Lidar gets rid of moving parts thanks to liquid-crystal metasurfaces
The market for lidar sensors for use in autonomous vehicles is now hotly contested; almost every month a new supplier appears on the...
Read MoreRicardo develops technology to avoid motion sickness in autonomous vehicles
With a widespread public expectation that autonomous vehicles will offer comfort levels approaching those of a living room environment,...
Read MoreVelodyne’s Godfather of laser sensors hits $500 million milestone, sets his sights on safer self-driving cars
Spinning laser lidar sensors, invented by Velodyne’s David Hall more than a decade ago, helped kick off a race to create self-driving...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicle timing is a MEMS thing
Engineering is always about tradeoffs, but autonomous vehicles are pushing that to the limit with conflicting requirements....
Read MoreOn the ‘edge’ with driverless cars
How soon will it be before you pull up at a stop light in your car, and the car next to you has no one behind the wheel? Maybe sooner than...
Read MoreReducing human error road accidents with automotive technology
Human error in road accidents is estimated at 94 percent, making mistakes by drivers a major concern for public safety. In order to get a...
Read MoreON Semiconductor and 3M collaborate to accelerate automated vehicle technology
ON Semiconductor and 3M have mutually announced their partnership to help improve the navigation systems in vehicles equipped with...
Read MoreFord develops lighting signals for driverless cars to ‘speak’ to pedestrians
When it comes to signaling, light is one of the most reliable methods for catching someone’s attention in busy locations. This...
Read MoreDriverless trucks ride at night with TuSimple’s improved camera system
In its quest to roll out the country’s first commercialized fleet of autonomous trucks, TuSimple has added an improved camera and vision...
Read MoreToyota doubles down on Nvidia tech for self-driving cars
Toyota is deepening its relationship with Nvidia as the automaker, and its research arms in Japan and the U.S., ramps up its autonomous...
Read MoreA new startup aims to be a ‘Designated Driver’ for autonomous vehicles in need of assistance
In 1997, General Motors introduced OnStar, a cellular communications system allowing a driver to connect to a human operator at the touch...
Read MoreNvidia’s Safety Force Field is ‘mathematically’ designed to prevent autonomous vehicle crashes
Today at Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, CEO Jensen Huang detailed the latest developments regarding the chipmaker’s...
Read MoreHow TomTom is evolving for autonomous vehicles
To many, TomTom is a brand synonymous with satellite navigation (“Sat Nav”) devices plastered to car windshields. But behind the scenes,...
Read MoreWhat the Boeing 737 Max can teach us about self-driving cars (and the dangers of machine learning)
We don’t yet know exactly what happened with the Boeing 737 Max crashes. But it’s clear from other non-fatal 737 Max incidents...
Read MoreIs Tesla Autopilot way ahead of rivals in self-driving race? Video
Sure, Tesla Autopilot is still a “hands-on” system. To say that there haven’t been problems caused by the technology would be a lie....
Read MoreStatic analysis cracks the code to bug-free autonomous vehicles
Unlike a glitch in a desktop computer, bugs found in autonomous vehicle (AV) software could be more than just inconvenient. Travelling at...
Read MoreApple’s self-driving cars could automatically take pictures of points of interest for drivers
Self-driving vehicle systems are complex to produce, with many different elements working together to monitor the local area for hazards...
Read MoreHD maps—the hidden sensors that help autonomous vehicles see round corners
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) will use vision sensors to scrutinise all visible elements of the road, but cameras and laser scanners cannot...
Read MoreThe dirty business of keeping autonomous vehicles clean
For most drivers, keeping a car clean is a laborious task performed primarily for aesthetic reasons. However, for an autonomous vehicle...
Read MoreToyota reveals ‘self-driving electric moon car’ as Japan prepares to land astronauts on the moon
Japan is planning a moon landing for 2029 and wants its astronauts to explore the lunar surface in a vehicle built by Japanese automaker...
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