It will soon be easy for self-driving cars to hide in plain sight. We shouldn’t let them
Last month, a video went viral that showed a San Francisco police officer, at night, stopping a car that didn’t have its headlights on....
Read MoreDevelopers take varied paths to autonomous trucking
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Autonomous trucking is branching into multiple approaches and each has a different route to commercialization....
Read MoreAuditing of AI is tricky, especially when it comes to assessing AI ethics compliance, and vexing too for auditing those autonomous self-driving cars
Are you familiar with this classic nursery rhyme: Old Mother Hubbard, went to the cupboard, to fetch her poor dog a bone, And when she...
Read MorePaving the way for AVs
HORIBA MIRA recently opened a £100m complex to test autonomous vehicles (AVs). To learn more, we caught up with Alastair Evanson....
Read MoreThe networking challenges confronting autonomous vehicles
In my previous article, I discussed how sensor fusion is paving the way for the future of autonomous vehicles (AVs), allowing them to...
Read MoreTransit: Getting there publicly
ModuTran ATN Vehicles in Guadalajara, Mexico, ride high in the sky. Spurred by consumer use and municipal priorities, autonomous public...
Read MoreBarriers and challenges of AV deployment
Roughly 5-10 years ago, everyone looked forward to the introduction of fully automated and autonomous systems from 2020 through to 2025 –...
Read MoreUse case: Suntrax – on track
SunTrax will open this year as a major R&D hub for autonomous vehicles. A virtuous-triangle collaboration by three compatible...
Read MoreAI ethics and the law are dabbling with AI disgorgement or all-out destruction of AI as a remedy for AI wrongdoing, possibly even for misbehaving self-driving cars
You might say that society seems nearly obsessed with indestructibility. We relish movies and sci-fi stories that showcase superhumans...
Read MoreSmelling technology could detect problems in self-driving taxis
An AI-powered nose could help robotaxi operators sniff out problematic odors — like the lingering scent of a passenger’s tuna...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles will add to traffic chaos, not solve it
In a popular video, Youtuber GCP Grey makes the claim that autonomous vehicles (AVs) will solve traffic jams. Whilst the basic logic...
Read MoreThe middle-mile delivery challenge isn’t sexy, but autonomous trucks can fix it
When you think of autonomous trucking, most of the airspace is given to the long-haul variety, especially with the driver shortage still...
Read MoreAI ethics is especially vexed by that AI confinement problem, including the knotty particulars for confining autonomous self-driving cars
The famous illusionist and acclaimed escape artist Harry Houdini once boldly declared this rather unabashed assertion: “No prison can hold...
Read MoreA new path to Level 5 autonomy
Companies have poured billions into funding and resources to develop autonomous vehicles and yet, after years of research and development,...
Read MoreTesla will envy the permit that Baidu just received
Is your Mom tech-savvy? Baidu (BIDU) – Get Baidu Inc. Report really wants to know. “Moms aren’t usually known for their...
Read MoreAutonomous trucking transition to drive job change, not job loss
The automation of the commercial trucking industry has generated concerns about the potential for mass layoffs of drivers. A growing body...
Read MoreAI ethics battling stubborn myth that AI is infallible, including that autonomous self-driving cars are going to be unfailing and error-free
AI must always be right. Wait for a second, does that sentence mean that AI is in fact always right, or does it suggest that if we are...
Read MoreTesla Full Self Driving Beta: How close to Level 5 autonomy?
Background: I purchased my Tesla Model 3 on October 22, 2019, and have 66,034 miles on the odometer. I’ve only had one significant repair,...
Read MoreGround-up design and the future of transportation
This article is the first in a three-part series that comes from a recent interview with Jesse Levinson, CTO and founder of Zoox. In this...
Read MoreLexus RZ 450e prototype drive: A new take on how driving works
Toyota and its luxury brand Lexus are no strangers to technological innovation or to pushing the boundaries of style and design. Now the...
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