Autonomous Cars October 12, 2018

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Audi taps Huawei to help power self-driving cars in China

The VergeOct. 12, 2018
Huawei will develop self-driving technology with Audi for cars that will be sold in China, the two companies announced today. The partnership will focus on …

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Govt working on guidelines for testing autonomous vehicles

RTE.ie1 hour ago
Guidelines for testing autonomous vehicles on public roads here are being worked on by the Government, it has emerged. The rules will also be supported by a …

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Self-driving cars could change the way you get around in retirement

CNBCOct. 11, 2018
Autonomous vehicles are still in the early stages of development. Many major car brands, as well as other transportation-related companies, such as Waymo …

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Can we have both efficient self-driving cars and walkable, livable …

Fast CompanyOct. 12, 2018
As a driver and a cyclist, I initially welcomed the idea of self-driving cars that could detect nearby people and be programmed not to hit them, making the streets …

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So, Self-Driving Cars Could Make Humans Unhealthier Than Ever

WIREDOct. 11, 2018
And just because cars drive themselves doesn’t mean they’ll all be … Autonomous vehicles might make the most sense in the suburbs and on highways. First of …

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Self-driving cars need a common language to talk about safety, or they …

The VergeOct. 10, 2018
There’s been a lot of talk lately about the need for a “common language” when it comes to self-driving cars. Ford recently came out in favor of standardized visual …

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Autonomous cars on US roads with no brake pedals, steering wheels …

ZDNetOct. 10, 2018
Road users in the US may soon see self-driving cars without human controls under a pilot program proposed by the US National Highway Traffic Safety …
Driverless Cars: Levels of Autonomy
Techopedia (press release)Oct. 12, 2018

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The Key to Autonomous Driving? An Impossibly Perfect Map

Wall Street JournalOct. 11, 2018
To achieve the dream of autonomous vehicles and robots, it’s going to take much more than computer vision and artificial intelligence. Cars, drones, delivery …

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First look inside self-driving taxis as Waymo prepares to launch …

CBS NewsOct. 12, 2018
For the first time, Google’s self-driving car program, Waymo, is allowing cameras inside their autonomous minivans as the company prepares to launch the …

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Self-driving cars see better with cameras that mimic mantis shrimp vision

Science NewsOct. 12, 2018
A new type of camera inspired by the eyes of mantis shrimps could help autonomous vehicles better gauge their surroundings, researchers report October 11 in …

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Arizona is creating an autonomous vehicle research institute

EngadgetOct. 12, 2018
The company describes it as an “open, transparent and technology-neutral starting point” for the industry in regards to autonomous vehicle safety. Basically, it’s …
State to open institute to develop autonomous technology
InternationalArizona Capitol TimesOct. 12, 2018

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What’s it like to run errands in a self-driving car? Some Phoenix …

USA TODAYOct. 10, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO – Later this year, Alphabet’s self-driving car company, Waymo, plans an historic first: offering a self-driving, ride-hailing fleet to the public in the …

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Pennsylvania approves its first self-driving car tests (update)

EngadgetOct. 11, 2018
Self-driving startup Aurora is the first company to receive Pennsylvania’s blessing to test autonomous vehicles on its roads. As TechCrunch noted, it’s actually …

Arizona to create self-driving car research institute with Intel

AZCentral.comOct. 12, 2018
In an attempt to make Arizona the vanguard of self-driving car research and development, Gov. Doug Ducey and Intel Corp. announced Thursday they are …

Volvo’s next generation of cars will use Nvidia’s self-driving car platform

The VergeOct. 10, 2018
Volvo has announced that it will use Nvidia’s Drive AGX Xavier computer for its next generation of vehicles. The hardware, which was announced by Nvidia in …

Waymo’s Autonomous Cars Just Hit 10 Million Miles on Public Roads

Market RealistOct. 12, 2018
Waymo, Alphabet’s (GOOGL) self-driving unit, has been testing its fleet of autonomous vehicles on public roads for the past few years. The company has recently …
Axios Autonomous Vehicles
AxiosOct. 12, 2018

Waymo, Cruise, Mobileye, and Tesla are all tackling self-driving cars …

Business InsiderOct. 10, 2018
GM will also partner with Honda to create an all-new platform for Cruise that will be a purpose-built autonomous vehicle, rather than an adaptation of an existing …

Iowa City continues looking into impact of autonomous vehicles in town

KCRGOct. 12, 2018
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – As exciting as the idea of self-driving cars is, preparing for them takes a lot of work. Iowa City is starting from the ground up by …

What Hurdles Do Self-Driving Cars Face As Waymo Gets Ready For …

ForbesOct. 5, 2018
As self-driving cars edge closer to deployment for the general public, a spate of stories from The Information, Motor Trend, and Forbes have pointed out specific …

Watch this driverless Range Rover tackle one of UK’s ‘most …

Digital TrendsOct. 12, 2018
JLR’s driverless vehicle — a modified Range Rover Sport — has been in development for several years, and its first trials on public roads took place in 2017.

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Ford patent would turn autonomous car control into a mobile game

EngadgetOct. 7, 2018
Future self-driving cars might be reliable enough to ditch the steering wheel. But what happens if you do need to take over in a pinch? With Ford, it might be as …

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The 10 skills you need to land a job working on autonomous vehicles

TechRepublicOct. 11, 2018
Few technologies are likely to have as big an impact on our daily lives over the next decade or so than autonomous vehicles. And for many developers, …

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Are autonomous vehicles the future of transport?

Manufacturer.comOct. 11, 2018
Things are shifting, things are always shifting though. Cars, buses, ships and planes are now becoming electric, autonomous and part of intelligent, connected …

On the road in Coventry with a driverless car

BBC NewsOct. 10, 2018
Driverless cars are being tested on Coventry roads as part of a three-year government-backed trial designed to prove the concept of self-drive cars. The cars use …

A new AI might offer hope for driverless cars to get better, sooner

inews.co.ukOct. 12, 2018
But engineers at Perceptive Automata have developed artificial intelligence software which enables driverless vehicles to understand the state-of-mind of people …

Mantis Shrimp-Inspired Camera Could Improve Autonomous Cars

Android HeadlinesOct. 11, 2018
Background: Machine vision technologies in self-driving cars have been mostly dependent on traditional camera systems, resulting in several accidents. At least …

Driverless cars to get new technology to behave like HUMANS – for …

Mirror.co.ukOct. 10, 2018
Driverless cars are set to become smoother and more intuitive after scientists developed technology to make them behave like humans. One of the stumbling …

Can neuroscience teach robot cars to be less annoying?

Toronto StarOct. 12, 2018
Relative to human motorists, the driverless vehicles now undergoing testing on public roads are overly cautious, maddeningly slow, and prone to abrupt halts or …

Why So Many Experts Over-Promised on the Arrival of Autonomous …

InverseOct. 10, 2018
The first is that autonomous cars are incredibly expensive right now, costing between $500,000 and $1 million to build, and most run simply for demonstration …

Safe, efficient self-driving cars could block walkable, livable communities

GreenBizOct. 9, 2018
As self-driving cars roll out, they’re already being billed as making me — and millions of American cyclists, pedestrians and vehicle passengers — safer.

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Waymo just crossed 10 million self-driving miles — but the company …

Business InsiderOct. 11, 2018
Waymo’s self-driving cars have driven more than 10 million miles. The company intends to begin a commercial rollout in Phoenix at the end of the year.

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C/C++ and Python Top List of Hot Skills for Autonomous Vehicle …

IEEE SpectrumOct. 11, 2018
It’s a good time to be an engineer with a background in self-driving cars—or even an interest in working with autonomous vehicles. According to job site …

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Pennsylvania pulls a California and allows statewide self-driving car …

MashableOct. 11, 2018
Pennsylvania is opening its roads to self-driving cars. The state authorized its first self-driving car company to test on state roads this week — and no, it wasn’t …

To crash or swerve? Study reveals which actions taken by self-driving …

Science DailyOct. 10, 2018
A crash by one of Uber Technologies, Inc.’s self-driving cars earlier this year resulted in the first pedestrian death associated with self-driving technology.

EU Rules That Any Data Your Autonomous Car Generates Can Be …

JalopnikOct. 10, 2018
In a European Union vote today about autonomous vehicle registrations, it was decided that any telemetry generated by the vehicle is copyrighted by the …

Mercedes-Benz wants to make the 2020 S-Class partially autonomous

The VergeOct. 12, 2018
The system will offer what the Society of Automotive Engineers refers to as “Level 3” autonomy, which means the car can drive itself in certain situations without …

NHTSA steps in to clear a national path for autonomous vehicle …

Autoblog (blog)Oct. 8, 2018
Almost every entity with an interest in the coming world of self-driving cars has complained about the federal government’s standoffish approach. The public and …

The UK firm hoping to take on Google’s driverless cars

BBC NewsOct. 7, 2018
This week we speak to Stan Boland, founder and chief executive of UK driverlesscar company Five AI. As firms around the world race to develop self-driving …

Self-driving cars are coming, but developers aren’t reducing parking …

The Star OnlineOct. 10, 2018
Self-driving cars may be inevitable, but few office developers want to spend money preparing for the changes they will bring. That’s the conclusion of a recent …

Start Thinking About Driverless Cars Today

GlobeSt.comOct. 9, 2018
Autonomous vehicles exist today, and while we are still years away from seeing them rise into total popularity, real estate owners should start thinking about how …

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Start Thinking About Driverless Cars Today

GlobeSt.comOct. 9, 2018
Autonomous vehicles exist today, and while we are still years away from seeing them rise into total popularity, real estate owners should start thinking about how …

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Toyota, SoftBank team up for self-driving cars

LivemintOct. 10, 2018
Tokyo: Toyota Motor Corp and SoftBank Group Corp are teaming up to develop self-driving car services, signalling deepening alliances between top …

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10 Surprising Ways Driverless Cars Will Change the World

News18Oct. 10, 2018
From increasing alcohol consumption to reducing organ donation, here’s a rather unusual list of 10 surprising ways driverless cars will change the world.

AUTOMATA to bring human intuition software to self-driving cars

The Leader Newspaper OnlineOct. 11, 2018
Perceptive Automata, a startup based in Somerville, Mass. with an office in Silicon Valley, has developed software that gives autonomous vehicles the ability to …

Cities of driverless cars: One size won’t fit all

Construction NewsOct. 12, 2018
The emerging revolution in driverless vehicles opens a new frontier of disruption in transportation and urban living. For our cities, exclusively electric CAVs …

Why you have (probably) already bought your last car

BBC NewsOct. 9, 2018
The central idea is pretty simple: Self-driving electric vehicles organised into an Uber-style network will be able to offer such cheap transport that you’ll very …

GTC Europe: Driverless cars steal show as GPU computing drives …

VerdictOct. 12, 2018
But it was autonomous vehicles that took centre stage at the GTC. Scattered around the conference were an array of autonomous vehicles and attendees could …

Driverless Cars Could Become WMDs

The Weekly StandardOct. 8, 2018
(For those who missed it, here’s the gist: Due to the all-or-nothing nature of certain classes of cyber-attack, self-driving cars and other autonomous systems can …

Hyundai to give autonomous cars “human intuition”

CarsGuideOct. 9, 2018
Hyundai wants to teach its autonomous cars to think like humans, investing in AI specialists Perceptive Automata to develop new software for self-driving …
Can neuroscience teach self-driving cars to anticipate human …
In-DepthBusiness StandardOct. 9, 2018

Toyota and SoftBank are teaming up to target self-driving car services

CNBCOct. 11, 2018
Toyota Motor and SoftBank are teaming up to develop self-driving car services, signaling deepening alliances between top automakers and tech firms as the …