Tesla’s Autopilot in spotlight in new NTSB reports on crashes
(Bloomberg) — A Tesla Inc. vehicle that slammed into a California highway barrier in 2018 with its automated driver-assist function...
Read MoreThe engineers behind Google’s Bookbot have launched a delivery robot startup
The engineers behind Google’s short-lived Bookbot — a robot created within the company’s Area 120 incubator for experimental products —...
Read MoreCOAST Autonomous signs MOU with Saint Leo University in Florida
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — COAST Autonomous (“COAST”) announced today that it has signed a...
Read MoreAptiv’s self-driving cars have given 100,000 paid rides on the Lyft app
What started out as a temporary pilot project to test a robotaxi service in Las Vegas has turned into a multi-year partnership between...
Read MoreWe still can’t agree how to regulate self-driving cars
There was a sense of déjà vu on Capitol Hill today as a House panel convened yet another hearing on how to best regulate autonomous...
Read MoreGordon Murray’s Motiv reinvented as electric autonomous pod with a single gullwing door
Gordon Murray Design (GMD) has released photos and specifications of its new Motiv autonomous city car. Developed in collaboration with...
Read MoreIs it time to curb our enthusiasm for autonomous driving?
It wasn’t that long ago that some people within the automotive industry were claiming that fully autonomous cars would be on the road by...
Read MoreFiat Chrysler and AutoX confirm plans to work on robotaxis
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is joining forces with the Chinese startup AutoX to bring self-driving robotaxis to China. The companies...
Read MoreAre autonomous vehicles still a utopian dream?
An autonomous car in Arizona was involved in a fatal crash. Permits for pilot projects in the autonomous vehicle (AV) space have been...
Read MoreFriendships are faltering but there’s hope that AI self-driving cars might cause a friendship uplift
Friendships. It’s an easy word to say, but a much harder word to put into practice. Sadly, friendships right now are waning and becoming...
Read MoreTech start-up Pix Moving uses self-driving ideas to make flexible cities
Pix self-moving spaces are clever autonomous mobile units. These modular systems can be reconfigured and stacked freely to form different...
Read MoreDeep Learning has limits. But its commercial impact has just begun.
There has been increased hand-wringing across the AI community in recent months about the limitations of deep learning. It was a dominant...
Read MoreInvestors hit the brakes on automotive startups
Last year, Ted Serbinski called his accelerator, TechStars Detroit, the “‘comeback city’s’ startup ecosystem.” Since 2015, the accelerator...
Read MoreUS House panel will discuss self-driving cars next week
On February 11th, a House panel will hold a hearing that could help shape the future of self-driving vehicles in the US. The Consumer...
Read MoreThose three clever dogs trained to drive a car provide valuable lessons for AI self-driving cars
We’ve all seen dogs traveling in cars, including how they like to peek out an open window and enjoy the fur-fluffing breeze and dwell in...
Read MoreTesla Self-Driving Computer architect Jim Keller is confident about solving autonomous driving
Jim Keller, Tesla’s former head of Autopilot hardware and the designer of Tesla’s Self-Driving Computer chip, says that he is confident...
Read MoreTesla accused of abruptly pulling self-driving from a used Model S
Tesla’s much-vaunted ability to add features to its cars over the air has turned into a real inconvenience for some drivers. An...
Read MoreBosch says it could launch an autonomous car tomorrow
The German supplier’s senior vice-president of automated driving, Kay Stepper, told Autocar that its engineers have already cleared the...
Read MoreWaymo’s AI Content Search tool lets engineers quickly find objects in driving records
AI is the method by which self-driving cars perceive joggers, cyclists, traffic lights, road signs, trees, shrubs, and more, and it...
Read MoreThe federal government just granted its first driverless car exemption
Nuro, the self-driving startup founded by two ex-Google engineers, has a new delivery robot. The R2 is the company’s second-generation...
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