When will self-driving cars be on the road?Quartz - Sarah KesslerCars 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 Sharingnature.com Sharing rides could drastically improve the efficiency of car and taxi transportation. Unleashing such potential, however, requires understanding how …
Uber is winning the driverless race, even though it isn't using its own cars — here's whyBusiness Insider - Danielle MuoioUber 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 algorithmLos Angeles Times - By Tracey LienParked 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 PittsburghWIRED - 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 UberThe New York Times - By MIKE ISAACPITTSBURGH — 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
Play button Behind the wheel of Uber's new self-driving car, which hits the road todayThe Verge - Andrew J. HawkinsOn 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 River sparkled through
Uber’s First Self-Driving Fleet Arrives in Pittsburgh This MonthBloomberg - Max Chafkin 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 ItWIRED - 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 carMashable - Nick JaynesGoogle'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, not the human occupant. Arguably, steering wheel-less
Meet The First Autonomous Car That Can Drive StickJalopnik - 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 businessChicago Tribune - By Becky YerakThe "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
Play button Steering Wheel-Free, Driverless Bus Shows the Future of Mass TransitFortune - 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-oneThe Washington Post - By Matt McFarlandTwo 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
Play button Big Automakers Need Nokia’s Maps For Their Driverless Car FuturePopular Science - Dave GershgornAudi, 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,
Play button Ford Puts Its Driverless Cars on the Snowy Streets of MichiganNBC News - Devin ColdeweyFord 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 up lane
Ford Talks CES News, Self-Driving Cars, and Autonomous LiabilityRoad & Track - By Andrew Del-ColleAn 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 B2BVentureBeat - Jamie Grenney, InferThe 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
Play buttonAutonomous Vehicles This is what London looks like through a self-driving car’s eyesDigital 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 …
Will your driverless car kill you so others may live?Los Angeles Times - By Eric SchwitzgebelIt'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 CarsInc Magazine - Inc. MagazineThe 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 debutafr.com - Yolanda Redrup 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 wheelLos Angeles Times - By Andrea ChangIn 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
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoTransportation Transport minister in driverless car runs over stuffed kangaroo9news.com.au - 9News South Australian Transport Minister Stephen Mullighan was left ruing the day after misadventure struck during a driverless car demonstration in …
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Toyota Toyota Creates $1 Billion AI, Robotics Institute In US - InformationWeekinformationweek.com Toyota will invest $1 billion to create an AI and robotics research institute headed by former DARPA project manager and MIT professor Gill Pratt. …
5 Cities With Driverless Public Buses On The Streets Right NowGizmodo - 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 - Olivia GoldhillImagine 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
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FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Self-flying drone dips, darts and dives through trees at 30 mph | MIT CSAILmit.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 …
