With drones and other autonomous vehicles, safety must come first
Two decades ago, a semiautonomous, self-balancing, multipropeller aircraft would have been cutting-edge technology, hardly available at...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars as bait cars to catch those dastardly car thieves
Bait cars are said to be the equivalent of a four-wheeled mousetrap. In case you’ve never heard the expression “bait cars” before, the...
Read MoreTorc Robotics selects Amazon for cloud computing
Last month, Torc Robotics, a company developing autonomous trucks, decided to go with Amazon for its cloud computing needs. When I first...
Read MoreApple’s car would rattle premium automakers most, report says
Traditional premium automakers have the most to fear from a potential launch of a car by Apple, analysts at Bernstein believe, citing its...
Read MoreMeet the key players from the red-hot self-driving space
The race to get self-driving vehicles mainstream has been accelerating of late, with auto and tech giants racing toward automated...
Read MoreWhile Apple negotiating autonomous driving technology with several lidar suppliers, WIMI Hologram Cloud plans to develop new products to broaden the vehicle market
HONG KONG, March 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tailor Insight, the fintech market research organization, recently released a research...
Read MoreThe food delivery robots preparing us for autonomous cars
The 1970s TV commercial for Smash, Cadbury’s instant mashed potato, famously featured a group of Martian robots mocking humans for mashing...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars aiming to change our most favorite of car colors
What color is your car? I’m sure that you’ve made a perfect choice for your car....
Read More4 potential autonomous driving futures
The 2020s will see the electric vehicle market explode in terms of sales, but it feels like last decade was the decade of electric...
Read MoreTesla’s beta “self-driving” software sure seems heavy on the beta
Imagine you are grading a driving test. In the roughly half hour you’re on the road, the driver fails to properly pick a lane,...
Read MoreCan shared mobility survive the pandemic?
Sharing, we are taught at an impressionable age, is good for you. That lesson certainly holds true for urban transportation, since streets...
Read MoreBring Your Own Algorithm (BYOA) for self-driving cars is not as crazy as it might seem
I’m sure that you are familiar with BYOB. Some say that BYOB stands for bring your own beverage. Alternatively, the popular saying refers...
Read MoreBehind the wheel at Indy? A computer.
As racing fans, we are about to enter a new chapter of the sport — autonomous race car competition....
Read MoreNext-gen vehicles demand advanced sensor solutions
With all of the talk around the development of more intelligent autonomous and assisted-driving systems to address the next generation of...
Read MoreNew products for pedestrian `see me’ wearable safety gear being spurred by self-driving cars
Pedestrians have a tough life. When trying to cross the street, ostensibly you’re taking your life into your hands as you dare to go in...
Read MoreRobo-drivers: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Robots drivers, we’re told, could reduce traffic deaths. That might be possible someday. But it is highly implausible that switching...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars and those brazen dogs that love to chase after passing cars
Dogs relish chasing after all kinds of objects such as weathered tennis balls and worn-out frisbees. Unfortunately, dogs also delight in...
Read MoreLidar may be harmful to people & cameras
Jim Park at Truckinginfo.com wrote an interesting story questioning the safety of lidar systems. Some types of lidar could potentially...
Read MoreAutonomy’s elephant in the room: Who’s liable when a self-driving truck causes a crash?
Advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) have been widely adopted by motor carriers for collision mitigation, automatic cruise control, lane...
Read MoreA federal agency warns Tesla tests unfinished driverless tech on its users
A federal agency is calling for tougher requirements on testing autonomous driving, and the proposed changes could eventually force Tesla...
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