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A timeline of when self-driving cars will be on the road, according to the people making them
Quartz - By Sarah Kessler
Cars are already driving themselves on roads in California, Texas, Arizona, Washington, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. Though they are still restricted to specific test areas and driving conditions, it’s
Scaling Law of Urban Ride Sharing
nature.com
Abstract Sharing rides could drastically improve the efficiency of car and taxi transportation. Unleashing such potential, however, requires …
Uber is winning the driverless race, even though it isn't using its own cars — here's why
Business Insider - Danielle Muoio
Uber just edged ahead in the driverless car arms race. The company made a huge move Wednesday when it released its self-driving car to the public for the first time. As part of its pilot program, select
My ride in a self-driving Uber; or how I learned to stop worrying and trust the algorithm - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By Tracey Lien
Parked outside a warehouse by the Allegheny River was Uber's vision of the future: 14 Ford Fusions, each mounted with conspicuous cameras, antennae and sensors. A lumpy lidar unit, which uses light to
We Take a Ride in the Self-Driving Uber Now Roaming Pittsburgh
WIRED - Alex Davies
My Uber ride starts the same way as they always do. I pull out my phone and fire up the app. I confirm my location, punch in my destination, and …
What It Feels Like to Ride in a Self-Driving Uber
The New York Times - By MIKE ISAAC
PITTSBURGH — I’m parked on a patch of gravel outside the old Heinz ketchup bottling factory here early on a Monday morning, and I’m frustrated. My Uber self-driving car will not start driving itself. engineer
Behind the wheel of Uber's new self-driving car, which hits the road today
The Verge - Andrew J. Hawkins
Get ready, Pittsburgh On Monday, I found myself behind the wheel of a Ford Fusion driving down a Pittsburgh street lined with gorgeous Romanesque brick factories. The sky was a cloudless blue, the Allegheny
Uber’s First Self-Driving Fleet Arrives in Pittsburgh This Month
Bloomberg
Near the end of 2014, Uber co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick flew to Pittsburgh on a mission: to hire dozens of the world’s …
Oh You’ll Get Used to Robo-Cars—Uber Will Make Sure of It
WIRED - Margaret Rhodes
When Uber's self-driving Volvos hit the streets of Pittsburgh later this summer, each vehicle will be crewed by a couple of Uber employees, just in …
Really, you don't want a steering wheel in your self-driving car
Mashable - Nick Jaynes
Google's prototypes of driverless cars don't have steering wheels. Simply put, they don't need them. That's because the driving system is the driver, …
Meet The First Autonomous Car That Can Drive Stick
Jalopnik - Jason Torchinsky
The first autonomous car designed and built in India is a big deal. So is the fact that the project was done by a small team, led by Dr. Roshy John …
Allstate: Driverless cars could threaten our business
Chicago Tribune - Becky Yerak
The "Good Hands People" are getting a little worried about cars that don't require anyone's hands on the wheel. In its 2015 annual report, filed Friday, Allstate acknowledged that driverless cars are potential
Steering Wheel-Free, Driverless Bus Shows the Future of Mass Transit
Fortune - David Z. Morris
The first self-driving bus to operate on fully public roads debuted in the Netherlands last week. The bus, known as a WEpod, had an inaugural …
This robot didn’t even use the right club and still got a hole-in-one
The Washington Post - By Matt McFarland
Two months after it first held a golf club, LDRIC — pronounced Eldrick — can already hit shots most golfers only dream of. The robot turned heads Wednesday at the Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, Ariz. with
Big Automakers Need Nokia’s Maps For Their Driverless Car Future
Popular Science - By Dave Gershgorn
Audi, BMW, and Daimler fight Uber and Google with sweet, sweet data The future landscape of the autonomous car industry is beginning to take shape with the impending acquisition of Nokia’s mapping software,
Ford Puts Its Driverless Cars on the Snowy Streets of Michigan
NBC News - By Devin Coldewey
Innovation Ford is getting a head start on making their autonomous cars feel at home in the snow, a condition that can be tricky for driverless vehicle systems. The winter weather coats the ground, covering
Ford Talks CES News, Self-Driving Cars, and Autonomous Liability
Road & Track - By Andrew Del-Colle
An interview with Raj Nair, Ford's vice president of product development and chief technology officer. We didn't hear anything about the rumored partnership between Google and Ford at CES this week, but
5 questions raised by self-driving cars — and what they mean for B2B
VentureBeat - Jamie Grenney, Infer
The thought of self-driving cars on the road seems like a distant dream, yet they’re on the road today, and will be available to the general public within five years. Similarly, in the B2B world, artificial
This is what London looks like through a self-driving car’s eyes
Digital Trends - Lulu Chang
If cars could talk, they’d say, “Wow.” At least, if those cars were of the self-driving variety and are as impressed as we are by stunning …
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Will your driverless car kill you so others may live? - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By Eric Schwitzgebel
It's 2025. You and your daughter are riding in a driverless car along Pacific Coast Highway. The autonomous vehicle rounds a corner and detects a crosswalk full of children. It brakes, but your lane is
Uber Partners With University to Work on Mapping, Self-Driving Cars
Inc Magazine - Inc. Magazine
The ride-hailing company expands its research of autonomous car technology. Uber is partnering with the University of Arizona to develop mapping technology as the ride-hailing company expands its research
Robot bricklayer that can build a home in two days impresses on ASX debut
afr.com
Fastbrick Robotics chief executive Mike Pivac said the robots would be able to build a house faster and more accurately than traditional methods. "The …
The future of autos: fewer humans at the wheel - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By Andrea Chang
In the not-so-far-off future, teens won't bother getting driver's licenses, consumers will shun owning their own cars, and taxis will be replaced by "taxibots." That's the world described by speakers the
Transport minister in driverless car runs over stuffed kangaroo
9news.com.au - 12:31pm Nov 8, 2015
South Australian Transport Minister Stephen Mullighan was left ruing the day after misadventure struck during a driverless car demonstration in …
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Join us for a roundup of the top stories on InformationWeek.com for the week of November 6, 2016. We'll be talking with the InformationWeek.com …
5 Cities With Driverless Public Buses On The Streets Right Now
Gizmodo - Alissa Walker
Last week it was announced that the US will be getting its first driverless bus fleet in a Bay Area office park as soon as next year. But say you …
Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian?
Quartz - By Olivia Goldhill
Imagine you’re in a self-driving car, heading towards a collision with a group of pedestrians. The only other option is to drive off a cliff. What should the car do? Philosophers have been debating a moral
Self-flying drone dips, darts and dives through trees at 30 mph
mit.edu - Written By
A researcher from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) has developed an obstacle-detection system that allows a drone to …