Ford wants to use human-like robots to help self-driving cars make autonomous deliveries
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...
Read MoreIn Ford’s future, two-legged robots and self-driving cars could team up on deliveries
Autonomous vehicles might someday be able to navigate bustling city streets to deliver groceries, pizzas and other packages without a...
Read MoreMIT’s AI makes autonomous cars drive more like humans
Creating driverless cars capable of humanlike reasoning is a long-standing pursuit of companies like Waymo, GM’s Cruise, Uber, and others....
Read MoreUdacity, Mercedes-Benz create sensor fusion nanodegree as demand for self-driving car engineers rises
Udacity and Mercedes-Benz’s North American R&D lab have developed curriculum for a sensor fusion nanodegree, the latest effort by the...
Read MoreBlickfeld and Koito announce the integration of LiDAR for autonomous vehicles
Blickfeld a leading provider of solid-state LiDAR technology, and Koito Manufacturing, the leading global tier-one supplier of exterior...
Read MoreResearchers say ‘spidey senses’ could help self-driving vehicles avoid hazards
Researchers want to give cars, planes and drones “spidey senses.” That is, they want to give autonomous machines sensors that...
Read MoreSee mini self-driving cars work together to improve traffic flow
On Monday, a team from the University of Cambridge unveiled a video featuring a fleet of mini robot cars capable of autonomously switching...
Read MorePrinceton summit bolsters driverless cars for all, including the mobility marginalized
Professor Alain Kornhauser is a veritable force of nature when it comes to pursuing the cause of the mobility marginalized in the race...
Read MoreMercedes-Benz safety-car concept monitors the road ahead and your kids
Before humans give up the wheel for good, Mercedes-Benz believes there will be a transitional period where people and machines share the...
Read MoreWind River Systems partners with autonomous vehicle security startup Karamba
California-based software developer Wind River Systems Inc. has partnered with Israel-based Karamba Security Ltd., a developer of...
Read MoreHand gestures and horses: Waymo’s self-driving service learns to woo the public
On a sunny spring day in suburban Phoenix, a white minivan stops at a crosswalk to let a man pass. He gives the vehicle a wave, signaling...
Read MoreNo, Nissan’s position on Lidar is not the same as Elon Musk’s
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s recent disparagement of the laser scanning technology called lidar, calling it a “crutch” and any...
Read MoreUltrafast motion-planning chip could make autonomous cars safer
About two years ago, we covered a research project from Duke University that sped up motion planning for a tabletop robot arm by several...
Read MoreDataspeed and Cepton partner to bring LiDAR to autonomous vehicle
Dataspeed Inc., an autonomous vehicle (AV) solution provider has announced a partnership with Cepton Technologies, Inc., a provider of 3D...
Read MoreForetellix launches new approach to testing autonomous vehicle safety
Israeli startup Foretellix has launched a revolutionary autonomous vehicle development tool, Foretify, which brings a proven...
Read MoreBlind trust, culture clashes and robot empathy: Mercedes-Benz on autonomous cars
At CES 2019, Mercedes-Benz revealed the Urbanetic autonomous shuttle, a futuristic proof-of-concept to illustrate the kind of work that is...
Read MoreLooking at the different stages of autonomous vehicle testing – and why they’re so crucial to rolling out the tech
Autonomous vehicle testing is well underway – but more real-world experiments are needed to prove the technology’s safety, say experts....
Read MoreHow Nissan’s ‘invisible-to-visible’ tech could pave the way for autonomous cars
Nissan’s engineers are working on more than just cars. At CES 2019, the Japanese automaker unveiled “invisible-to-visible” (I2V) tech that...
Read MoreMaserati to use BMW self-driving technology, Elkann says
Maserati will be the first of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ brands to use self-driving technology being developed with BMW AG, Fiat...
Read MoreGroundbreaking driverless car project showcases vision for a connected transport future
The multi-organisational team behind the £5.5 million FLOURISH connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) project is today [Monday 13 May]...
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