Laser attack blinds autonomous vehicles, deleting pedestrians and confusing cars
Self-driving cars, like the human drivers that preceded them, need to see what's around them to avoid obstacles and drive safely.
Oct 31, 2022
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News tagged with self-driving
Robotics
Researchers wonder what if you just put a robot in the driver's seat instead of automating the car?
A team of roboticists at the University of Tokyo has taken a new approach to autonomous driving—instead of automating the entire car, simply put a robot in the driver's seat. The group built a robot capable of driving a ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Self-driving race cars zip into history at CES
A racecar with nobody at the wheel snaked around another to snatch the lead on an oval track at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Friday in an unprecedented high-speed match between self-driving vehicles.
Jan 8, 2022
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Automotive
In Texas, driverless trucks are set to take over roads
A giant 18-wheel transport truck is barreling down a multi-lane Texas highway, and there is no one behind the wheel.
Jan 21, 2022
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Business
Amazon invests in self-driving car startup Aurora
A self-driving car technology startup founded by former Google, Tesla and Uber executives said Thursday it secured $530 million in new funding that included a "significant" investment from Amazon.
Feb 7, 2019
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Automotive
LUCIDGames: A technique to plan adaptive trajectories for autonomous vehicles
While many self-driving vehicles have achieved remarkable performance in simulations or initial trials, when tested on real streets, they are often unable to adapt their trajectories or movements based on those of other vehicles ...
Telecom
New antennas and microchips help electronics blur the line between science and sci-fi
Sophisticated antenna arrays paired with high-frequency wireless chips act like superpowers for modern electronics, boosting everything from sensing to security to data processing. In his lab at Princeton, Kaushik Sengupta ...
Jan 20, 2023
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Robotics
Algorithm quickly finds hidden objects in dense point clouds
A new MIT-developed technique enables robots to quickly identify objects hidden in a three-dimensional cloud of data, reminiscent of how some people can make sense of a densely patterned "Magic Eye" image if they observe ...
Jun 20, 2019
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Hardware
Controlling chaos using edge computing hardware: Digital twin models promise advances in computing
Systems controlled by next-generation computing algorithms could give rise to better and more efficient machine learning products, a new study suggests.
May 9, 2024
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Automotive
New AI method makes self-driving vehicles better drivers
In traffic, humans are used to constantly anticipating what will happen next. This reasoning ability is something that today's self-driving vehicles and AI systems in general are lacking. In a recent study, together with ...
Dec 2, 2021
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