Female robot Erica slated as ‘actress’ for new movie woefully miscasts AI, repercussions for self-driving cars
A recent news story shaking up Hollywood involves the reported casting of a robot to be the star of a $70 million budgeted science fiction...
Read MoreHORIBA MIRA presses industry to drive ahead on new automated lane keeping regulations
With new UN regulations on Automated Lane Keeping Systems (ALKS) coming into force next year, leading automotive engineering consultancy...
Read MoreThe intersection between self-driving cars and electric cars
CARS HAVE NOT been good for the environment, to put it lightly. Transportation accounts for 28 percent of US greenhouse gas emissions, and...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles’ potential to remove discrimination in transportation
The political economy of autonomous vehicles is poised to improve if not radically change the discrimination and racism that is built into...
Read MoreUsing patent analytics to see why Amazon bought Zoox
Amazon’s competitive impact on autonomous vehicles nearly tripled as a result of the acquisition. Zoox’s patent portfolio is...
Read MoreHow to flunk those cognitive deficiency tests and what this means too for AI self-driving cars
Seems like the news recently has been filled with revelations about the taking of cognitive deficiency tests. This is especially being...
Read MoreAftermarket autonomy: This magic box gives your car self-parking abilities
Like a magician setting up a trick, AnujaSonalker starts by making it clear that there is no hidden driver in her car’s front or back...
Read MoreCan Tesla deliver on Musk’s autonomous vehicle optimism?
Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk recalibrated the world’s timeline expectation for the arrival of autonomous vehicles on Wednesday by suggesting...
Read MoreRoad test: Chinese ‘robotaxis’ take riders for a spin
Chinese entrants in the race to put autonomous vehicles on the road are bringing “robotaxis” online in hopes that a hired-car...
Read MoreTesla ‘very close’ to level 5 autonomous driving technology, Musk says
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) is “very close” to achieving level 5 autonomous driving...
Read MoreTesla Autopilot ‘self-driving’ possibly getting more aggressive in evasive maneuvering which could be a hidden sign about Level 5
A recent news story reported that a Tesla on Autopilot managed to avoid striking a deer by undertaking an aggressive maneuver of swerving...
Read MoreInterview: How Waymo’s Lidar plan works
Many autonomous vehicle (AV) developers have been in hot purdèè suit of lidar technologies, which are important because of their ability...
Read MoreIsrael drops two spots in KPMG’s readiness for autonomous vehicles ranking
Big Four accounting firm KPMG has ranked Israel the 16th most prepared country for self-driving cars, according to its new report...
Read MoreCoronavirus scrambles self-driving race, pushing Nuro’s delivery bots to front of the pack
When self-driving startupNuro emerged from stealth mode in early 2018, its ex-Googler cofounders had a simple reason for why they wanted...
Read MoreStartupWeRide starts driverless testing
BEIJING — WeRide, a Chinese autonomous vehicle startup, said on Friday it has become the first autonomous company to start fully...
Read MoreThat reported ‘snakes in a car’ frantic driver is thankfully okay, so consider these self-driving car ramifications
Just about everyone has heard of the famous movie Snakes On A Plane. Having been released in 2006 to great fanfare, the movie has become a...
Read MoreSelf-driving startupAurora debuts its new long-range Lidar called ‘FirstLight’
Self-driving technology startup Aurora announced today its new in-house developed lidar system for its driverless vehicles. The lidar...
Read More3 Lidar researchers chase the same dream — affordable self-driving systems
Elon Musk doesn’t care for Lidar — the light-based echo location technology that is similar in concept to radar — even though Volvo says...
Read MoreTowards a driver-less world? Autonomy and its impact on the fleet business
As the world works its way through the current pandemic, one thing seems clear: rather than generating new trends, the current COVID...
Read MoreRobo-cars are coming, but probably not like you’d expect
Autonomous vehicle technology companies like Mobileye are aiming to launch “robo-taxis” in the coming years, while similar companies are...
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