Tech Xplore - autonomous cars

Autonomous car tester offers guide for first responders

Google spinoff Waymo is trying to educate emergency responders on how to deal with its autonomous vehicles.

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Road-safety regulator rapped over regulating autonomous cars

The nation's road-safety regulator is under fire again for what critics call lax oversight of tests involving autonomous vehicles.

Nov 20, 2019

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Better autonomous 'reasoning' at tricky intersections

MIT and Toyota researchers have designed a new model to help autonomous vehicles determine when it's safe to merge into traffic at intersections with obstructed views.

Nov 04, 2019

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Phoenix rises with driverless Waymo signups

Waymo's autonomous cars have started picking up passengers in Phoenix, Arizona. Let's focus on autonomous: Nobody is at the wheel. Riders-only.

Oct 30, 2019 weblog

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Helping autonomous vehicles see around corners

To improve the safety of autonomous systems, MIT engineers have developed a system that can sense tiny changes in shadows on the ground to determine if there's a moving object coming around the corner.

Oct 28, 2019

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Waymo is mapping L.A. in hopes of someday introducing driverless taxis

Waymo this week set three Chrysler Pacifica minivans crawling Los Angeles streets to make maps—but not the kind made for humans.

Oct 10, 2019

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Future intent: Would you let an automated car do the driving?

Would you be comfortable taking a nap in the driver's seat while your fully automated car did the driving?

Oct 08, 2019

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Researchers develop low-power, low-cost network for 5G connectivity

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a cheaper and more efficient method for Internet-of-Things devices to receive high-speed wireless connectivity.

Aug 29, 2019

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Bargain-hunting robocars could spell the end for downtown parking – cities need to plan ahead now

Imagine a scene from the near-future: You get dropped off downtown by a driverless car. You slam the door and head into your office or appointment. But then where does the autonomous vehicle go?

Aug 26, 2019

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Don't ban new technologies – experiment with them carefully

For many years, Facebook's internal slogan was "move fast and break things." And that's what the company did—along with most other Silicon Valley startups and the venture capitalists who fund them. Their general attitude ...

Aug 22, 2019

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Study: Older drivers need more time to react to road hazards

Imagine you're sitting in the driver's seat of an autonomous car, cruising along a highway and staring down at your smartphone. Suddenly, the car detects a moose charging out of the woods and alerts you to take the wheel. ...

Aug 08, 2019

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Bringing human-like reasoning to driverless car navigation

With aims of bringing more human-like reasoning to autonomous vehicles, MIT researchers have created a system that uses only simple maps and visual data to enable driverless cars to navigate routes in new, complex environments.

May 23, 2019

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Driverless cars working together can speed up traffic by 35%

A fleet of driverless cars working together to keep traffic moving smoothly can improve overall traffic flow by at least 35 percent, researchers have shown.

May 20, 2019

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Road test proves adaptive cruise control can add to traffic jam problem

A new, open-road test of adaptive cruise control demonstrated that the feature, designed to make driving easier by continuously adjusting a vehicle's speed in response to the car ahead, doesn't yet solve the problem of phantom ...

May 08, 2019

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Tesla CEO plans to hand the car keys to robots next year

Tesla CEO Elon Musk expects to start converting the company's electric cars into fully self-driving vehicles next year as part of an audacious plan to create a network of robotic taxis to compete against Uber and other ride-hailing ...

Apr 23, 2019

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