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Private companies and government players need each other to navigate the heavily regulated industry of mobility, whether it’s to introduce new automotive models, fund transportation infrastructure or launch new initiatives.

Most sensors contained within self-driving vehicles are of the type that takes visual information from outside the car and use it to navigate a path. An Israeli startup is looking at a new way of implementing sensors in self-driving cars.

Tactile Mobility wants to move beyond sensors that simply help cars look at the road ahead. The Israeli tech company has created software that allows a car to sense the road and react to changes, without relying on visual aids.

Tactile Mobility Ltd. was founded eight years ago with a mission to fill a missing gap for smart and autonomous vehicles. While advances in automotive technology resulted in a comprehensive visual-based platform, in-car systems lacked vehicle-to-road tactility or the ability to feel conditions in concert with car itself.

theCUBE host Dave Vellante (@dvellante) is joined by Amit Nisenbaum (@amitnis), CEO at Tactile Mobility for a CUBEConversation from our Boston studio

While most sensors aim to enable autonomous vehicles to ‘see’ their surroundings, new technology is introducing tactility into their ability to feel the road.

Israeli transport intelligence company Tactile Mobility has formed a partnership with HERE Technologies, the Dutch-based mapping services company, to commercialize tactile virtual sensing data that will provide automotive companies and municipalities with real-time data on road conditions.

Porsche is intensifying its collaboration with Israeli technology company Tactile Mobility with a minority investment. The company is one of the leaders in the field of “tactile data” and is based in Haifa.

Tactile Mobility, a tactile virtual sensing and data company headquartered in Haifa, Israel, today announced that it’s secured $9 million in funding from Porsche, Union Tech Ventures (the technology investment arm of the Union Group), and previous investors.

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israeli automotive technology startup Tactile Mobility said on Tuesday it secured $9 million in funding from Porsche (PSHG_p.DE), Union Tech Ventures and previous investors.

Tactile Mobility (previously MobiWize), a Haifa, Israel-based startup founded in 2012, developed a solution that it calls “tactile sensing.” By collecting non-visual data such as wheel speed, wheel angle, RPM, paddle position, and gear position and performing sophisticated analytics, it’s able to generate actionable insights in real time.

Founder and CTO Boaz Mizrachi stresses the need to encode the chaos of real roads into a more structured representation. “You need a formalized representation of the analog world. If you want to do accurate prediction or detection of the tactile world, you must have a formalistic language to describe it,” Mizrachi argues.

A tech-empowered urban renaissance is possible—if five challenges can be overcome

Me: “Alexa, tell me what will happen in 2019.”

Amazon AI: “Do you want to open ‘this day in history’?”

Me: “Alexa, give me a prediction for 2019.”

Amazon AI: “The crystal ball is clouded, I can’t tell.”

Today’s autonomous vehicles use a combination of cameras and other sensors to try to replicate human perception, but they still struggle, especially in bad driving conditions. New technologies under development could help fill the gaps by letting vehicles “see” and “feel” things from different perspectives.

In the sunny climes of Tel Aviv, Israel, the Smart Mobility Summit, held from October 29 to 30, brought together city administrators from across the globe, research institutions, major car companies, and stealthy startups.

The hottest awards show of the year commenced on the evening of June 4, 2019. Bringing together the best, most innovative and most accomplished OEMs, Tier 1s, startups and more, the annual TU-Automotive Awards party marks the official kick-off to TU-Automotive Detroit, the premier event highlighting and dissecting the evolution of mobility.

Tactile Mobility, the leading tactile data and sensing company for automakers, municipalities, road authorities and fleet managers, announced today it was selected as ‘Best Connected Product/Service for the Commercial Vehicle Market’ at the TU-Automotive Awards, the most prestigious awards ceremony for the connected car industry.

Tactile Mobility’s software solution captures information from existing sensors to map road conditions in real time. This interview was recorded at the EcoMotion mobility event in Tel Aviv, June 2019.

While “previous years have been about hypothesizing, building, and testing,” said Tactile Mobility CEO Amit Nisenbaum, the next year will be about “industrialization of the offering,” meaning putting the technology in more cars and roads.

An interview with Amit Nisenbaum, CEO of Tactile Mobility, a company that achieves software sensor fusion to make sensor data useful for autonomous vehicles.

Smart cities are gaining momentum, yet current city street maps aren’t sufficiently detailed to help autonomous vehicles (AVs) get around safely. Before AVs become mainstream, they must have a much better grasp of their surrounding environments – otherwise how can we expect them to safely navigate the streets?

Frequent flights and travel can ruin your productivity and focus, but as this CEO has learned, you can adopt some practices that will help you thrive.

One of the newest and hottest spots is Israel, where inventiveness and originality are on display at EcoMotion, an exhibition that has grown steadily since its inauguration seven years ago.

Google and Apple loom so large over the field of digital mapping that it’s understandable why it may seem they represent the beginning and the end of this market. But the demands of a wide range of services such autonomous vehicles and smart cities are giving rise to a new generation of mapping competitors who are pushing the boundaries of innovation.

What will autonomous vehicles do when heavy rain lifts the tyres from the road? By Boaz Mizrachi

According to Amit Nisenbaum, autonomous vehicle progress relies on treating AVs like blind pedestrians. This means the tactile tools cities can adopt to help AVs navigate safely and efficiently.

Autonomous vehicles are supposed to be the future of urban transportation, yet AVs still can’t make decisions the way humans do.

Tactile Mobility’s technology uses information from existing vehicle sensors to more precisely control acceleration and braking. Porsche is among the start-up’s key backers.

Tactile Mobility, previously known as Mobiwize, the leading tactile data company for the transportation industry, announced the official launch of its tactile sensing and data analytics platform.

Vigdor will lead the development of embedded software and cloud platforms for OEMs, Road Authorities, and Municipalities, as the tactile virtual data and sensing startup gains momentum worldwide

New partnership with Haifa has municipal cars equipped with Tactile Mobility’s software to collect and transmit data on road conditions.

At GTC Israel this week, 17 automotive startups showcased the latest developments in autonomous driving, connectivity and mobility services.

At GTC Israel this week, 17 automotive startups showcased the latest developments in autonomous driving, connectivity and mobility services.

Combining the power of visual and tactile data with AI at NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference

In the sunny climes of Tel Aviv, Israel, the Smart Mobility Summit, held from October 29 to 30, brought together city administrators from across the globe, research institutions, major car companies, and stealthy startups. They all came not just for the balmy weather but to exchange ideas and discuss new innovations.

The artificial intelligence that controls highly automated vehicles is starting to go where the rubber hits the road.

Las Vegas, here they come! Dozens of Israeli companies are strutting their tech stuff at the annual international showcase for consumer electronics, which starts today. We pick out 27 to watch.

The annual Consumer Electronics Show, now in its 51^st year, has become a mecca for Israeli tech firms.

Here’s a look back at last year and a hint of what may be coming in 2019 for self-driving cars.

The utopian future in which all we’ll see on the road are autonomic cars which will help us at any given moment from the time we leave our house/office until we safely reach our destination is still a few decades away, but according to certain estimates, by the year 2020 there will be some 10 million autonomic vehicles on the road.

Despite the legacy complexity of today’s disparate vehicle architecture, automakers are under the gun to connect their vehicles to the cloud.

Since the rollout of the Ford Model T ushered in the automotive age more than a century ago, with rare exceptions, the industry has evolved at an incremental pace.

Tactile Mobility, the leading tactile data and sensing company for smart and autonomous vehicles,  announced that it has been selected to join the upcoming cycle of Startup Autobahn, Europe’s largest innovation platform powered by Plug and Play.

The Tactile Data and Sensing Company for Smart and Autonomous Vehicles Is Among the Startups Accepted into the Prestigious Innovation Platform’s Upcoming Program 6

Predictive maintenance, potential cost and time saving compared to physical sensors, and increasing adoption of the IoT cloud platforms are major growth factors for the global Virtual Sensors Market.

Tactile data and sensing company adds key role as it aims to expand its global partnership base

Touchy-feely self-driving cars of the future will feel the road beneath their tires, providing an optimal driving experience with maximum safety.

A new Automotive World report looks at how advances in sensors and positioning technology impact the development of autonomous vehicles.

Josef will lead the tactile data and sensing company’s operations and execution as the company continues to gain momentum with global OEMs and other customers

A new Automotive World report looks at next-generation mobility and transportation initiatives in Israel