Waymo open-sources data set for autonomous vehicle multimodal sensors
Waymo, the Alphabet subsidiary that hopes to someday pepper roads with self-driving taxis, today pulled back the curtains on a portion of...
Read MoreDoorDash eyes autonomous food delivery with latest acquisition
It’s no secret that DoorDash wants to deliver your food with autonomous vehicles. Early this year it partnered with GM to test...
Read MoreAutonomous mobility and the mythical mass market
In the fall of 2002, Microsoft announced the Smart Personal Objects Initiative (SPOT), which aimed to inject software into everyday...
Read MoreResearchers look into keeping autonomous vehicles from becoming mobile vomitoriums
If you’re like me, and I’m just going to assume most of you are, motion sickness is a serious consideration on any car trip where you’re...
Read MoreWaymo: Building cars is a “distraction” from self-driving tech
When it comes to building and perfecting the self-driving car, some companies have elected to build a full vehicle from the ground up,...
Read MoreThousands of autonomous delivery robots are about to descend on US college campuses
The quintessential college experience of getting pizza delivered to your dorm room is about to get a high-tech upgrade. On Tuesday,...
Read MoreMolex demonstrates strength in autonomous vehicle design with V2X next generation capabilities at AV 2019
LISLE, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Molex, a leading supplier of high-speed networking, datacom, rugged industrial and automotive...
Read MoreFirst on-demand autonomous shuttle trial opens to the public
Singapore’s first on-demand autonomous shuttle public trial has been officially launched at Sentosa, marking a major milestone since...
Read MoreAutonomous technology requires caution — and a leap of faith
Historically, every wave of technological innovation — especially those that directly impact human well-being — has had...
Read MoreDoorDash acquires autonomous driving startup Scotty Labs
DoorDash has been on an acquisition tear of late, with Scotty Labs as its latest target. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but this...
Read MoreWaymo expands driverless car testing to Florida
Google parent company Alphabet’s Waymo today announced that it will soon begin piloting autonomous cars in Florida, expanding from its...
Read MoreUK to invest £2 million autonomous vehicle cybersecurity
Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) has joined hands with Zenzic and Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation to...
Read MoreQueensland government unveils Renault Zoe autonomous car
The Queensland government has unveiled a Renault Zoe2 based autonomous vehicle that comes loaded with high-tech sensors, Lidar, cameras,...
Read MoreTesla is updating its wiring system for redundancy in self-driving
Tesla has been working on updating its wiring system with a new ‘high speed’ architecture that includes more redundancy, which the...
Read MoreExec warns of too much public road AV testing
A whistleblower who alerted Uber officials to safety problems in the company’s self-driving program days before a fatal crash has a...
Read MoreHow Tesla’s path to self-driving cars is different from others
The race to fully autonomous vehicles is on. In April, Elon Musk declared that Tesla should have over a million level 5 autonomous...
Read MoreThe past, present, and future of self-driving cars
Cars will eventually drive themselves. But it’s probably going to take longer than we hope. Realists in the industry, such as Gill Pratt,...
Read MoreTier IV raises $9M from Quanta Computer to develop reference model for ECUs for autonomous driving
Tier IV, Inc. has raised about $9 million from Quanta Computer, Inc. in a Series A extension round following the previous $100+ million...
Read MoreWhen an autonomous car is in a crash, who’s liable? (Good question.)
Who is liable when an autonomous vehicle is involved in a car crash? It’s a question yet to be answered, and one the Governors Highway...
Read MoreTeaching autonomous cars to drive in parking lots is a tricky test for Waymo
Parking lots are some of the most dangerous places for pedestrians and automobile passengers alike. While parking lots are tricky for...
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