GOBOTiX’s Virtual Tramway using autonomous buses

February 6th, 2017|

GOBOTiX's Virtual Tramway - autonomous buses on virtual rails "Where we're going we don't need rails - rather we need Virtual Rails." Dr Ben Davis, Founder Virtual rails are like ordinary rails, they guide the vehicle which rides upon them, the only notable difference being they only reside in the virtual world, i.e the mind (mission planner) of [...]

GOBOTiX demonstrates remote driver assistance service App for disabled drivers via Tele-operation

January 4th, 2017|

As part of the GATEway project our autonomous Toyota Prius has been demonstrating the ability to be remotely operated via a tele-operation service. The vehicle can be operated by an App by the driver standing nearby, or by a remote operator located somewhere else in the world. The remote operation has the potential to revolutionize the experience [...]

Northern Robotics Network

September 19th, 2015|

Gobotix attended the Northern robotics Network launch event in early September, showcasing our autonomous car which will feature in a number of projects over the coming months. The Northern Robotics Network is an open network of people from across the north of the UK interested in robotics and autonomous systems. It organises meetings, events and [...]

Gobotix’s autonomous Prius gets a face-lift

July 3rd, 2015|

Our Toyota Prius has been undergoing some autonomous control system updating in preparation for the forthcoming trials in our contribution to the GATEway project. In our workshop the car has been thoroughly overhauled and updated in readiness for the fly-by-wire safety trials that we shall be undertaking soon. This car has already proved its value [...]

OxTS Collaboration

July 31st, 2014|

Gobotix  has entered a  strategic collaboration with OxTS,  (Oxford Technical Solutions) enabling us to do cutting edge R&D into autonomous vehicles research using OxTS's world renowned Inertial Navigation Systems. OxTS designs and manufactures world leading products combining the best of Inertial Navigation and GPS/GNSS.  Together we shall be focussing our R&D efforts to produce software to [...]