event series will be of interest to you. Register Here

HS2 Accelerator Application – Support & information: June 15th, 2021 – The programme in partnership with HS2 and Connected Places Catapult is looking for five SMEs to provide innovative digital solutions to cut carbon and increase construction site safety and security as part of Europe’s largest infrastructure project. Register Here

Implementing an open access UTM for the UK: June 16th, 2021 – 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 Q&A panel with key stakeholder from policy and regulation.  Register Here

Accelerating Net Zero Series: Energy & Resource Efficiency: June 17th, 2021 – Join this webinar to hear about two key funding streams important for achieving net zero through energy and resource efficiency (the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund and the ISCF Transforming the Foundation Industries Challenge) and how to access them, hear from case studies of previously successful projects and network with the community. Register Here

Conversation on micromobility for the UK: June 17th, 2021 – Micromobility is one of the fastest growing transport modes globally and has the potential to offer low-cost, affordable and green forms of transport. This launch event will provide an overview of ForuMM, background to the initiative and plans for the next 12 months. This event will also be joined by a guest speaker to share their views on micromobility and vision for the future. Register Here

Engage with: Future Electrical Machines Manufacturing Hub: June 17th, 2021 – The Future Electrical Machines Manufacturing Hub addresses key manufacturing challenges in the production of high integrity and high value electrical machines for the aerospace, energy, high value automotive and premium consumer sectors. Join this Engage with Webinar to hear Professor Geraint Jewell discuss the opportunities and challenges in electrical machine manufacturing and the research activities proposed to address and overcome these challenges. Register Here

More events can be found here

COVID 19 Grant & Support Information

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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

Automotive Transformation Fund Expression of Interest: Round 11 – The Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) is a new programme that aims to establish a competitive and sustainable UK supply chain. This is an expression of interest (EoI) competition. If your application is successful, you will be invited to apply to a full stage competition strand when it is published. Read More

Needlestick and puncture resistant glovebox gauntlets – The KTN Innovation Exchange (iX) is seeking innovative approaches to needlestick and puncture resistant materials, for use in glovebox gauntlets in nuclear decommissioning.  The winning business(es) in this competition will be given an opportunity to present their solutions to Sellafield, with the potential of a commercial opportunity to deliver their solution. Read More

Young Innovators Awards 2021/22 – Young people can apply for an award to make their business idea a reality, which includes a grant for £5,000, a living allowance, and tailored business support. This competition is open to sole applicants only. The aim of this competition is to find a new group of young innovators that, with our help, can turn their great ideas into successful businesses. 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

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

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

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Plextek: Technology Graduates – Plextek is looking for technology graduates with skills in electronics and software to join the team. Plextek will provide you with the training and experience to develop your technical skills so that they can be applied to challenging projects with tight deadlines. The career path for technology graduates is to work towards becoming a technology consultant. The ‘consultant’ part of the role means you’ll also need to enjoy communicating with customers or potential customers. Apply

WMCA: Energy Research Analyst and Partnership Coordinator – As the Energy Research Analyst and Partnership Coordinator, you will be responsible for enabling networking and information sharing to build a detailed picture of energy and net zero activities across the West Midlands Energy Capital partnership. This will involve building relationships with Energy Capital Partnership Board members, raising the profile of Energy Capital with key influencers and stakeholders and being an internal and external advocate and champion of the Energy Capital partnership.  Apply

WMCA: Graduate Environment Project Officer – As  Graduate Environment Project Officer, you will support on the delivery and development of projects, working with other parts of the WMCA and a wide range of regional stakeholders. You will lead on the delivery of the WMCA’s internal carbon literacy programme, as well as other projects as the programme develops, and research policy issues and funding opportunities. Apply

WMCA: Environment Behaviour Change Project Officer – As Environment Behaviour Change Project Officer, you will lead on the delivery of the Environment Behaviour Change Strategy and Delivery Plan covering topics such as natural environment, buildings, lifestyles and transport.This will involve working with businesses and regional and local stakeholders, to ensure a joined-up approach to environment behaviour change campaigns and initiatives, including the promotion of the WM Net Zero Business Pledge. Apply

Catapult: Project Management Office Coordinator –  Catapult looking for an energetic Project Management Office (PMO) Coordinator with great communication skills to join the PMO team. The role will support the Project Management team and wider Catapult in the delivery of the project portfolio by carrying out a range of PMO functions. You will work with a wide variety of stakeholders and the role will involve collaboration with colleagues in all areas of the Catapult to collate, integrate and output a wide variety of project data. Apply

Coventry University: Ph.D. Research Scholar: Multi-Objective Optimisation in Transport Sytem – This PhD research aims to develop a new multi-objective optimisation framework supporting complex transport operations, with a focus on responsive optimisation for multi-modal MaaS based solutions that include demand-responsive transport. The framework will evolve from Conigital’s existing meta-heuristic algorithm currently applied to the ConOP™ asset management platform. The research investigates the current and expected future MaaS parameters that will affect the efficiency of MaaS operations. 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

University of Warwick: Devops Engineer / Systems Administrator – Warwick Business School are looking to appoint a Systems Administrator for our environment that is largely Linux-based with some cloud services and Windows infrastructure. You will be expected to contribute to development of the technical infrastructure and have shared responsibility for its operation. You will be joining a high-performing team who expect the highest standards and will support and encourage you to achieve this. Apply

KTN: Knowledge Transfer Adviser – The role will suit an individual who knows how businesses work and enjoys helping them to work better. This will mean working with many different organisations at a senior level and so a passion for effective translation of science and technology into new and improved products, processes and services in business is vital. Apply 

Plextek: Technology Consultants – Plextek is looking for technology consultants with a wide range of skills and backgrounds to join the team. As a technology consultant we take it as red you will be highly capable in your technical field, able to apply your skills to challenging projects and work to tight deadlines. The ‘consultant’ part of the role means you’ll also need to enjoy communicating with customer or potential customers. Apply 

Coventry University: Ph.D. Research Scholar: Secure Automotive OTA for Safety-critical Components – This PhD project is in collaboration with Conigital, who have embarked on a mission to disrupt the transport industry through a vision of greener, more efficient mobility for all. This PhD project aims to develop and demonstrate a secure-by-design methodology for an OTA deployment using a prototyped system. It investigates the current state-of-the-art in design flaws and secure design practices for industry-adopted automotive OTA systems. 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

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