How does Tesla Autopilot handle a typical daily commute?
It’s dark and raining, plus the traffic is relatively heavy at times. Tesla owner and popular YouTube influencer Andy Slye takes us...
Read MoreCan robotaxis ease public transport fears in China?
The rise of self-driving taxis in China comes at a time when people are nervous about taking public transport. Robotaxi providers plan to...
Read MoreVideo Friday: Robot startup Refraction AI testing contactless food delivery
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. We’ll also be posting a weekly...
Read MoreAs Waymo resumes self-driving tests, backup drivers are still worried about the virus
Waymo is planning to resume testing its autonomous vehicles in Arizona on May 11th, nearly two months after pausing its robotaxi service...
Read MoreCutting through the self-driving hype
As recently as March 2020, AI analyst Emerj pointed out that despite the bullish public pronouncements of the auto industry CEOs it is...
Read MoreDiscover China: Self-driving taxi service promotes smart travel
CHANGSHA, May 6 (Xinhua) — Liu Xinlin, 22, experienced her first ride in a self-driving taxi in Changsha, capital of central...
Read MoreThe relentless startup fast-tracking Ford’s self-driving cars
LIKE THE RESIDENTS of many cities that boomed before the advent of cars—and before the arrival of the coronavirus—the people of Pittsburgh...
Read MoreFord shares a year’s worth of self-driving car data
Self-driving vehicles require massive amounts of data, which can be difficult to obtain without vehicles equipped with cameras and LiDAR...
Read MoreFrost & Sullivan assesses impact of autonomous cars and EVs on test & measurement market
ADAS testing is estimated to experience the most growth, totaling $659.9 million by 2025 SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/...
Read MoreCentral operating systems – what do they mean for driverless cars?
If you were to travel back to the 1950s, when the world’s first true (it looked nothing like a modern-day OS, by the way) was helping...
Read MoreWhile COVID-19 batters the airlines, driverless car technology marches on
A while back, my colleague and I wrote an article about how driverless cars will disrupt the airline industry. We were not the first ones...
Read MoreNavy releases UFO videos, AI self-driving cars might solve these mysteries
Last week, the Navy released some UFO videos. The videos have stoked quite a mystery. First, the backstory....
Read MoreIntel to buy smart urban transit startupMoovit for $1B to boost its autonomous car division
Some big M&A is afoot in Israel in the world of smart transportation. According to multiple reports and sources that have contacted...
Read MoreAI might trick us by pretending to be dimwitted, including for self-driving cars
AI is not yet akin to human intelligence and the odds are that we are a long way distant from the promise of such vaunted capabilities....
Read MoreSelf-driving cars in the U.S. are delivering supplies – and gathering data – during COVID-19
Self-driving cars, trucks, sidewalk robots and shuttles are rolling out of the labs and parking garages and onto American streets to help...
Read MoreTesla confirms self-driving as a subscription service but brace yourself for the price
Tesla has confirmed that it will offer its Full Self-Driving package (FSD) as a subscription service, but you should brace yourself for...
Read More“We’re concerned for automakers,” says JD Power exec — Survey finds weak EV &autonomy consumer confidence & awareness
Automakers are investing billions of dollars in new technologies, but consumers don’t seem to understand how these features work or why...
Read MoreDriving to nowhere: Why we purposely use our cars for purposeless driving, and the impact for self-driving cars
The drive to nowhere. The latest media reporting indicates that people are increasingly opting to go for drives to escape their...
Read MoreJoint venture to launch next phase of Ruter’s self-driving trials
Ruter, Holo, Toyota Motor Europe and Sensible 4 have signed a contract to collaboratively trial the integration of self-driving technology...
Read MoreSelf-driving vehicles get in on the delivery scene amid COVID-19
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Self-driving cars, trucks, sidewalk robots and shuttles are rolling out of the labs and parking garages...
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