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“Paving” a new way to autonomous-vehicle validation

Posted on May 30, 2019 in News, Technology

Siemens has announced its PAVE360 platform. The integrated validation and simulation environment, which extends digital-twin and...

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Foretellix and Metamoto partner to deliver measurable safety of autonomous vehicles

Posted on May 30, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Foretellix, an Israel-based start-up with a mission to enable measurable safety of autonomous vehicles (AVs), and Metamoto, a provider of...

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Data security for autonomous vehicles can and should be treated with respect

Posted on May 30, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

The list of privacy and security issues that bubble up as the auto industry grapples with autonomous and shared vehicles is long and...

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Self-driving could get a big boost if this automotive radar startup is on the right track

Posted on May 29, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

The hideously difficult, costly and time-consuming development of self-driving technology hungers for breakthroughs such as the one that...

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Ford and Agility Robotics collaborate on autonomous vehicle-to-robot doorstep deliveries

Posted on May 29, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Using autonomous vehicles to deliver packages directly to the doorstep of customers, without help from humans, could be more seamless with...

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Lidar maker Velodyne wins patent challenge from rival Quanergy

Posted on May 28, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Lidar is an important component for self-driving cars, acting as the “eyes” of an autonomous vehicle alongside data fused from...

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LiDAR drives our autonomous future

Posted on May 28, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Cars, robots and other machines are becoming more intelligent thanks to several technology advances that help these smart machines operate...

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Aurora backs LiDAR after Musk bashes it

Posted on May 28, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

CEO Chris Urmson of Aurora, a pioneer in autonomous driving, said that his company bought Blackmore LiDAR, which develops and manufactures...

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Is your autonomous vehicle Sally the sports car or blood-thirsty Christine?

Posted on May 28, 2019 in Cars, Technology

When automobiles first started to appear alongside horse-drawn buggies, horses were the initial victims of the technology. They would not...

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Mercedes-Benz’s experimental safety vehicle is more than just another autonomous concept

Posted on May 26, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Self-driving vehicles are being marketed as being safer than human drivers on the road, but there’s a large picture that automakers...

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Some hard truths about autonomous driving

Posted on May 25, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Like others here at CleanTechnica, I spend plenty of time on social media among Tesla fans and the wider EV community. While we certainly...

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This is why self-driving cars suck at making unprotected left turns

Posted on May 24, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Human or robot driver, left-hand turns in a car are tough. Unprotected turns? Even harder. Cruise, the self-driving car company backed by...

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Ford wants to use human-like robots to help self-driving cars make autonomous deliveries

Posted on May 23, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Ford wants to use self-driving cars as delivery vehicles, but that presents a problem: how do the packages get from the car to the...

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In Ford’s future, two-legged robots and self-driving cars could team up on deliveries

Posted on May 23, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Autonomous vehicles might someday be able to navigate bustling city streets to deliver groceries, pizzas and other packages without a...

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MIT’s AI makes autonomous cars drive more like humans

Posted on May 23, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Creating driverless cars capable of humanlike reasoning is a long-standing pursuit of companies like Waymo, GM’s Cruise, Uber, and others....

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Udacity, Mercedes-Benz create sensor fusion nanodegree as demand for self-driving car engineers rises

Posted on May 21, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Udacity and Mercedes-Benz’s North American R&D lab have developed curriculum for a sensor fusion nanodegree, the latest effort by the...

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Blickfeld and Koito announce the integration of LiDAR for autonomous vehicles

Posted on May 21, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Blickfeld a leading provider of solid-state LiDAR technology, and Koito Manufacturing, the leading global tier-one supplier of exterior...

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Researchers say ‘spidey senses’ could help self-driving vehicles avoid hazards

Posted on May 21, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Researchers want to give cars, planes and drones “spidey senses.” That is, they want to give autonomous machines sensors that...

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See mini self-driving cars work together to improve traffic flow

Posted on May 21, 2019 in Cars, Technology

On Monday, a team from the University of Cambridge unveiled a video featuring a fleet of mini robot cars capable of autonomously switching...

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Princeton summit bolsters driverless cars for all, including the mobility marginalized

Posted on May 21, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Professor Alain Kornhauser is a veritable force of nature when it comes to pursuing the cause of the mobility marginalized in the race...

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