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    How do you want to interface with your autonomous car? Poll results
    Those of you who watched the 80’s TV series “Knight Rider” might remember the dialogue between Michael Knight and its super-car, KITT. Some of you might be more familiar with scenes between “J...
    07 July 2014, by

    Don’t laugh; the new Google prototype car has implications for your business
    It may look amusing and easily dismissed as a novelty prototype many years from production, but take a good look at a technology that in a few short years is going to transform your life and have majo...
    30 June 2014, by

    My (autonomous) car, my safety: Results from our reader poll
    You are travelling along a single lane mountain road in an autonomous car that is approaching a narrow tunnel. You are the only passenger of the car....
    30 June 2014, by

    Autonomous vehicles: A powerful tool if you can get the problem right
    “When the American people, through their Congress, voted for a twenty-six-billion-dollar highway program, the most charitable thing to assume is that they hadn’t the faintest notion of what they w...
    25 June 2014, by

    Reader poll: How would you like to interface with your autonomous car?
    We interact with gadgets and devices everyday … some have blinking lights, some play sounds, and some can even decipher our voice commands. When it comes to interfacing with a device as exciting an...
    24 June 2014, by

    If death by autonomous car is unavoidable, who should die? Reader poll results
    Image credit: Craig Berry Life and death decisions make interesting thought experiments. When you throw an autonomous car into the mix, things get even more interesting....
    23 June 2014, by



    Automated Driving: Upcoming Change in Perspective?
    While Nate doesn't appear in today's comic, you can learn more about Nate's wacky life at his Website....
    16 June 2014, by

    An ethical dilemma: When robot cars must kill, who should pick the victim?
    Image credit: Craig Berry We are moving closer to having driverless cars on roads everywhere, and naturally, people are starting to wonder what kinds of ethical challenges driverless cars will pose. ...
    11 June 2014, by

    The car in your driveway may be more autonomous than you think
    [Jaguar XF, ESC test by EuroNCAP - photo: EuroNCAP ] Did you know that the majority of the cars we buy and drive today are able to act by themselves and maneuver themselves out of an accident? They...
    11 June 2014, by

    Reader poll: If a death by an autonomous car is unavoidable, who should die?
    Image source: Karora via Wikipedia. There may be times when an accident or a death is unavoidable while an autonomous car is controlling the wheel. What should an autonomous car do when such ...
    10 June 2014, by

    Should autonomous cars be allowed to speed? Results from our reader poll
    Our previous poll, which asked (among other questions) whether kids should be allowed to ride in autonomous vehicles by themselves, revealed that responsibility is a key issue for most people. Are we ...
    09 June 2014, by

    How do self-driving cars work?
    Nissan’s autonomous car prototype - 2013, photo:Nissan Global Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, recently announced that the car manufacturer will produce self-driving cars within three years. Nissan has announ...
    03 June 2014, by

    Automated Driving – Something Missing
    Learn more about Nate's wacky life at his Website....
    29 May 2014, by

    Pure autonomy: Google’s new purpose-built self driving car
    Google completed a major step in its long and extensive self-driving cars project by presenting its first purpose-built autonomous car, which is designed from scratch for its role and is not a modifie...
    28 May 2014, by

    Reader Poll: Should autonomous cars be allowed to speed?
    We conducted two polls last month in collaboration with the Open Roboethics initiative to get a sense of what people think about autonomous cars. Our polls started some interesting discussions arou...
    27 May 2014, by

    Kids with wheels: Should the unlicensed be allowed to ‘drive’ autonomous cars?
    Share your opinion and take our next reader poll: Should autonomous cars be allowed to speed?Reader poll results: Earlier this month, when we asked people about your general thoughts on autonomous c...
    26 May 2014, by

    The autonomous driving r/evolution: Call to contribute to Robohub Focus
    While a city full of autonomous taxis may seem part of a distant future, sophisticated driver-assistance systems such as ABS, cruise-control, lane-keeping and self-parking are already a reality in t...
    21 May 2014, by

    Reader poll: Should the unlicensed be allowed to ‘drive’ an autonomous car?
    Image from Wikimedia Commons Two weeks ago we published our first reader poll in collaboration with the Open Roboethics initiative in order to find out more about what people think about autono...
    13 May 2014, by

    What do people think about autonomous cars? Results from our reader poll
    What do people think are the main advantages of owning an autonomous car? Do people think autonomous cars should be easily identifiable? How much money are people willing to pay for an autonomous car ...
    12 May 2014, by

    Reader poll: What do you think about autonomous cars?
    Today we drive our cars. In the future they’ll do the driving. Autonomous cars are no longer a far-off futuristic dream, but something that we can expect to see on the road within the next dec...
    29 April 2014, by

    Smart vehicles are here: Can government keep pace? | NY Times Energy for Tomorrow Conference
    The pressures are building for safer and smarter vehicles on our roads, raising questions about the national, state and local policies that will emerge. Several states are already early adopters of le...
    29 April 2013, by

    Why driverless cars are ‘probably’ legal | The Atlantic Cities
    The biggest roadblock facing a driverless world isn't necessarily technology, but legality. The question of who would be liable in the event of an accident — the human "driver," the car's owner, the...
    01 April 2013, by

    Who’s liable when a driverless car crashes? | NPR
    It's absolutely the case that after the first accident involving an automated vehicle, there will be an automated ambulance chaser following. - Robert Hartwig, president of the Insurance Informati...
    12 March 2013, by

    Nissan opens Silicon Valley center for self-driving car research | Bloomberg
    Nissan Motor Co. opened a research center in California’s Silicon Valley that the Japanese carmaker plans to make its hub for research on self-driving vehicles and Internet-connected auto technology...
    22 February 2013, by

    CMURobotics RI Seminar: Mel Torrie of Autonomous Solutions
    As guest speaker for a CMURobotics RI Seminar, titled Lessons Learned Bootstrapping a Robotic Vehicle Company, Mel Torrie of Autonomous Solutions (Petersboro, Utah), describes how he got into robotics...
    02 February 2013, by

    Robotics year in review: Top 10 stories of 2012
    The past year was a watershed moment for robotics. From defense to exploration, startups to legislation, we saw products, laws, and investments that have shifted robotics out of the lab and into our l...
    26 December 2012, by

    Stanford hosts panel on making autonomous cars legal
    The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford released a video of their panel discussion on "How an (Autonomous Driving) Bill Becomes Law" that took place earlier this month. The discussion builds o...
    18 November 2012, by

    SARTRE project concludes, reveals blissful future of car travel | IEEE Spectrum
    Volvo has an operational system that lets cars you can buy today drive themselves on highways... Pertinent to the US, with the California autonomous vehicle legislation passing yesterday. See on spe...
    26 September 2012, by

    Google car zooms toward legal status | baycitizen.org
    After lobbying by Google, California passes legislation to allow autonomous cars on highways.   See on www.baycitizen.org...
    25 September 2012, by

    Study: Intelligent cars could boost highway capacity by 273% | IEEE Spectrum
    See on m.spectrum.ieee.org...
    10 September 2012, by

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