The robot car industry just acknowledged it has an image problem
6 years, 2 months ago

The robot car industry just acknowledged it has an image problem

LA Times  

For the driverless car industry, 2018 saw technology breakthroughs. The group said it will “seek to bring realistic, factual information to policymakers and the public so consumers and decision-makers understand the technology, its current state and its future potential — including the benefits in safety, mobility and sustainability.” “We want to make sure that consumers and policymakers understand what’s real, what’s possible and what is rumor or speculation,” said Brad Stertz, head of government affairs in the U.S. for Audi. In 2017, Stertz discussed the industry’s public image at a Silicon Valley restaurant with Mark Rosekind, former head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, now in charge of “safety innovation” at Zoox, a driverless car start-up. Mark Riccobono, president of the National Federation of the Blind, said he’s been pushing auto manufacturers for years to make sure the interfaces inside driverless cars can accommodate the visually impaired. “However, these technologies are typically only available in high-end models or expensive trim packages.” Jason Levine, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, said that although PAVE may be emphasizing education, the driverless industry had been criticized for a lack of transparency, especially in the aftermath of serious accidents.

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Driverless cars both a challenge and opportunity
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Driverless cars both a challenge and opportunity

China Daily  

A technician conducts a road test on a self-driving vehicle in Wuhan, Hubei province, on July 4. Second, the proliferation of driverless vehicles could render drivers, particularly ride-hailing drivers, jobless, not least because the current high maintenance cost of driverless vehicles is bound to significantly reduce with technological advancements and mass production. Some companies are already organizing training programs to …

Letters to the Editor: Automate everything? Driverless taxis mean more jobs taken from humans
1 year ago

Letters to the Editor: Automate everything? Driverless taxis mean more jobs taken from humans

LA Times  

To the editor: Corporate greed continues its relentless campaign to automate more and more services in which people were formerly employed, and at which they were able to earn a living. In San Francisco, police and fire officials have documented numerous cases of these vehicles blocking traffic and impeding emergency vehicles while objecting to the expansion of driverless vehicles. Additionally, …

Is driver-assist technology making roads safer, or is it creating lazy drivers?
1 year, 3 months ago

Is driver-assist technology making roads safer, or is it creating lazy drivers?

ABC  

When 30 cars crashed on a major highway near Myrniong in western Victoria this week, the heavy fog that has blanketed parts of the state was to blame. "Whether it's heavy rain, whether it's fog, whether it's smoke from bushfires, as climate change changes these things we're going to have to think about how we manage the conditions." "Climate change …

The bumpy history of driverless cars and their AI brains - ABC listen
1 year, 4 months ago

The bumpy history of driverless cars and their AI brains - ABC listen

ABC  

When you think about a driverless car future, perhaps your mind goes to being driven around, watching movies from the backseat and drinking martinis. For over a decade, perfect driverless cars have seemed only a few years away. Now, driverless cars are finally being rolled out in some cities. Guests: Alex Purtill, San Francisco resident, brother of James Purtill Todd …

Man’s Uber Ride Looks Straight Out Of Future As Driverless Car Arrives At Pick Up Point
1 year, 7 months ago

Man’s Uber Ride Looks Straight Out Of Future As Driverless Car Arrives At Pick Up Point

News 18  

Technological advancements continue to set new standards with each passing day. In the past few months, the streets of San Francisco, US, have witnessed many driverless cars, especially Uber rides. A video of a passenger being seamlessly picked up by an unmanned car as an Uber ride is currently making headlines. The video is shared on Reddit with a caption …

Editorial: The robotaxi revolution is here. L.A., other cities need to be able to regulate driverless cars
1 year, 7 months ago

Editorial: The robotaxi revolution is here. L.A., other cities need to be able to regulate driverless cars

LA Times  

A Waymo driverless taxi stops on a street in San Francisco on Feb. 15 for several minutes because the back door was not completely shut, while traffic backs up behind it. One day after California officials allowed a massive expansion of autonomous vehicle taxi service in San Francisco earlier this month, nearly a dozen self-driving Cruise vehicles came to a …

Driverless vehicles park themselves in rapidly expanding market
2 years, 11 months ago

Driverless vehicles park themselves in rapidly expanding market

China Daily  

A driverless car developed by Baidu navigates an industrial park in Beijing's Yizhuang area in Feb, 2022. Alert needed Due to rapid developments in the sector, terms such as "autonomous driving", "driverless vehicles" and "driver-assistance functions" are often misused. For marketing reasons, carmakers sometimes describe driver-assisting Level 2 functions as "autonomous", a word that should be reserved for driverless vehicles …

EXPLAINED: Tired Of Waiting For Driverless Vehicles? Head To A Farm In US
3 years ago

EXPLAINED: Tired Of Waiting For Driverless Vehicles? Head To A Farm In US

News 18  

For years Americans have been told autonomous technology was improving and that driverless vehicles were just around the corner. Deere isn’t saying yet how much the autonomous tractors will cost but the new technology will be added onto tractors that sell for about $500,000, said Ben Haber, a company spokesman. Or as Joel Dawson, a Deere production director, put it, …

Musk's bets on Tesla: no human drivers this year, robots next
3 years, 2 months ago

Musk's bets on Tesla: no human drivers this year, robots next

The Hindu  

Tesla's most important products this year and next will not be cars, CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday, but software that drives them autonomously and a humanoid robot the company expects to help out in the factory. I would be shocked," Musk said,predicting full self-driving would become "the most important source of profitability for Tesla." "It's nutty good from a …

How driverless cars will change our world
3 years, 4 months ago

How driverless cars will change our world

BBC  

How driverless cars will change our world Alamy Waymo is already offering driverless taxi service in San Francisco, California, and Pheonix, Arizona Self-driving vehicles are steadily becoming a reality despite the many hurdles still to be overcome – and they could change our world in some unexpected ways. "The whole insurance industry is looking into how they're going to deal …

Driverless cars are here, and they look like loaves of bread
4 years, 11 months ago

Driverless cars are here, and they look like loaves of bread

Live Mint  

Do automakers investing billions in the self-driving cars of tomorrow risk repeating the same mistake they made with electric cars a decade ago? One prominent industry observer ruefully noted in a newsletter recently: “We have collectively arrived at ‘bread loaf’ as the dominant design language for AV concepts.” More than aesthetics is at stake. “You squint your eyes and they …

Feds tweak driverless-car guidelines, seek to balance safety and tech development
5 years, 2 months ago

Feds tweak driverless-car guidelines, seek to balance safety and tech development

LA Times  

Driverless cars and trucks will be hitting the highways in increasing numbers over the next few years. Federal driverless vehicle guidelines have been issued on a roughly annual basis since 2016, with a strong emphasis on “voluntary guidance.” The federal government sets safety standards and the states are in charge of licensing. But rather than push new regulations, the Transportation …

Tesla’s promise of ‘full-self-driving’ angers autonomous vehicle experts
6 years, 1 month ago

Tesla’s promise of ‘full-self-driving’ angers autonomous vehicle experts

CNN  

Washington, DC CNN Business — Tesla is selling its cars with the option of “full self-driving capability,” a feature that’s drawing criticism from experts on self-driving technology. Experts say Tesla’s “full self-driving” feature is really a partial self-driving feature that handles minor driving tasks such as keeping pace with other cars on a highway and still requires diligent human oversight. …

Driverless cars to be rolled out on UK roads by end of 2019, government announces
6 years, 1 month ago

Driverless cars to be rolled out on UK roads by end of 2019, government announces

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The update to the code of practice will provide clearer guidance to those looking to carry out …

Driver assistance technology in today's cars is 'dangerously confusing' motorists
6 years, 5 months ago

Driver assistance technology in today's cars is 'dangerously confusing' motorists

Daily Mail  

A misunderstanding about driver assistance systems - such as adaptive cruise control and lane keep assistance - and misleading marketing by car makers is 'dangerously confusing' motorists into thinking they have an autonomous vehicle. Both Thatcham Research and Euro NCAP said manufacturers were somewhat to blame for misleading marketing of driver assistance features While Euro NCAP and Thatcham Research both …

Driverless cars are growing in number, but makers don’t want to reveal how they sometimes fail
6 years, 11 months ago

Driverless cars are growing in number, but makers don’t want to reveal how they sometimes fail

LA Times  

Data from lidar, radar, cameras and GPS units are displayed inside a car equipped with a PolySync driverless-technology monitoring system during the AutoMobility LA trade show at the Los Angeles Convention Center in 2016. There is a concern, as in any other industry, that “if you share knowledge with a competitor, you might enable them to move more quickly.” But …

Driverless cars give hope to blind - are automakers onboard?
6 years, 11 months ago

Driverless cars give hope to blind - are automakers onboard?

Daily Mail  

Advocates for blind people are demanding that new self-driving technology take the needs of the visually impaired into account - and software engineers are responding in kind. University of Florida researcher Julian Brinkley starts a program meant to help blind people interact with self-driving cars in Ocala, Florida last month 'Although we have been held up as obvious beneficiaries of …

Experts: Uber SUV’s autonomous system should have seen woman
7 years ago

Experts: Uber SUV’s autonomous system should have seen woman

Associated Press  

TEMPE, Ariz. — Two experts say video of a deadly crash involving a self-driving Uber vehicle shows the sport utility vehicle’s laser and radar sensors should have spotted a pedestrian, and computers should have braked to avoid the crash. Also, Uber’s human backup driver appears on the video to be looking down before crash and appears startled about the time …

Britons were growing confident about safety of self-driving cars
7 years ago

Britons were growing confident about safety of self-driving cars

Daily Mail  

Britons had started to accept self-driving cars and were becoming increasingly confident about their safety credentials before one was involved in the death of a pedestrian in the US at the weekend. Police in the city of Tempe said that the vehicle was in autonomous mode with an operator behind the wheel when the collision happened The death is likely …

Uber crash is nightmare the driverless world feared but expected
7 years ago

Uber crash is nightmare the driverless world feared but expected

Live Mint  

San Francisco/New York: Last week, Waymo showed a video of people riding in its self-driving minivans. When a driver using Tesla’s Autopilot system crashed and died in 2016, the initial reaction was similar to Monday’s response to the Uber incident. The Uber fatality could turn out to be the thing that makes the general public more skeptical," said Bryant Walker …

An Uber robot car kills a pedestrian in Arizona. Will it slow driverless tests?
7 years ago

An Uber robot car kills a pedestrian in Arizona. Will it slow driverless tests?

LA Times  

An Uber driverless car is parked in a garage in San Francisco in 2016. A woman walking across an Arizona road was hit and killed by a self-driving car from Uber Technologies Inc. on Sunday — probably the first pedestrian fatality for the fast-growing movement toward driverless vehicles. At the time, California’s Department of Motor Vehicles had just revoked Uber …

California loosens rules for driverless cars, clearing the way for robot taxis
7 years, 1 month ago

California loosens rules for driverless cars, clearing the way for robot taxis

LA Times  

Here come the robot cars. The rules, first proposed last October, will also allow ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft to begin selling rides in driverless cars, removing expensive human drivers from the equation. Uber called the new rules a “significant step.” For now, the California regulations bar driverless trucks, motorcycles and cars with trailers. Uber said it “look …

Driverless vehicles raise pace of travel transformation
7 years, 2 months ago

Driverless vehicles raise pace of travel transformation

China Daily  

US Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao speaks ahead of Press Days of the North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center in Detroit on Sunday. US Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao said on Sunday that autonomous or driverless vehicles are about to change the way people travel and connect and pledged that her agency would work closely with stakeholders to …

Amid Rush to Deploy Driverless Cars, Federal Regulators Urged to Keep Hands on Wheel
7 years, 3 months ago

Amid Rush to Deploy Driverless Cars, Federal Regulators Urged to Keep Hands on Wheel

Huff Post  

By Paul Feldman, FairWarning The era of driverless vehicles appears to be rapidly approaching, raising a bevy of urgent questions about how to prevent the emergence of new hazards on the nation’s roads. Citing numerous scenarios in which autonomous vehicles could cause tragedies, the GAO said a lack of comprehensive planning makes it unclear whether federal transportation officials “are well-positioned …

The driverless revolution may exact a political price
7 years, 4 months ago

The driverless revolution may exact a political price

LA Times  

A driverless truck in San Francisco in 2016. Silicon Valley remains in shock over Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin’s remark in the spring that economic fallout from this type of automation is 50 to 100 years off and “not even on my radar screen.” “I don’t think anybody there is thinking about this seriously,” said Martin Ford, author of “Rise …

Are self-driving cars the future of mobility for disabled people?
7 years, 5 months ago

Are self-driving cars the future of mobility for disabled people?

Salon  

Self-driving cars could revolutionize how disabled people get around their communities and even travel far from home. People who can’t see well or with physical or mental difficulties that prevent them from driving safely often rely on others – or local government or nonprofit agencies – to help them get around. In an attempt to meet some of the demand, …

Driverless cars to bring job losses, hacking worries and ethical questions — but get used to them
7 years, 6 months ago

Driverless cars to bring job losses, hacking worries and ethical questions — but get used to them

ABC  

The Federal Government is being urged to make the introduction of driverless cars a priority, in the hope of slashing the road toll. Defining 'driverless' In most cases when ' driverless ' is used in the media, ' self-driving ' might be more accurate ' is used in the media, ' ' might be more accurate The vehicle has the …

People are still wary of self-driving cars, but reluctance drops after they try driver-assist features, study says
7 years, 6 months ago

People are still wary of self-driving cars, but reluctance drops after they try driver-assist features, study says

LA Times  

Super Cruise, an option on the 2018 Cadillac CT6, allows no-hands freeway driving. Most people still say they wouldn’t buy a self-driving vehicle, but they become far more open to the idea after they try cars with automatic driver-assist features. “When people get experience with these technologies, they really do get more confident,” said Mark Wakefield, a managing director at …

Driverless cars could transform regional Australia, if telecommunications woes solved
7 years, 9 months ago

Driverless cars could transform regional Australia, if telecommunications woes solved

ABC  

For most people, imagining a future with driverless cars means conjuring images of gleaming ride-share fleets shuttling commuters across big city CBDs. NFF rural affairs manager Mark Harvey-Sutton told a committee hearing on Thursday that driverless cars could improve the mental and physical health of rural Australians. "Driverless vehicles could mitigate social isolation in rural and regional Australia by enabling …

Driverless cars could be on road by early 2020s after Bosch and Daimler launch joint venture
7 years, 11 months ago

Driverless cars could be on road by early 2020s after Bosch and Daimler launch joint venture

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Driverless cars are a step …

Pittsburgh Offers Driving Lessons For Uber's Autonomous Cars
7 years, 11 months ago

Pittsburgh Offers Driving Lessons For Uber's Autonomous Cars

NPR  

Pittsburgh Offers Driving Lessons For Uber's Autonomous Cars Enlarge this image toggle caption Art Silverman/NPR Art Silverman/NPR Ever wonder what it would be like to live in a laboratory? While there are only a handful of autonomous vehicles climbing Pittsburgh's hills, crossing its many bridges and boring through its tunnels, Uber says it's learning what a tough, old city like …

Driverless cars: Everything you need to know about the transport revolution
8 years ago

Driverless cars: Everything you need to know about the transport revolution

ABC  

Imagine being able to order a driverless car through an app on your phone, in much the same way as you order an Uber now. Defining 'driverless' In most cases when ' driverless ' is used in the media, ' self-driving ' might be more accurate ' is used in the media, ' ' might be more accurate The vehicle …

Sleep pods, dog deliveries and sex behind the wheel: how we'll use driverless cars
8 years ago

Sleep pods, dog deliveries and sex behind the wheel: how we'll use driverless cars

ABC  

If you happen to live in Pittsburgh in the US or Milton Keynes in the UK, then you may occasionally see one of the driverless, or self-driving, cars that are currently being tested around the world. With most major car makers developing the technology, plus new entrants into the car world such as Google, Uber and Apple, it is evident …

Automated cars could threaten jobs of professional drivers
8 years, 4 months ago

Automated cars could threaten jobs of professional drivers

Associated Press  

Ronald De Feo has watched robots take factory jobs for years. If they can make that work, what do you think happens to the job of being a taxi driver?” Computer scientists and economists say the threat isn’t merely theoretical: Automated cars pose an existential threat to the many Americans who drive for a living: 2.9 million truckers and delivery …

Driverless car technology 'too unsophisticated' to be safe, expert warns
8 years, 5 months ago

Driverless car technology 'too unsophisticated' to be safe, expert warns

ABC  

As global high-tech companies rush to be the first to develop fully autonomous driverless cars, an Australian expert has warned they might be moving too fast. Key points: Testing of driverless cars is proceeding too fast, expert warns Professor Ann Williamson says technology is not advanced enough Experts say transition to driverless cars will be a dangerous time For Australian …

Government paves way for driverless cars to hit the roads
8 years, 6 months ago

Government paves way for driverless cars to hit the roads

LA Times  

The U.S. Department of Transportation released long-awaited guidelines Tuesday for the testing and deployment of self-driving vehicles. “Self-driving cars have gone from sci-fi fantasy to an emerging reality with the potential to transform the way we live,” President Obama said in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette op-ed in which he touted the new guidelines. “I want to make sure the U.S. stays …

Uber does a Tesla, launches first driverless car service to take on competition
8 years, 6 months ago

Uber does a Tesla, launches first driverless car service to take on competition

India TV News  

In a move that puts the firm ahead in the driverless car segment, Uber on Wednesday announced the launch of its first self-driving car service, a move that is expected to give it an edge against companies such as Google, Tesla, Ford and GM in the race to develop autonomous vehicle technology. "Today, we're excited to announce that the world's …

Uber launches driverless car service in landmark US trial
8 years, 6 months ago

Uber launches driverless car service in landmark US trial

ABC  

Some residents in the US city of Pittsburgh now will have the choice of going about their day in an Uber that drives itself. The web-based ride service has launched its driverless car service to jump ahead of Detroit auto giants and Silicon Valley rivals with technology that could revolutionise transportation. Still, just to be sure, Pittsburgh Uber users who …

Driverless cars won’t always look this way
8 years, 6 months ago

Driverless cars won’t always look this way

LA Times  

Qawiyah Muhammad can see her own future. On top of Uber’s new driverless cars is an array of bulky sensors – cameras, radars, lidars – that eventually will be shrunk into a more discreet system that will replace Muhammad and thousands of other Uber drivers. Although the cars look geeky now, the driverless cars of the next decade won’t look …

Driverless cars could lead to transport revolution, new approach to urban planning
8 years, 6 months ago

Driverless cars could lead to transport revolution, new approach to urban planning

ABC  

Leading planning experts say self-driving, or driverless cars, could eventually bring about the end of individual car ownership, and a new approach on urban planning. "I see driverless cars probably replicating the experience of car sharing as individuals — so you could call up a car from your smart phone, to pick you up for a short journey," she told …

How Pittsburgh Birthed the Age of the Self-Driving Car
8 years, 7 months ago

How Pittsburgh Birthed the Age of the Self-Driving Car

Wired  

In the next few weeks, some Pittsburghers will get a bunch of surprises when they call an Uber. Volvo's XC90 with Uber branding Volvo Build Out, Not Up If you want to build self-driving cars, you have two routes. Throw in things like school speed zones and right turn only lanes, so the car can focus its sensors and computing …

With coming of driverless cars, security the biggest concern: MIT Study
8 years, 9 months ago

With coming of driverless cars, security the biggest concern: MIT Study

India TV News  

New York: Driverless cars are now no longer a future idea. According to researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, driverless cars can pose a social dilemma of whether they should be hitting a pedestrian or turn aside in such a way that they will crash and harm their passengers. Although driverless cars are programmed with safety rules but public is …

Driverless cars' future reliant on human and robot communication, scientist Christopher Lindinger says
9 years ago

Driverless cars' future reliant on human and robot communication, scientist Christopher Lindinger says

ABC  

Imagine having a robotic chauffeur, or the idea of not having to drive at all. The biggest obstacle for researchers is the concept behind pedestrian and robotic communication while on the road, and as experts revealed at the World Science Festival in Brisbane today, the answers to this remain unclear. Ars Electronica Futurelab's director of research and innovation, Christopher Lindinger, …

Long, winding way to go before driverless cars become mainstream
9 years, 4 months ago

Long, winding way to go before driverless cars become mainstream

LA Times  

Driverless cars are poised to become the vehicles of the near future, but there is still a long way to go when it comes to safety, reliability and policy. That was the takeaway from one of the first sessions at this year’s L.A. Auto Show, which saw executives from tech companies and carmakers praising and lamenting the issues surrounding autonomous …

Utopian or dystopian? Either way, the future is driverless cars
9 years, 4 months ago

Utopian or dystopian? Either way, the future is driverless cars

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Lauren Isaac, manager of sustainable transportation at the engineering …

Driverless vehicles could have 'BOOZE-CRUISE control' for drunk motorists in future
10 years, 1 month ago

Driverless vehicles could have 'BOOZE-CRUISE control' for drunk motorists in future

Daily Mail  

Motorists will be able to text on hand-held mobile phones, read the paper, use their laptop and possibly even be drunk inside a 'driverless' car, it emerged as ministers gave the green light to the first official trials of the vehicles on UK roads. The Department for Transport's official 190-page page report called 'The Pathway to Driverless Cars' setting out …

Google teaches its driverless cars to be more AGGRESSIVE to compete with drivers
10 years, 4 months ago

Google teaches its driverless cars to be more AGGRESSIVE to compete with drivers

Daily Mail  

As all motorists will know, it is sometimes necessary to nudge out into queuing traffic or to merge into other lanes in order to reach your destination that little bit quicker. After testing its autonomous vehicles over 700,000 miles of public road, Google's engineers have tweaked the software that controls the cars to give them a slightly more aggressive edge. …

Will Google's driverless car need a steering wheel to make it roadworthy?
10 years, 7 months ago

Will Google's driverless car need a steering wheel to make it roadworthy?

Daily Mail  

Google’s attempts to put driverless cars on the road may have suffered a setback due to new motoring laws in California. Google has not revealed how it will comply with the regulations as its prototype driverless car only has buttons for start, pull over and emergency stop. LAW CHANGES TO SUIT DRIVERLESS VEHICLES AROUND THE WORLD In the US driverless …

Where Google trains its drivers not to drive
10 years, 10 months ago

Where Google trains its drivers not to drive

BBC  

Where Google trains its drivers not to drive As Google unveils plans to build driverless cars itself, Jack Stewart gets an inside look at the company’s robot driving school. “During the ride, it’s OK if it’s boring, because that means it’s safe,” says Brian Torcellini, Google’s lead test driver and the man responsible for training other drivers not to drive. …

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