New flaw in Boeing 737 forewarns emergency procedure bugs in driverless cars
Boeing is back in the news with a newly found flaw in the 737 system, sorry to say. I’ve previously pointed out that the Boeing 737 MAX...
Read MoreWhite paper: These 12 principles are shaping the future of autonomous cars
As nice as it’d be to have the option of catching up on some reading — or sleep — while an autonomous vehicle drives you to work, the real...
Read MoreBaidu’s autonomous cars have driven more than 1 million miles across 13 cities in China
Today at Baidu’s annual Create AI developer conference in Beijing, the China-based search giant announced a slew of updates across its...
Read MoreIntegrated Photonics Looks to Advance Safety for Lidar
The history of radar (radio detection and ranging) dates back to the 1880s when renowned German physicist Heinrich Hertz showed that radio...
Read MoreThese are the 5 leaders in the self-driving-car race
Tech companies and auto companies are all racing to be the first to roll out self-driving cars onto the road. The stakes are high for...
Read MoreApple once envisioned retractable bumpers for its self-driving cars
Apple once dreamed of self-driving cars with retractable bumpers. In 2015, the company filed a patent for “extendable bumpers”...
Read More“Safety First for Automated Driving” (SaFAD)
Daimler, July 2, 2019 Along with Aptiv, Audi, Baidu, BMW, Continental, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, HERE, Infineon, Intel and Volkswagen,...
Read MoreIntel and the auto industry pen first safety rules for self-driving cars
Intel and a team of automotive companies have teamed up to create new guidelines for autonomous vehicles. The intention of the “Safety...
Read MoreEverything you need to know about autonomous vehicles
Autonomous vehicle technology has seen billions in investment, spectacular advancements, and tragic reminders of how far we still have to...
Read MoreLet’s set some ground rules to safely build, test, and drive robo-cars
When it comes to developing and testing self-driving cars or building the software and parts that grant them the power to drive...
Read MoreViziblezone wants to make pedestrians more visible to autonomous cars
Israel-based Viziblezone wants to make it easier for self-driving cars to spot pedestrians, even if they aren’t yet in the field of view...
Read More11 companies propose guiding principles for self-driving vehicles
This morning, a coalition of 11 companies — Aptiv, Audi, Baidu, BMW, Continental, Daimler, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Here, Infineon,...
Read MoreWaymo is now allowed to transport passengers in its self-driving vehicles on California roads
Waymo, Google’s former self-driving venture that is now a business under Alphabet, has been given permission by California regulators to...
Read MoreSelf-driving car companies find that going it alone is difficult
Consolidation is sweeping through the self-driving cars sector like the last dance at a high school disco — everyone seems to be grabbing...
Read MoreHow safe are robotaxis? BMW, Intel, Aptiv (and 8 others) just laid out a safety blueprint
Self-driving vehicles are often trumpeted as the answer to the millions of injuries and deaths that occur each year on the world’s...
Read MoreThe Nomad Wireless Charger Adds Premium Features To Its Tesla Model 3 Charger
One of the biggest design gaps in the interior of the Tesla Model 3 is the lack of integrated wireless phone charging. The folks over at...
Read MoreDriverless Car Add-On Kits Are Dead Ends And By Degrees Sunk Drive.AI
A relatively smallish company named Drive.AI that had embarked upon trying to develop self-driving driverless car tech has closed its...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars face two important challenges, says World Economic Forum executive
Automakers and technology companies have invested billions into researching autonomous vehicles.But the industry has two big challenges it...
Read MoreSuppliers need product technology strategy
Like it or not, the automotive industry’s shift to electrification is in full swing. Tesla has deservedly gotten the lion’s...
Read MoreBaidu releases Apollo 5.0 with upgrades for ‘complex’ road scenarios
Beijing-based Baidu last week quietly released the latest version of Apollo, its open source full-stack software solution for driverless...
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