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Waymo has begun carrying out interstate mapping operations by a fleet of minivans in New Mexico and Texas – a move that is seen by many tech observers as a prelude to long-haul evaluation runs of tractor-trailers under autonomous control.
Since the vehicle does not need a driver, Cruise says its ride-hailing service will be a cheaper option.
Although most of the headlines today on autonomy are about personal transportation, the key motivators to advancing the technology involve specific applications that reduce high-cost labor and expand connections to services in controlled-speed, fixed-route deployments.
Cheap LIDAR is being applied to non-autonomous vehicles to make advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) safer.
A new report issued by the U.S. National Science and Technology Council and the U.S. Department of Transportation laid out the Trump administration’s plans to stake out a leadership role for the country in the global race to develop autonomous vehicle technology.
The center will be based at Volkswagen’s Innovation and Engineering Center California in Belmont, and anticipates hiring 50 to 100 experts in systems engineering and architecture this year.
The automaker expects to introduce its vehicle in the summer, after Japanese carmakers jointly test AVs on public roads.
Watching YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, and Bilibili on the Tesla Theater will only be possible while the car is in park.
Tesla maintains that vehicles are safer in autopilot, but that drivers must remain alert at all times.
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a proposal that requires the identification of unmanned aircraft systems by implementing a remote ID system. This rule would help identify unauthorized drones.
The state's Department of Motor Vehicles will start approving permits in January for commercial use of autonomous delivery vehicles under 10,001 pounds on public roads.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently met with General Motors to talk about its petition to deploy self-driving vehicles without steering wheels or other human controls.
According to LinkedIn, the No. 1 emerging job in 2018 didn’t even make the list this year. In the automotive sector, robotics engineers, data scientists, and artificial intelligence specialists are in hot demand.
The City of Grand Prairie in Alberta, Canada, will be the first Canadian city to test out the RT-1000, an automated snow clearing and ice control robot.
Autonomous truck developer TuSimple said the results of a recent fuel economy study proved that trucks under autonomous control get up to 10% better fuel economy than similarly equipped trucks operating with human drivers.
As companies around the globe move to cash in on the rapidly emerging last-mile delivery segment, autonomous methods of delivery, from self-driving vans to drones to mall delivery robots, are being developed to help get everything from pizzas to parcels into the hands of customers.
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