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Nendo designs self-driving mobile playground equipment for children

Posted on Apr 21, 2020 in Cars, Technology

Coen Car is a concept design by Nendo that envisions children playing with a fleet of autonomous vehicles that function as pieces of...

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Linking self-driving cars to traffic signals might help pedestrians give them the green light

Posted on Apr 21, 2020 in Cars, News, Perspective

THE BIG IDEA Automated vehicles don’t have human operators to communicate their driving intentions to pedestrians at intersections. My...

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Starsky Robotics failure offers a sobering look at the state of AI

Posted on Apr 20, 2020 in Perspective, Trucks

Autonomous trucking company Starsky Robotics has closed its doors after failing to secure additional funding in late 2019. Anyone that...

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China pushes forward with autonomous driving standards

Posted on Apr 20, 2020 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

Framework for low-level driverless vehicles a major task this year, says MIIT China is expected to complete the formulation of a framework...

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US using self-driving delivery robots

Posted on Apr 17, 2020 in Knowledge Center, Videos & Podcasts

Delivery robots in Washington, D.C. are helping restaurants and grocery stores stay open during the #coronavirus pandemic (Source:...

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Comprehensive data pipelines for automotive AI

Posted on Apr 17, 2020 in Knowledge Center, Technology, Webinars

It’s no secret that there is an enormous business opportunity with the rise of autonomous vehicles and the connected car. Whether you are...

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Autonomous-driving startupPony.ai takes on last-mile delivery

Posted on Apr 17, 2020 in Cars, News

With autonomous-vehicle companies parked by Covid-19, Pony.ai has teamed up with Los Angeles-based e-commerce site Yamibuy to deliver...

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Lidar-on-a-chip holds promise for low-cost autonomous driving systems — new Stanford research

Posted on Apr 17, 2020 in News, Technology

Lidar, shorthand for “light detection and ranging,” is conceptually the same as radar except it uses light instead of radio waves to “see”...

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Has Elon Musk set up regulatory Boogeyman as scapegoat for ongoing delay in promise of self-driving Teslas?

Posted on Apr 17, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

A tweet by Elon Musk this recent Easter weekend has sprung forth an erstwhile Easter egg hunt by the media and industry about the...

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The Xpeng Motors P7 sedan with NVIDIA’s AI-powered DRIVE AGX hardware goes on sale in China this month

Posted on Apr 17, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Chinese electric vehicle startupXpeng Motors, announced this week that its latest vehicle the P7 smart electric sports sedan will...

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Watch Zoox’s autonomous car drive around San Francisco for an hour

Posted on Apr 17, 2020 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Videos & Podcasts

Zoox today published a video showcasing its autonomous system driving for an hour in downtown San Francisco and performing a range of...

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Downsides of self-driving cars could swamp benefits if D.C. region fails to act, study says

Posted on Apr 17, 2020 in Cars, News

Widespread use of self-driving cars in coming decades will increase congestion and pollution in the Washington region if governments don’t...

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COVID-19 is a wake-up call for automakers to get into the mobility service business

Posted on Apr 16, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Five years ago, I made a call to action for the world’s best engineers to join the mission to render human drivers obsolete. Since then,...

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Self-driving cars and the challenges they face to gain acceptance (5/6)

Posted on Apr 16, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

The nature of wheeled transportation is changing very rapidly in what has become a disruptive technological environment....

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Why did Autopilot decide to merge Tesla Model Y into this car?

Posted on Apr 15, 2020 in Knowledge Center, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

Although Autopilot has already helped save people and animals multiple times, there is always something we stress when we talk about it:...

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Tesla’s latest self-driving visualization comes to life in this impressive picture

Posted on Apr 15, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla has made some impressive progress in self-driving visualization with its latest software updates. Check out this new beautiful...

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Helsinki smart mobility pilots deemed a success

Posted on Apr 15, 2020 in Buses, News

As well as concluding and reviewing the three-year Last Mile smart mobility project, Helsinki has recently launched a 50-day pilot of an...

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Uber claims its AI enables driverless cars to predict traffic movement with high accuracy

Posted on Apr 15, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

In a paper published on the preprint server Arxiv.org this week, researchers at Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) propose an AI...

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U.S. self-driving car startupZoox agrees to settle lawsuit with Tesla

Posted on Apr 15, 2020 in Cars, News

Zoox Inc said on Tuesday it had settled a lawsuit with Tesla Inc after admitting that some new hires from the electric carmaker were in...

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Driverless vehicles in the age of the novel coronavirus

Posted on Apr 14, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to different outcomes for different businesses. While some have stood to benefit (think Zoom, Facebook and...

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