My Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta 10.69 first drive was a fail
I went on my first test drive of Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta 10.69.2, the latest big FSD software update, and unfortunately, it was a...
Read MoreMono-camera object-pose estimation in autonomous driving systems
Autonomous vehicles must operate safely on the road and select optimal routes. Overall safety and efficiency are established through the...
Read MoreCarmakers play numbers game in $53 billion self-driving splurge
In BloombergNEF’s latest road transport outlook report, we see autonomous vehicles accounting for roughly 8% of the kilometers that...
Read MoreConnected revolution: The future of US auto insurance
Most consumers are used to buying a car and insurance separately—and the latter can be a laborious process. Consider a hypothetical US...
Read MoreAlphabet’s (GOOGL) Waymo makes way to Bellevue, boosts efforts
Alphabet GOOGL is leaving no stone unturned to expand its Waymo ride-hailing service across the United States....
Read MoreUsing GNSS and terrestrial radio ranging for automated vehicle positioning
There’s so much discussion around automated vehicles in the mainstream press these days, that it’s easy to forget some of the critical...
Read MoreInfrastructure can limit delivery robots as much as tech
For all of their futuristic bling and pandemic promise, self-operating sidewalk delivery robots may not be ready for prime time just yet —...
Read MoreThere’s no driving test for self-driving cars in the US — But there should be
Tesla’s “Full-Self Driving” (FSD) driver-assist feature does not offer what its name promises. Although Tesla CEO Elon Musk portrays the...
Read MoreTruly autonomous cars may be impossible without helpful human touch
MILTON KEYNES, England, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Autonomous vehicle (AV) startups have raised tens of billions of dollars based on...
Read MoreFuture of autonomous cars with Blockchain
While tech giant Google is testing autonomous cars, prestigious car makers around the world are making the vehicles safe with 5G,...
Read MoreThe ethical and moral conundrum of self driving cars
You have probably heard these phrases your entire life, “trust your instincts”, and “trust your gut intuition”. Those moments when you...
Read MoreExploring XPeng’s self-driving tech live — 1 hour+, no interventions!
I recently went on an exclusive test drive of XPeng’s “City Navigation Guided Pilot” (CNGP) in the city of Guangzhou, China — virtually. I...
Read MoreIs the FUTURE electric, autonomous, or both?
Autonomous and electric vehicles are often used interchangeably when referring to future mobility, and while the two concepts overlap,...
Read MoreWhere self-driving is headed
Back in 2007, I was a core member of the MIT DARPA Urban Challenge team. We built one of the first self-driving cars to operate in urban...
Read MorePeachtree Corners takes 5G use cases to new heights
I recently spent a day at the Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners. Peachtree Corners is a small suburb northeast of Atlanta, nestled in a...
Read MoreWhat is reinforcement learning? How AI trains itself
Machine learning (ML) might be considered the core subset of artificial intelligence (AI), and reinforcement learning may be the...
Read MoreIt’s time to embrace the tech that could confront the crisis in aging
A constellation of technologies can help aging populations thrive and live independently — and for longer. These include AI and...
Read MoreSelf-driving hubris
Humans found horses 30,000 years ago. For the most part, the horses served as food. In South America, horses were hunted to extinction. It...
Read MoreWhy we invested in Faction
TDK Ventures has identified the energy-saving and environmental advantages that electric vehicles can deliver as a major focus area for...
Read MoreWill transit agencies fight or yield to the self-driving revolution?
Transit operators and transit fans have, since almost the beginning, cast a wary eye on the arrival of the self-driving car, and in...
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