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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
The IAA mobility show opens for the first time in Munich
Oxbotica and AppliedEV to develop fully autonomous multi-purpose vehicle
Oxbotica and AppliedEV have announced a collaboration to develop a fully autonomous, multi-purpose electric vehicle capable of being deployed in a wide range of environments for a variety of commercial applications. The project will see Oxbotica integrate its autonomous vehicle software with AppliedEV’s programmable and configurable EV platform. Read More
WeRide unveils L4 Robovan to make foray into smart urban logistics
Honda to start testing self-driving car service in Japan
Honda has just announced that it will be starting a trial programme for autonomous vehicles in Japan, which will take place in Utsunomiya City and Haga Town in the Tochigi Prefecture. The move is a step towards realising an autonomous vehicle mobility service (Maas) business in the country, which Honda is planning to launch together with Cruise (a developer for self-driving cars) and General Motors. Read More
China welcomes world’s largest scenario database for autonomous vehicle safety
The Safety PoolTM Scenario Database, the largest public repository of scenarios for testing autonomous vehicles in the world — led by WMG at the University of Warwick and Deepen AI — will now be used in China, thanks to a new partnership with Automotive Data of China, a subsidiary of the China Automotive Technology and Research Center. Read More
L.A. Is Getting An Autonomous Taxi Test Fleet Of Hyundai Ioniq 5s
Motional has expanded its operations into Southern California. According a report from the L.A. Times, Motional is bringing a fleet of driverless Hyundais to L.A. Even if autonomous cars haven’t proven themselves to be safe enough for prime time yet, at least this startup is basing its effort on a car that actually looks good. Read More
Russian tech firm Yandex to test self-driving taxis in Moscow this year
Adventurous Muscovites may soon be able to travel around parts of Moscow in driverless taxis as Russian tech giant Yandex plans to start testing the autonomous vehicles in the city this year. Robotaxis will available through the company’s Yandex.Go application in one Moscow district for certain customers, Yandex said in a statement. Read More
Mobileye to launch pilot scheme for autonomous taxis in Tel Aviv, Munich in 2022
Intel Corporation’s Mobileye, will roll out a pilot for autonomous taxis and ride-hailing services in Munich and Tel Aviv next year, pending regulatory approval, in collaboration with German-headquartered international car rental and mobility service giant Sixt SE. The announcement was made by Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger at the annual IAA Mobility 2021 conference. Read More
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Member Requests
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Featured Events
September 15th,2021 – Digital Connectivity Infrastructure Accelerator. Join this briefing event to find out how DCMS will build on extensive market engagement and the development of a standardised specification for use of Digital Asset Management Platforms by places and wireless infrastructure providers. Register Here
September 16th, 2021 – Design Thinking for AI – Mini Forum. Discover how design thinking methods can help overcome cultural barriers to change and unlock business model innovation in a professional services. This mini forum is fully dedicated to professionals, entrepreneurs, data scientists and engineers developing Artificial Intelligence solutions for the accountancy and legal services sectors. 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
Future Flight Phase 3 Competition Briefing: September 14th, 2021 – Launch of Phase 3 of the Future Flight Challenge competition, a £125m government investment to advance the next generation of aviation solutions. On 14 September at 14:00 join us live to hear the Future Flight Challenge team talk through full details of the competition and how you can apply. Register your attendance now. Register Here
Digital Connectivity Infrastructure Accelerator: September 15th, 2021 – Join this briefing event to find out how DCMS will build on extensive market engagement and the development of a standardised specification for use of Digital Asset Management Platforms by places and wireless infrastructure providers. Register Here
Design Thinking for AI – Mini Forum: September 16th, 2021 – Discover how design thinking methods can help overcome cultural barriers to change and unlock business model innovation in a professional services firm. Phase 3 of the Future Flight Challenge at UK Research and Innovation competition is open until 3 November. This mini forum is fully dedicated to professionals, entrepreneurs, data scientists and engineers developing Artificial Intelligence solutions for the accountancy and legal services sectors. Register Here
Photonics for: Renewable Energy: September 16th, 2021 – The Photonics for… 2021 webinar series will look at photonics technologies in a variety of sectors and applications. The series is aimed at companies and researchers developing photonics technology, and at end-users looking to solve challenges and to produce innovative products and services. Its main aim is to bring together photonics specialists with end-users, therefore there will be networking opportunities across the whole series to support collaboration. Register Here
Future Flight Cafe: Developing zero emission UAV flight: September 17th, 2021 – Join this event to hear about project HyStERIAA 2.0 – Hydrogen Storage to Energise Robotics in Air Applications 2.0 – who are creating a scalable, low pressure hydrogen fuel infrastructure to deliver zero carbon electric UAV flight. The new technology will offer longer flight time and greater autonomy. Register Here
Drone Pathfinder Catalyst Programme Community Webinar: September 21th, 2021 – These community events provide an opportunity for the UAV community to share experiences and form connections. They include updates and discussions from across the community, as well as from the Pathfinder Steering Group. Register Here
Innovation Places Summit: September 23rd, 2021 – The Innovation Places Summit represents the first step in creating a National Place-based Innovation Network. This will enable places to collaboration and share knowledge – vital for successful delivery of the Innovation Strategy. Attendees will be invited to work directly with other place-makers and innovation leaders, to share best practice, identify common barriers to growth and acceleration, and discuss potential solutions. 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
Digital Connectivity Infrastructure Accelerator – The accelerated rollout of advanced wireless networks, including 5G, will bring benefits to the UK economy and communities across the country. As the next major milestone in the DCIA project DCMS will allocate up to £4 million of funding to pilots which support the implementation of digital asset management solutions to open up public assets for the rollout of wireless communication networks. Read More
EUREKA GlobalStars Taiwan digital industrial collaborations – This competition is for UK businesses that want to apply to the Globalstars EUREKA call. Please visit the EUREKA call for proposals web page if you are not a UK applicant. The aim of this competition is to identify collaborators and collaboration projects between UK and Taiwanese businesses. Read More
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
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
University of Warwick: Project Engineer – Supply Chain Resilience Hub – When a supply chain is disrupted, it is only as strong as its weakest link. Given the recent events of Covid-19 and Brexit, it is now more evident than ever that UK supply chains must be prepared to respond to and recover quickly from these and other types of disruptions. In order to strengthen the UK’s high-value manufacturing base, the Supply Chain Research Group at WMG is launching the Supply Chain Resilience Hub powered by High Value Manufacturing Catapult, which will develop, grow, and anchor supply chain capability and resilience in the UK by leveraging fundamental and applied supply chain research knowledge. Apply
University of Warwick: Software Engineer – Digital Health – University of Warwick is seeking a Software Engineer in the field of Digital Health, and the associated area of Health Informatics, to work in the Institute of Digital Healthcare (IDH) at WMG. The postholder will predominantly be working on Tommy’s Net platform, an integral part of Tommy’s National Centre for Miscarriage Research at Warwick. The Tommy’s Net platform is bringing together excellence and facilitates early miscarriage research across three leading universities. Apply
WMCA: Business Innovation Support Coordinator – The Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands (IAWM) team sits within the West Midlands Combined Authority’s Strategy & Economy directorate, and is an alliance of organisations active or interested in science and technology based innovation across the West Midlands. The role will be responsible for IAWM’s work to join up and enhance the ‘Innovation Support for Business’ offer in the West Midlands, working with the WMCA and LEPs. The role will use specialist knowledge to enable businesses to better navigate the plethora of programmes available to both their location and specific needs. Apply
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
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
KTN: Knowledge Transfer Manager – Global Alliance Africa – The Knowledge Transfer Manager (KTM) will be a key member of the high-performing Global Alliance Africa team accountable for the effective delivery of the Global Alliance Africa programme objectives in the UK and across the three partner countries of Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. The Knowledge Transfer Manager will be working for the UK’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) objectives by forging strategic partnerships amongst innovation stakeholders to enable more effective knowledge transfer and collaboration for stronger local innovation and business environments. Apply
University of Warwick: Director of Global Alumni Engagement – You will lead the strategic direction of WBS global alumni engagement by developing high level strategic partnerships with global alumni and alumni communities that support a range of WBS strategic business objectives and lead the delivery of global networks that facilitate meaningful and beneficial alumni contact. The Director of Global Alumni Engagement Manager will work with the Director of CareersPlus and External Relations and will contribute to the strategy of the department and will be part of the department’s senior management team. Apply
WMCA: Programme Support Officer – As Programme Support Officer, you will support the Thrive at Work team with high level administration and project support activities. This role will involve speaking to people over the phone, diary management, managing a shared email inbox, preparing and updating documents, website maintenance and support with event management. You will promote the Thrive at Work programme and provide information and support to potential and registered organisations on the programme. Apply
WMCA: Skills Delivery Officer – As Skills Delivery Officer you will work with training providers, colleges and local authorities to ensure they are delivering the skills delivery plan for the region. The role will ensure high standards of planning and delivery are achieved through the provision of appropriate tools, guidance, advice and support. You will be ensuring projects are delivered in line with the programme specification, and work with partners to support their compliance and submission processes. 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
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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