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Through snow and fog with autonomous cars – new research makes radar navigation safe

Researchers at Örebro University have successfully improved the precision in radar sensors for navigation to such a degree that the sensors can be used in autonomous cars – opening up for safe driving whatever the weather.

On the road with innovation from Örebro University – patients test their fitness to drive with AI and eye tracking

Can AI and eye tracking help doctors assess patients’ fitness to drive? Ravi Chadalavada thinks so. And collaboration with the Örebro University Hospital on testing his innovation with patients is in full swing.

New AI method makes self-driving vehicles better drivers

A cyclist drops out of sight for a few seconds behind a car – a not-so-uncommon traffic situation for us humans. But for a self-driving vehicle, the cyclist ceases to exist. “We have succeeded in developing a new way for self-driving vehicles to...

SEK 4 million for research on more human-centred artificial intelligence

Working together with robots and AI systems in the future will need to be more proactive and human-centred. This is the goal of Professor Alessandro Saffiotti’s research project, which has received SEK 4 million in funding from the Swedish Research...

Silicon Valley next stop for Ravi’s innovation: “It feels amazing’”

Silicon Valley has made a name for itself as the breeding ground for world-renowned tech companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook. Now an innovation from Örebro has made its way over there.

Örebro is part of multi-million investment in mining research: “to set new world standard”

LKAB is investing SEK 80 million in research towards sustainable mining. Örebro University, with its expertise in AI and autonomous systems, is one of three universities whose researchers will contribute to the development.

AI and eye tracking may help doctors make difficult patient decisions

Doctors could get an objective report to make better decisions about patients’ medical fitness to possess a driving licence using artificial intelligence and eye tracking. This is the goal of the new AI project Dash at Örebro University.

AI and eye tracking may help doctors make difficult patient decisions

Using AI to optimise taste and nutrition in plants

Basil is being grown in a robotic cultivation testbed at Örebro University. Each plant is monitored by sensing technology, providing researchers with valuable big data. Data that can be then used together with artificial intelligence to determine how to...

Cristina Trenta new member of EU expert group

Örebro researcher Cristina Trenta has been appointed member of the expert group tasked by the European Commission to monitor developments within online platform economy. “I am so pleased and deeply honoured by this appointment, which is also a...