Study: Autonomous vehicles won't make roads completely safe
A new study says that while autonomous vehicle technology has great promise to reduce crashes, it may not be able to prevent all mishaps caused by human error.
Jun 4, 2020
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Autonomous cars could revolutionise transport for disabled people – if we change the way we design
The move towards driverless cars isn't just a chance for people to relax at the wheel. It's an opportunity to revolutionise personal transport in a way that offers life-changing benefits to people with disabilities.
May 20, 2020
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Researchers developing solutions for smart city infrastructures, autonomous vehicles
FIU researchers are working to solve the problems of tomorrow. Specifically, the future of smart city infrastructures and autonomous vehicles, vehicles that can drive themselves.
Apr 22, 2020
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Linking self-driving cars to traffic signals might help pedestrians give them the green light
Automated vehicles don't have human operators to communicate their driving intentions to pedestrians at intersections. My team's research on pedestrians' perceptions of safety shows their trust of traffic lights tends to ...
Apr 21, 2020
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Researchers build disinfection robot to aid cleaners in COVID-19 outbreak
Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a semi-autonomous robot that can disinfect large surfaces quickly. The researchers are planning to have public trials to support ...
Apr 14, 2020
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System trains driverless cars in simulation before they hit the road
A simulation system invented at MIT to train driverless cars creates a photorealistic world with infinite steering possibilities, helping the cars learn to navigate a host of worse-case scenarios before cruising down real ...
Mar 24, 2020
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US revises passenger safety rules for autonomous vehicles
The U.S. government is coming out with new regulations aimed at changing automotive passenger safety standards that could be barriers to autonomous vehicles.
Mar 17, 2020
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Improving the vision of self-driving vehicles
There may be a better way for autonomous vehicles to learn how to drive themselves: by watching humans. With the help of an improved sight-correcting system, self-driving cars could learn just by observing human operators ...
Mar 6, 2020
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Autonomous vehicles can be fooled to 'see' nonexistent obstacles
Nothing is more important to an autonomous vehicle than sensing what's happening around it. Like human drivers, autonomous vehicles need the ability to make instantaneous decisions.
Mar 6, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Self-driving car trajectory tracking gets closer to human-driver ideal
Have you taken an Uber ride and disagreed with the "fastest" route that the GPS app suggested because you—or the driver—know a "better" way?
Mar 5, 2020
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