At Waymo, it’s launch time for Google’s biggest moonshot
It helps to know this about John Krafcik: He’s unusually upbeat. Lean and lively, he’s glued to a Chromebook playing a video of a minivan...
Read MoreGM’s Cruise has had the most self-driving crashes in California – here’s how the autonomous rivals stack up when it comes to safety
Self-driving cars will be safer than our current roads, experts say. But until we get to full autonomy, there have been – and will...
Read MoreL.A. Auto Show: Honda researches self-driving technology in its own backyard
Real-world experience away from a test track is hard to come by, for the technologies that will eventually enable autonomous cars to...
Read MoreAll wet: Rain could delay the arrival of self-driving future
Even a little crummy weather might pose big problems for self-driving systems. New research from Michigan State University suggests light...
Read MoreIs it working? How testing and good data can enable autonomous innovation
Innovation is the key to progress, but true innovation means tackling new challenges. When you’re breaking new ground, there are...
Read MoreHigh-precision navigation for driverless cars
Fixposition is an ETH spin-off specialising in real-time navigation systems for use in self-driving vehicles, robots or industrial drones....
Read MoreG.M.’s President will take over its self-driving effort
A top General Motors official is taking on a new role that underlines the auto industry’s intense push to develop and commercialize...
Read MoreCognitive automation for the self-driving supply chain
How can systems evolve to allow prescriptive suggestions for resolving near real time problems? In other words, how can we build a...
Read MoreThis 23-year-old robotics prodigy is leading the pack in the driverless truck race
For Alex Rodrigues, it all began with a robot named Muffin. As a junior high school student in Calgary, Alberta, Rodrigues competed and...
Read MoreHow ADAS is paving the way for autonomous driving
Whether you call them self-driving cars, autonomous vehicles, or even robo-cars, autonomous driving is a leading topic in automotive. The...
Read MoreIf Waymo is having difficulty, everyone else must be in a right autonomous driving pickle
Waymo is taking a step backward in terms of the commercial readiness of its autonomous driving offering by reinstalling safety drivers and...
Read MoreINIT, Bestmile to integrate driverless vehicles into public transport
Bestmile and INIT announced a partnership to incorporate driverless vehicles into public transport to provide fully-integrated mobility...
Read MoreOhio cities sign up to be autonomous-vehicle testing grounds
Four Ohio cities signed agreements with the state government this week to open their streets to the testing of connected and autonomous...
Read MoreExtremely precise Bosch sensor will help self-driving cars navigate roads more accurately
Self-driving cars require an array of sensors to figure out things human drivers take for granted, like knowing the exact position of a...
Read MoreAnticipating autonomous: The UK’s driverless future
Smart Mobility Living Lab: London, November 28, 2018 Connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) and the anticipated societal benefits they will...
Read MoreAudi and Disney are creating media for self-driving cars
If and when fully autonomous cars hit the road in earnest, you’re going to have a lot of free time on your hands. Audi and Disney...
Read MoreUber removed the second backup driver from its self-driving cars ahead of the crash that killed an Arizona pedestrian
After one of the Uber’s self-driving test cars struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona in March, some employees blamed the safety...
Read MoreDemand for faster, cheaper deliveries is good news for autonomous vehicle makers
Bots, drones and driverless cars and trucks are going to explode on the scene in coming years as demand for speedy delivery of goods...
Read MoreWaymo taps former NTSB chair to oversee safety of self-driving ride-share fleet
Waymo, the Alphabet subsidiary on the cusp of launching the first autonomous rideshare service in the U.S., has hired a former top safety...
Read MoreCan driverless cars gain market acceptance? (Part 3 Of 3)
Successful industrialization of driverless cars will depend on getting over many significant hurdles. Failure only requires getting...
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