New flaw in Boeing 737 forewarns emergency procedure bugs in driverless cars
Boeing is back in the news with a newly found flaw in the 737 system, sorry to say. I’ve previously pointed out that the Boeing 737 MAX...
Read MoreIntegrated Photonics Looks to Advance Safety for Lidar
The history of radar (radio detection and ranging) dates back to the 1880s when renowned German physicist Heinrich Hertz showed that radio...
Read MoreApple once envisioned retractable bumpers for its self-driving cars
Apple once dreamed of self-driving cars with retractable bumpers. In 2015, the company filed a patent for “extendable bumpers”...
Read MoreViziblezone wants to make pedestrians more visible to autonomous cars
Israel-based Viziblezone wants to make it easier for self-driving cars to spot pedestrians, even if they aren’t yet in the field of view...
Read MoreHow safe are robotaxis? BMW, Intel, Aptiv (and 8 others) just laid out a safety blueprint
Self-driving vehicles are often trumpeted as the answer to the millions of injuries and deaths that occur each year on the world’s...
Read MoreThe Nomad Wireless Charger Adds Premium Features To Its Tesla Model 3 Charger
One of the biggest design gaps in the interior of the Tesla Model 3 is the lack of integrated wireless phone charging. The folks over at...
Read MoreSuppliers need product technology strategy
Like it or not, the automotive industry’s shift to electrification is in full swing. Tesla has deservedly gotten the lion’s...
Read MoreBaidu releases Apollo 5.0 with upgrades for ‘complex’ road scenarios
Beijing-based Baidu last week quietly released the latest version of Apollo, its open source full-stack software solution for driverless...
Read MoreHow Robots May Help Automakers Cope With EV Adoption Uncertainty
The automotive industry today finds itself in a no man’s land of risk and reward and contradicting trends. While the number of electric...
Read MoreCruise is testing emergency vehicle detection for autonomous cars
Cruise is testing computer vision and sound detection AI to help autonomous cars respond to passing emergency vehicles, a company...
Read MoreHow self-driving cars will cope with unruly riders
We’ve all had occasions to rate our rideshare drivers, typically on a scale of 1 (worst) to 5 (best), but did you also know that the...
Read MoreApple’s silence hurts efforts to take drivers out of cars
It should be obvious that a car is not a smartphone. Apple Inc. is acting as if they’re the same....
Read MoreHere’s how Cruise’s autonomous cars navigate double-parked cars
Cruise, the driverless car startup acquired by GM for $581 million in 2016, today detailed in a blog post how its fleet of over 180...
Read MorePower-Monitoring IC has built-in self-diagnostic function
ROHM recently announced the availability of a power supply monitoring integrated circuit (IC), the BD39040MUF-C, with built-in self-test...
Read MoreIncreased safety through partially automated driving: the forwarding agent Wagenstetter from Forsting in Upper Bavaria tested Active Drive Assist in the new Actros
In preparation for the new Mercedes-Benz Actros, Mercedes-Benz Trucks carried out final tests with customers. One of these customers is...
Read MoreO2 and ESA to support trial exploring connectivity solutions for autonomous vehicles
O2 and the European Space Agency will be supporting ‘Project Darwin’, an ambitious four year trial programme designed to pave the way for...
Read MoreAVSimulation and ANSYS join hands for safe autonomous driving technology for automakers
AVSimulation and ANSYS have partnered to expediate the development of the safe autonomous driving technology for automakers. Under this...
Read MoreBMW Vision M Next: An autonomous car for people who love driving
There’s a fear from some that when cars drive themselves, that’ll be the end of the joy of driving. Why even get behind the...
Read MoreConfused about what automated driving can do? Tesla’s Autopilot ‘over promises,’ new report finds
Driving these days is a lot more complicated than ever, as vehicles become increasingly sophisticated with technology that helps drivers...
Read MoreApple’s self driving car could have a remote driver bring you to the hospital
A car with self-driving capabilities could hand control over to a remote operator in the event of an emergency, Apple proposes, with an...
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