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

Launch of the first autonomous shuttle service by NAVYA 

NAVYA (FR0013018041- Navya), a leading company in autonomous driving system, announces its first deployment on public roads in the UK at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, a leading innovation center. NAVYA’s shuttle will transport employees and visitors 24/7 around this UK science and technology hub. Located in Oxfordshire, England. Read More

Alphabet’s Waymo to stop selling lidar self-driving car sensors

Alphabet Inc’s self-driving unit Waymo said on Thursday that it has ended a two-year effort to sell light detection and ranging (lidar) sensors to other companies. This is a reversal from its earlier strategy to sell the lidars to non-automotive customers to bring down costs of a key and expensive component of self-driving cars. Read More

New laws on self-driving cars to allow testing on Irish roads

Regulations on self-driving cars are to be introduced for the first time to the Oireachtas this autumn, but ordinary drivers will be waiting a while before they can use such technology to its full extent. Currently, the law in Ireland does not allow for any form of autonomous driving on Irish roads, but the forthcoming Road Traffic Bill will create a framework to allow for the testing of self-driving cars on Irish roads. Read More

Gatik Joins the Driverless Self-Driving Car Club

Gatik, which hauls cargo for Walmart, Loblaws and a handful of other massive retailers, told me it made the switch recently on a few of its routes in Arkansas, putting it on a very, very short list of human-free transportation companies. Gatik engineers and algorithms laboriously study a route for weeks before letting the robots steer and are able to program specifically for certain sticky points. ” Read More

Velodyne Lidar and MOV.AI Partner to Provide Autonomous Solutions 

Velodyne Lidar, Inc. and MOV.AI announced the companies are collaborating to provide robot manufacturers with enterprise-grade automation solutions, including mapping, obstacle avoidance and risk avoidance. The MOV.AI provides AMR manufacturers and automation integrators with the enterprise-grade tools they need for advanced automation. Read More

Yandex purchases Uber’s stake in delivery and self-driving businesses

Russian search engine and ridehailing company Yandex has announced that it will buy out Uber in some of the joint ventures the two giants share, including its food and grocery delivery services, in a $1 billion deal. Yandex will also get an extension of the current license for the exclusive right to use the Uber brand in Russia and certain other countries until August 2030. Read More

Apple patents a  new system for autonomous cars

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) public this Tuesday a patent from Apple, on an advanced display system of an autonomous car that would allow to show information to the other actors of the road traffic about the next maneuvers of that vehicle. The document, titled ‘Alert system and outdoor lighting‘, details that this technology is based on screens located in the front and rear of the car. Read More

Beijing takes aim at algorithms, Xiaomi automates electric cars

The biggest news of the week again comes from Beijing’s ongoing effort to dampen the influence of the country’s tech giants. Regulators are now going after the exploitative use of algorithm-powered user recommendations. Xiaomi is acquiring an autonomous vehicle startup called Deepmotion, and ByteDance is said to be buying virtual reality hardware startup Pico. 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

September 7th – September 12th,2021 – IAA MOBILITY Conference. Mobility is in a state of flux and new offers are expanding the mobility mix in the city and in the countryside. New mobility carriers, technologies and players such as start-ups are appearing on the scene. And the IAA takes this development into account. Register Here

September 7th, 2021 – Assistive Technologies & Remote Medicine. Join BetaDen on the 7th of September, from 12:00pm till 1:00pm for the next instalment of #TechTuesdays Take a deep dive into Assistive Technologies and Remote Medicine with the help of speakers from NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire CCG, amica24 and Smartbox Assistive Technology. 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

IAA MOBILITY Conference: September 7th – September 12th, 2021 – Experience the leading international mobility platform. Mobility is in a state of flux and new offers are expanding the mobility mix in the city and in the countryside. New mobility carriers, technologies and players such as start-ups are appearing on the scene. And the IAA takes this development into account. Register Here

City Leaders Dialogues: The net zero road to COP26 and beyond: September 7th, 2021 – As part of this global conversation, the UK’s Connected Places Catapult has partnered with Singapore’s Centre for Liveable Cities on a series of Mayoral Dialogues, led by Prof. Greg Clark CBE, Chairman of Connected Places Catapult. On The Net Zero Road to COP26 and Beyond, we ask how global city leaders and stepping up to one of the biggest challenges humanity faces: a changing climate and the need to reduce global carbon emissions. Register Here

Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund: Competition Launch: September 7th, 2021 – Ofgem and Innovate UK are working together on the SIF – seeking ambitious, innovative projects with the potential to benefit consumers and accelerate the transition to net zero. The objective is to help transform the UK into the ‘Silicon Valley’ of energy, making it the best place for high potential businesses to grow and scale in the energy market. Register Here

Assistive Technologies & Remote Medicine: September 7th, 2021 – Take a deep dive into Assistive Technologies and Remote Medicine with the help of speakers from NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire CCG, amica24 and Smartbox Assistive Technology. During our virtual event you will gain insight into the future of digital health, discover opportunities for industry partners, learn about the direction of assistive technology use in the UK and find out about the technology challenges and emerging solutions in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). Register Here

Virtual Connections Café: Support and Networking event: September 8th, 2021 – In this Connections Cafe we will explore the sector of Advanced Construction (AC): the challenges, modern techniques and practices in construction that cover the latest developments in materials technology, design procedures, quantity surveying, facilities management, services, structural analysis and design, and management studies. Register Here

Digital Business Meetup – Digital Health: September 8th, 2021 – If you are an innovative SME with new ideas and solutions for the health, social care or wellbeing sectors, join this event to hear about the latest funding and support opportunities available to you, share some of your innovation stories and network with other businesses to spark new collaborations. Register Here

Future Flight Café: Integrated and scalable flight management system for drones: September 9th, 2021 – Join this event to hear about project RISE who are creating an innovative integrated flight management system to enable the scale up of BVLOS drone operations. The Future Flight Café online series provides a forum to discuss ideas and create new opportunities. If you are working on a Future Flight Challenge project, want to get involved or even start your own project. Register Here

Future of Air Mobility accelerator webinar: September 9th, 2021 – Connected Places Catapult are looking for a variety of partners who can provide access to testing facilities and data feeds to enable the SMEs to test and trial their technologies This webinar will cover the analysis Catapult have collated through internal market research, accelerator process, talks from  current collaborators on the value derived through the accelerator and finally the consortium opportunities available to partners. Register Here

Engage with: Dynex Semiconductor: September 9th, 2021 – At this webinar you will have the opportunity meet the Dynex team, and discuss some of their projects and products,  where diverse partners are involved or sought, and where you can engage to build  a strong UK PEMD supply chain. 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

SBRI – Digital transformation of Hanoi Metro Line 5, Vietnam – This is a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition funded by Innovate UK and jointly delivered by Innovate UK and Crossrail International with support from the Department of International Trade in Vietnam. The aim of the competition is to support organisations to undertake feasibility studies, that demonstrate how innovation can support Hanoi Metropolitan Railway Management Board (MRB) with their digital transformation. Read More 

SBRI Global Rail Export Innovation for Australia, Canada and India – This is a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition funded by Innovate UK and jointly delivered by Innovate UK and the Department for International Trade. The aim of the competition is to support organisations to undertake feasibility studies to demonstrate innovative railway technology solutions for overseas markets. This is a single phase competition. Read More 

Future flight challenge phase 3: strand 2 – The aim of this competition is to fund projects that will deliver the 2024 vision of the Future Flight Challenge and position the UK as a leader in the third revolution of aviation. This competition will build on the success of the 2020 Phase 2 competition and will focus primarily on the demonstration aspects of these novel air vehicles and systems. In Strand 2 projects must focus on developing enabling technologies and cross-cutting systems that support the deployment of these novel air vehicles in UK airspace. Read More 

Future flight challenge phase 3: strand 1 – The aim of this competition is to fund projects that will deliver the 2024 vision of the Future Flight Challenge and position the UK as a leader in the third revolution of aviation. This competition will build on the success of the 2020 Phase 2 competition and will focus primarily on the demonstration aspects of these novel air vehicles and systems. In Strand 1, projects must focus on the demonstration aspects of novel classes of electric or autonomous air vehicles and systems. Read More 

ISCF Transforming Foundation Industry – Small Scale R&D Strand 2 – The Transforming Foundation Industries (TFI) Challenge fund will work with Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, to invest up to £1.5 million in innovation projects. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF). Projects must address the resource productivity or energy performance opportunities of the sector and its supply chains. Read More 

ISCF Transforming Foundation Industry – Small scale R&D – Strand 1 – The Transforming Foundation Industries (TFI) Challenge fund will work with Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, to invest up to £1.5 million in innovation projects. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF).Projects must address the resource productivity or energy performance opportunities of the sector and its supply chains. The aim of this competition is to improve the competitiveness of our Foundation Industry sector by helping it to become more environmentally sustainable. Read More

Innovate UK Smart Grants: August 2021 – UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovation that can significantly impact the UK economy. This funding is from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation. Whilst projects that overlap with the grand challenge areas are welcomed, this is not a requirement, as we are also keen to support projects in other areas. Read More 

Women in Innovation Awards 2021/22: Round 13 – The aim of this competition is to find women with exciting, innovative ideas and ambitious plans that will inspire others. The awards are for female founders, co-founders or senior decision makers working in businesses that have been operating for at least one year. Applicants must be confident, with the support of an award, that they can make a significant contribution to a pressing societal, environmental or economic challenge through their innovative project. Read More 

Driving the electric revolution – building talent for the future – The aim of this competition is to fund several ideas that quickly fill immediate gaps in skills, talent and training for the power electronics, machines and drives (PEMD) industry. Your proposal must deliver a clear game-changing intervention, which would realistically and significantly meet a UK PEMD talent requirement. In applying to this competition, you are entering into a competitive process.  Read More 

KTN-iX challenge: Upcycling Protective Plastics from Offshore Wind Farms – The Innovation Exchange programme is working alongside Ørsted to help them reach out to potential innovators that might have solutions involving the upcycling of Transition Piece (TP) covers. The challenge may find a suitable solution in an award to more than one provider.  Read More

Knowledge transfer partnerships (KTP): 2021 to 2022, round 3 – The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) scheme allows a UK registered business or not-for-profit organisation  to partner with a UK higher education (HE) or further education (FE) institution, RTO or Catapult. Each application must be led by a knowledge base, working with a business partner. Read More 

More funding can be found here

Featured Jobs

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University of Warwick: Market Research and Insight Assistant – This is vital and hands-on role where you’d be expected to work alongside our market research officers, creating and delivering market research that provides actionable marketing insight. You’ll need to demonstrate knowledge and experience of insight in a business setting and that you’re passionate about creating and delivering the best research solutions for our internal clients. You’ll need to hit the ground running so you will already possess a high level of initiative, knowledge of quantitative and qualitative tools and techniques and be capable of responding flexibly to a wide range of research projects. Apply 

Aimsun: IT Assistant – Aimsun is  looking for a talented IT Assistant to join Aimsun headquarters in central Barcelona. Reporting directly to Aimsun´s Global Head of Software and Technologies, you will work on maintaining and updating Aimsun´s IT system as well as supporting internal users. Apply

Plextek: Project Manager – You will provide time and cost estimates into the bidding process to satisfy the client’s requirements and then deliver the project to those budgets. You will identify and manage the risks in the project and be comfortable managing change. You will be an excellent people-manager, with good emotional intelligence and able to get the best from a team of high performers. You will be comfortable communicating with your clients at all levels, including senior executives, project managers, engineers and technologists. Apply 

WMCA: Development Manager (Major Scheme Interface) – you will take ownership of the ‘Single View of the Programme’ and work closely and proactively with partners to firstly map and collate the programme but then to work to identify and mitigate programme interactions and interfaces. The role will lead on the development and delivery of tactical transport strategies to minimise the disruptive impacts of these major infrastructure projects across the region’s transport network. This will mean working across major investment programmes to ensure construction conflicts are managed out and appropriate transport mitigations are put in place. Apply 

KTN: Knowledge Transfer Manager: Professional, Financial Services & Blockchain – KTN is seeking to recruit an exceptional individual to help support the transformation of the UK professional and financial services. You will engage with high-growth businesses to understand their innovation needs and direct them towards public and private finance, potential commercial and academic partners, and other opportunities to support their growth. You will be responsible for running AI for Services Innovation Network and support UKRI in the development activities for the Next Generation Services programme.  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 

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: 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

More jobs can be found here

Top Jobs

University of Warwick: IT Support Analyst – WMG is a rapidly expanding academic department, with a wide portfolio of customers across its research, teaching and administrative staff. This is a great opportunity to play a key part in ensuring the secure and efficient operation of our core IT systems, keeping the business moving and providing great customer service. With demonstrable operations experience in a primarily Microsoft based environment. Apply

Catapult: Facilities Team Lead – The role will be responsible for leading and developing the data strategy, ensuring a compliant approach which is aligned with best practice. You’ll also develop a team and engage with internal and external stakeholders to drive the Digital and Data vision. As Architect, you will enhance the Design and Development team and its ability to deliver a complete customer focused service to the organisation for all its Business Intelligence needs. Apply 

WMCA: Data Architect-  Aimsun is seeking a Scientific Research Engineer in EU-funded projects, reporting to the Head of Research projects. Based in our Barcelona head office, the candidate will be responsible for the overall technical lead and management of funded research projects and will actively contribute to the preparation of project proposals. The ideal candidate will have a PhD in Engineering (Transportation), Operations Research, Mathematics or Computer Science; we also value prior experience (academic or commercial) in funded research projects or in the development and implementation of new concepts in the domain of traffic and transportation. Apply

Aimsun: Scientific Research Engineer –  Aimsun is seeking a Scientific Research Engineer in EU-funded projects, reporting to the Head of Research projects. Based in our Barcelona head office, the candidate will be responsible for the overall technical lead and management of funded research projects and will actively contribute to the preparation of project proposals. The ideal candidate will have a PhD in Engineering (Transportation), Operations Research, Mathematics or Computer Science; we also value prior experience (academic or commercial) in funded research projects or in the development and implementation of new concepts in the domain of traffic and transportation. 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

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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