Oxbotica, an Oxford-based technology company, has launched its new Selenium mobile autonomy software solution with a concept vehicle at Culham Science Centre in Oxfordshire.

Selenium can work in pedestrianised environments, as well as roads and motorways, and is not dependent on GPS to operate.

As the system is vehicle agnostic, it can be applied to cars, self-driving pods and warehouse truck fleets.

The software was developed by Oxbotica’s team of scientists, mathematicians and engineers.

It can offer any vehicle it is applied to with an awareness of where it is, what surrounds it and how it should move to complete a task.

This system makes use of patented algorithms that enables vehicles to secure a next generation level of intelligence to autonomously perform a range of mobility tasks, including motion control, braking, calibration, navigation, static and dynamic obstacle detection.

The software is set to be deployed at a series of autonomy trials where Oxbotica is the exclusive supplier of autonomy software, including the £8m GATEway project in Greenwich and the LUTZ Pathfinder self-driving pod project in Milton Keynes.

Oxbotica chief executive Dr Graeme Smith said: “Autonomous vehicles are the future and our new software is leading the field.

"Selenium represents the culmination of about 130 person years’ worth of work in mobile autonomy.

“Selenium is an important chapter in the ever-changing story of autonomous vehicles.

"As a result of the team’s hard work on Selenium, our customers are able to take full advantage of the benefits on offer from this futuristic technology today rather than tomorrow.”