Toyota invests in AI to eliminate casualties and improve mobility
Toyota announced that it will be investing approximately $50 million over the next five years to establish joint research centers at Stanford and MIT. Dr.
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Self-driving truck follows leader truck to prevent injuries
Royal Truck and Equipment and Micro Systems have developed an Autonomous Truck Mounted Attenuator (ATMA) vehicle using Royal Truck’s attenuator safety feature, mounted on the
Consumer Watchdog to Google & self-driving car companies, “Show us the video/data & police investigations!”
Consumer Watchdog is asking the California Department of Motor Vehicles to amend its Autonomous Vehicle Regulation to require that police investigate any crashes of robot
Audi self-driving cooperates with Ko-HAF
Audi is participating in the “Cooperative Highly-Automated Driving” initiative (Ko-HAF). Ko-HAF will develop standards and technologies that enable cooperative driving between highly-automated vehicles in road
Mcity dedicated at University of Michigan for connected car & self-driving deployment.
The University of Michigan opened Mcity, a connected and automated vehicle test environment a $10 million, 32-acre outdoor lab that simulates real-word driving situations. A
Continental’s eHorizon HERE with adaptive cruise control
Continental is testing adaptive cruise control with eHorizon with HERE maps for more dynamic cruise control that will lead to development of highly autonomous driving.
Local Motors Redacted winner & LOCO for universities
Local Motors, 3-D printed vehicle company, announced the winner of its Project Redacted challenge. Local Motors has also partnered with three universities for autonomous driving
Google self-drives in Austin, Texas, wants to keep it weird
Google announced that it is test-driving its self-driving cars in Austin, Texas with one of its Lexus SUVs. There are safety drivers aboard, driving a
Smart Urban Vehicle parks itself and knows when hands are on the wheel
The ZF Group, the new owner of TRW is showing its concept Smart Urban Vehicle with semi-autonomous features and a steering wheel with many functions
Delphi self-driving car cut off by Google car
Two self-driving cars almost plowed into each other on Tuesday, a day before the Google LSVs took to the roads of Mountain View, California. Google
Google’s self-driving LSV moving-slowly in Mountain View
The Google self-driving prototype LSVs are now being tested on roads in Mountain View, California. These prototype low-speed vehicles were designed for self-driving, however, due
Ford furthers self-driving, 3D CLIPs & Android Wear
The Ford Motor Company is not just about motors any more. The company’s Palo Alto research center is working on 3D printing for parts, Android