Snapdeal tests last-mile delivery using Ottonomy IO’s robots
Snapdeal is testing last-mile contactless delivery using robots to reduce labour costs, even as people look at ways to avoid contagion...
Read MoreBackup driver in fatal Arizona Uber self-driving car crash charged with negligent homicide
PHOENIX — The backup Uber driver involved in the first self-driving vehicle fatality has been charged with negligent homicide for...
Read MoreJacksonville Transportation Authority receives custom autonomous solution from Beep, Local Motors and Robotic Research
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept., 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) welcomed its newest autonomous...
Read More5G expert Phil Cottom on the link between connectivity and driverless tech
As autonomous vehicles (AVs) continue to develop, so too must the technology which supports them. Now that 5G is here, we thought it was...
Read MoreWhere are the self-driving cars?
Tech giants and automakers were falling over each other to announce their self-driving vehicle plans a few years back. All of the FAANG...
Read MoreIdriverplus raises over $14.6 million for autonomous street cleaners and cars
Idriverplus, a Beijing-based supplier of driverless vehicle and robotics systems, this week raised over 100 million yuan (~$14.6 million)....
Read Morepriestmangoode reimagines mass transit with electric self-driving vehicle for dromos
priestmangoode has revealed an electric, autonomous vehicle designed for high capacity urban transport. autonomous network transit (ANT)...
Read MoreAeva and ZF to bring first FMCW LiDAR to production for autonomous driving applications
Aeva, a company building next-generation sensing for autonomous vehicles (earlier post), and ZF are partnering to bring the first...
Read MoreWhen wildfire smoke and ash fill the sky, here’s how self-driving cars can go awry
There has been a recent spate of deadly wildfires throughout the western parts of the country, especially hitting California, Oregon, and...
Read MoreWaymo’s head of lidar explains how the advanced laser tech went from science fiction to being a vital tool for self-driving cars
When Simon Verghese moved east for a postdoctoral spot atMIT, the UC Berkeley-trained physicist figured on beingback in California before...
Read MoreOklahoman nabbed for driving au naturel, which reveals eye-opening self-driving car insights
Time to share some lighter news, though with surprisingly revealing insights included. A recent news item that received rather startling...
Read MoreBooming demand for Innodisk’s CAN bus solutions amid pandemic and autonomous vehicle trend
TAIPEI, Sept. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Innodisk’s CAN bus expansion modules are taking the world by storm. Unprecedented demand...
Read MoreData interference issues hinder AD and ADAS testing
Automotive test systems supplier AB Dynamics claims the recent growth in wireless data transfer from the increasing use of driverless...
Read MoreExperts stress public trust in AV tech as e-commerce rises
As the coronavirus pandemic prompts people to shop from their homes and rely on contactless delivery services, gaining public trust in...
Read MoreYandex self driving group gets $150 million, partners with Uber to bring autonomous vehicles to U.S.
On paper, a lot is happening with Yandex’s self-driving vehicles. Yandex NV YNDX -1.2%, a Russian multinational company that specializes...
Read MoreWhy automotive cybersecurity needs real-time threat detection
Automotive cybersecurity tactics and protocols will have to adapt not just to changing threats, but also to changing models of how we...
Read MoreNames like Tesla’s ‘Autopilot’ are dangerously misleading, study shows
Does it really matter if Tesla’s advanced driving system is called “Autopilot” but it doesn’t actually take over...
Read MoreBaidu launches its ‘Apollo Go’ robotaxi service in China’s capital city of Beijing
Three weeks after launching its “Apollo Go” robotaxi service in the Chinese city of Cangzhou, China’s tech giant Baidu Inc. announced that...
Read MoreGermany wants to permit driverless cars across the country by 2022
Despite coming down hard on Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving, Germany isn’t totally against the concept of self-driving cars. Sure,...
Read MoreToyota Research launches $800m investment fund in move to Woven Planet
The Toyota Research Institute – Advanced Development (TRI-AD) has set up a global investment fund called Woven Capital as part of...
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