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With drones and other autonomous vehicles, safety must come first

Posted on Mar 23, 2021 in Perspective

Two decades ago, a semiautonomous, self-balancing, multipropeller aircraft would have been cutting-edge technology, hardly available at...

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Self-driving cars as bait cars to catch those dastardly car thieves

Posted on Mar 23, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

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...

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Torc Robotics selects Amazon for cloud computing

Posted on Mar 23, 2021 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

Last month, Torc Robotics, a company developing autonomous trucks, decided to go with Amazon for its cloud computing needs. When I first...

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Apple’s car would rattle premium automakers most, report says

Posted on Mar 23, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Traditional premium automakers have the most to fear from a potential launch of a car by Apple, analysts at Bernstein believe, citing its...

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Meet the key players from the red-hot self-driving space

Posted on Mar 22, 2021 in Perspective

The race to get self-driving vehicles mainstream has been accelerating of late, with auto and tech giants racing toward automated...

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While Apple negotiating autonomous driving technology with several lidar suppliers, WIMI Hologram Cloud plans to develop new products to broaden the vehicle market

Posted on Mar 22, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

HONG KONG, March 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tailor Insight, the fintech market research organization, recently released a research...

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The food delivery robots preparing us for autonomous cars

Posted on Mar 21, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

The 1970s TV commercial for Smash, Cadbury’s instant mashed potato, famously featured a group of Martian robots mocking humans for mashing...

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Self-driving cars aiming to change our most favorite of car colors

Posted on Mar 20, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

What color is your car? I’m sure that you’ve made a perfect choice for your car....

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4 potential autonomous driving futures

Posted on Mar 20, 2021 in Perspective

The 2020s will see the electric vehicle market explode in terms of sales, but it feels like last decade was the decade of electric...

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Tesla’s beta “self-driving” software sure seems heavy on the beta

Posted on Mar 20, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

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,...

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Can shared mobility survive the pandemic?

Posted on Mar 18, 2021 in Perspective

Sharing, we are taught at an impressionable age, is good for you. That lesson certainly holds true for urban transportation, since streets...

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Bring Your Own Algorithm (BYOA) for self-driving cars is not as crazy as it might seem

Posted on Mar 18, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

I’m sure that you are familiar with BYOB. Some say that BYOB stands for bring your own beverage. Alternatively, the popular saying refers...

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Behind the wheel at Indy? A computer.

Posted on Mar 17, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

As racing fans, we are about to enter a new chapter of the sport — autonomous race car competition....

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Next-gen vehicles demand advanced sensor solutions

Posted on Mar 17, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

With all of the talk around the development of more intelligent autonomous and assisted-driving systems to address the next generation of...

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New products for pedestrian `see me’ wearable safety gear being spurred by self-driving cars

Posted on Mar 16, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

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...

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Robo-drivers: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Posted on Mar 16, 2021 in Perspective

Robots drivers, we’re told, could reduce traffic deaths. That might be possible someday. But it is highly implausible that switching...

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Self-driving cars and those brazen dogs that love to chase after passing cars

Posted on Mar 14, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Dogs relish chasing after all kinds of objects such as weathered tennis balls and worn-out frisbees. Unfortunately, dogs also delight in...

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Lidar may be harmful to people & cameras

Posted on Mar 12, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

Jim Park at Truckinginfo.com wrote an interesting story questioning the safety of lidar systems. Some types of lidar could potentially...

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Autonomy’s elephant in the room: Who’s liable when a self-driving truck causes a crash?

Posted on Mar 12, 2021 in Perspective, Trucks

Advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) have been widely adopted by motor carriers for collision mitigation, automatic cruise control, lane...

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A federal agency warns Tesla tests unfinished driverless tech on its users

Posted on Mar 12, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

A federal agency is calling for tougher requirements on testing autonomous driving, and the proposed changes could eventually force Tesla...

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