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A self-driving car is an automobile that can operate without a human driver at the wheel. It is also known as an autonomous or driverless vehicle, and it navigates itself with the help of hardware and software components. Hardware components include things like cameras and other sensors, while the software comprises artificial intelligence programs that…
Tesla owners have already driven 1 billion miles with Autopilot engaged and if Tesla sustains its current vehicle delivery rate, Autopilot miles will reach a massive 2.3 billion by the end of 2019. Lex Fridman, a research scientist at MIT working on human-centered artificial intelligence explains in detail how their team arrived at the 2.3…
Volvo, the second largest trucking company in the world, stepped up its self-driving game by introducing Vera, an autonomous electric-vehicle that is controlled and monitored by a cloud-based service. Vera is designed for regular and repetitive tasks, over short distances, where large volumes of goods need to be delivered with high precision, such as in ports,…
If you want to look at how something is going to grow in the future, it often helps if you look at its evolutionary past. Sometimes, it even helps to look at how things are now. In the realm of self-driving technology, things don’t appear to be that way. If you drop by often to…
Autonomous vehicle technology is speeding up towards its final on-road debut around the world. Keep track of Big Tech and Big Auto companies as they fight for the driver’s seat. What’s going on on the regulatory front for self-driving cars? Which companies are moving fast to put their autonomous cars on roads as early as 2018?…
After years of media speculation, leaks and rumors about Apple’s moves in the self-driving car space, Apple CEO Tim Cook has finally come out in public with his comments on the company’s plans to develop and deploy autonomous driving systems. In an interview with Bloomber’s Emily Chang, Cook said: “We’re focusing on autonomous systems. It’s…
Whenever Apple Inc. hires someone to a special division, there’s always speculation floating around about the iPhone maker’s next move in the space. In this case, it could literally be “space.” The new ex-Google hires include John Fenwick, formerly the head of Google’s spacecraft unit, and Michael Trela, former head of Google’s satellite engineering division. Both…
Any collision or accident involving a self-driving car is always news, but in the case of the Uber self-driving car in Tempe, Arizona, involved in a collision, it wasn’t even the Uber car’s fault. The accident involving the self-driving car from Uber came via Twitter, where Fresco News (@fresconews) had posted a photo with the car…
In a first-of-its-kind partnership between a major Japanese automotive giant and a telecom giant, Toyota Motor and Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT) have agreed to collaborate on 5G technology to be used in future autonomous vehicle technology. The official announcement is expected to be made later this month, according to Nikkei Asian Review. 5G, as…
The State of California Department of Motor Vehicles is seriously looking at regulations around the deployment of fully autonomous vehicles on its roads as early as next year. To that end, there will be a public hearing held in Sacramento on April 25, 2017. The California DMV has today released its proposals for driverless testing…
The ultimate self-driving car – where it doesn’t matter whether the person at the wheel is awake or asleep – is every automaker’s dream and every tech major’s goal at the moment. it now appears that Ford is skipping semi-autonomous cars (Level 3) and going straight to fully-autonomous (Level 4) self-driving technology for its future…
Ford Motor Company was a bit late to the AI party, but the company is making up for lost time by announcing a billion dollar investment over a period of five years in Argo AI. Ford wants to combine their autonomous vehicle development expertise with Argo AI’s robotics experience as the company races to build…
Autonomous vehicle technology is one of the most fastest growing sub-sectors within the automobile industry today. Along with developments in electric vehicle and alternative fuel technologies, self-driving car projects form the nucleus of modern auto R&D. But How Far Have We Come in the Autonomous Vehicle Technology Journey? Nearly every major car maker in the world…
In a surprise move on Friday, the governor of Michigan passed a set of laws allowing autonomous vehicles to operate on the state’s roadways. According to a University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute project manager Brandon Schoettle: “As far as I know, Michigan is the first state to make it official that these types of vehicles can be…
Ride-hailing major Uber today announced the launch of Uber AI Labs dedicated to research in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Based in San Francisco, the new division of Uber was created following the acquisition of 15-member-strong AI startup Geometric Intelligence. What is the reason for a transportation company to dive deep into the Artificial Intelligence…