This was supposed to be the year driverless cars went mainstream
Tech companies once promised that fully functional, self-driving cars would be on the road by 2020 and on the path to remaking...
Read MoreSome autonomous vehicle companies resume public testing, others express caution
In March, the coronavirus pandemic forced companies testing autonomous vehicles in the U.S. to pause operations temporarily. Safety...
Read MoreBerkeley Simons Institute launches online video shorts with an eye-opening look at perception
The Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at the University of California Berkeley is a highly regarded venue that was established...
Read MoreWaymo’s first external fundraising round just grew to $3 billion
Waymo’s first external fundraising round, initially expected to bring in $2.25 billion for the self-driving company, just grew to $3...
Read MoreFiat Chrysler and AV startup Voyage partner on self-driving minivans
Self-driving vehicle startup Voyage said Monday that it has inked a deal with Fiat Chrysler to supply purpose-built vehicles, a...
Read MoreThe crazy story how self-driving’s biggest star stole Google secrets, joined Uber, and became bankrupt
What started out as a private legal case between Google and its former head of self-driving technology, Anthony Levandowski, that no one...
Read MoreThe vaunted ‘murder hornet’ could ominously be spread by the advent of AI self-driving cars
Recent headlines about a type of hornet referred to as the “murder hornet” have gotten quite a lot of buzz this past week or so. It seems...
Read MoreHyundai and Aptiv redeploy autonomous vehicles to deliver meals to vulnerable people in Las Vegas
The Hyundai-Aptiv Driving Joint Venture, a collaboration between Hyundai and Aptiv (formerly Delphi) to develop autonomous vehicle...
Read MoreHow does Tesla Autopilot handle a typical daily commute?
It’s dark and raining, plus the traffic is relatively heavy at times. Tesla owner and popular YouTube influencer Andy Slye takes us...
Read MoreCan robotaxis ease public transport fears in China?
The rise of self-driving taxis in China comes at a time when people are nervous about taking public transport. Robotaxi providers plan to...
Read MoreVideo Friday: Robot startup Refraction AI testing contactless food delivery
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. We’ll also be posting a weekly...
Read MoreAs Waymo resumes self-driving tests, backup drivers are still worried about the virus
Waymo is planning to resume testing its autonomous vehicles in Arizona on May 11th, nearly two months after pausing its robotaxi service...
Read MoreCutting through the self-driving hype
As recently as March 2020, AI analyst Emerj pointed out that despite the bullish public pronouncements of the auto industry CEOs it is...
Read MoreDiscover China: Self-driving taxi service promotes smart travel
CHANGSHA, May 6 (Xinhua) — Liu Xinlin, 22, experienced her first ride in a self-driving taxi in Changsha, capital of central...
Read MoreThe relentless startup fast-tracking Ford’s self-driving cars
LIKE THE RESIDENTS of many cities that boomed before the advent of cars—and before the arrival of the coronavirus—the people of Pittsburgh...
Read MoreFord shares a year’s worth of self-driving car data
Self-driving vehicles require massive amounts of data, which can be difficult to obtain without vehicles equipped with cameras and LiDAR...
Read MoreFrost & Sullivan assesses impact of autonomous cars and EVs on test & measurement market
ADAS testing is estimated to experience the most growth, totaling $659.9 million by 2025 SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/...
Read MoreCentral operating systems – what do they mean for driverless cars?
If you were to travel back to the 1950s, when the world’s first true (it looked nothing like a modern-day OS, by the way) was helping...
Read MoreWhile COVID-19 batters the airlines, driverless car technology marches on
A while back, my colleague and I wrote an article about how driverless cars will disrupt the airline industry. We were not the first ones...
Read MoreNavy releases UFO videos, AI self-driving cars might solve these mysteries
Last week, the Navy released some UFO videos. The videos have stoked quite a mystery. First, the backstory....
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