Researchers showcase autonomous car in Las Vegas

Expertise in autonomous vehicles has taken a team led by three Waterloo Engineering professors from a snow-covered parking lot in Stratford to a demonstration course in sunny Las Vegas.

More than 25 researchers from Waterloo are at the high-profile Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week to help showcase a highly automated car developed by Renesas Electronics America in collaboration with numerous partners.

Key contributions by the Waterloo team included a framework architecture of computer programs to enable the modified Lincoln MKZ to operate autonomously and safety mechanisms such as a pull-over feature in the event of a system failure.

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