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    Autonomous Cars


    Carpool apps are on the rise, let’s make transfer points and roads to help
    The cell phone ride hail apps like Uber and Lyft are now reporting great success with actual ride-sharing, under the names UberPool, LyftLines and Lyft Carpool. In addition, a whole new raft of apps t...
    15 July 2016, by

    Overview: Are the sceptics right? Limits and potentials of deep learning in robotics
    John McCormac discusses his takeaways from the RSS 2016 Workshop ‘Are the Sceptics Right? Limits and Potentials of Deep Learning in Robotics' and highlights interesting themes and topics from the d...
    23 June 2016, by

    Letting policymakers handle the trolley problem
    When I give talks on robocars the most common question asked is the one known as the “trolley problem” question. That is: “what will the car do if it has to choose between killing one person or ...
    10 June 2016, by

    Robust and transparent governance is key to building trust in driverless cars
    Sooner or later there will be fatal accident caused by a driverless car. It's not a question of if, but when. What happens immediately following that accident could have a profound effect on the nasce...
    12 April 2016, by

    Replacing public transit at night for Uber and Lyft
    I have a big article forthcoming on the future of public transit. I believe that with the robocar (and van) it moves from being scheduled, route-based mass transit to on-demand, ad-hoc route medium an...
    12 March 2016, by

    Why Google’s crash is a good thing
    Reports released reveal that one of Google’s Gen-2 vehicles (the Lexus) has a fender-bender (with a bus) with some responsibility assigned to the system. This is the first crash of this type — all...
    04 March 2016, by



    The inevitability of the global march toward self-driving vehicles
    Perhaps the biggest upcoming robotics-driven economic and social change will be the arrival of fully autonomous (self-driving) vehicles. Imagine a world full of self driving cars, planes and boats ...
    22 January 2016, by

    Could robotaxis be the answer to electric car depreciation?
    I’ve been electric car shopping, but one thing has stood out as a big concern. Many electric cars are depreciating fast, and it may get even faster. I think part of this is due to the fact that elec...
    21 January 2016, by

    US feds propose $4B investment in robocars, seek unified regulatory policy
    NHTSA, the federal car safety agency, has been talking about getting into the robocar game for a while, and now declares it wants more involvement with two important details: Unlike California, th...
    18 January 2016, by

    Google’s detailed intervention rates reveal the real unsolved problem of robocars
    Hot on the heels of my CES Report is the release of the latest article from Chris Urmson on The View from the Front Seat of the Google Car. Chris heads engineering on the project (and until recently l...
    15 January 2016, by

    Robocar news from CES 2016
    I’m back from CES 2016 with a raft of robocar news, some of which was reported before the show. Almost everybody in the robocar space had something to say — even if it was only to have something...
    13 January 2016, by

    Two New Year’s resolutions for developers of automated vehicles
    In the spirit of the New Year, and especially in the wake of California's draft rules for the (theoretical) operation of automated motor vehicles, I offer two resolutions for any serious developer of ...
    12 January 2016, by

    The ethical dilemma of self-driving cars
    Self-driving cars are already cruising the streets today. And while these cars will ultimately be safer and cleaner than their manual counterparts, they can’t completely avoid accidents altogether. ...
    30 December 2015, by

    California’s new DMV regulations may kill the state’s robocar lead
    Be careful what you wish for. Google had previously requested that state regulations on robocars be clarified, to help ensure that their cars were legal. When California's DMV finally released its pr...
    18 December 2015, by

    Why Tesla’s Autopilot and Google’s car are entirely different animals
    In the buzz over the Tesla autopilot update, a lot of commentary has appeared comparing this Autopilot with Google’s car effort and other efforts and what I would call a “real” robocar — one t...
    28 October 2015, by

    Tesla sends highway cruise update to recent Model S owners
    Though it's been anticipated for a few months now, Tesla announced yesterday the release of their highway cruise update for Model S cars from the last year....
    16 October 2015, by

    Should cars be fully driverless? No, says MIT engineer and historian David Mindell
    by Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office If you follow technology news — or even if you don’t — you have probably heard that numerous companies have been trying to develop driverless cars for a de...
    15 October 2015, by

    Robocar news roundup: Google’s hire, BMW/Mercedes carsharing, Apple clues, and more
    View image | gettyimages.com During a very busy September of travel, I let a number of important stories fall through the cracks. The volume of mainstream press articles on Robocars is immense. Mos...
    14 October 2015, by

    Volvo says it will accept “full liability” when its cars are operating autonomously
    In a statement released yesterday, Volvo said it would accept full liability whenever one of its cars is in autonomous mode....
    08 October 2015, by

    Robocars don’t need fancy dashboards and streets
    Yesterday I attended the “Silicon Valley reinvents the wheel” conference by the Western Automotive Journalists, which had a variety of talks and demonstrations of new car technology. Now that rob...
    07 October 2015, by

    IEEE driverless car roundtable
    [focus07] Hear about the current state of the driverless vehicle industry from experts including IEEE Member Jeffrey Miller, IEEE Fellow Wei-Bin Zhang, Bernard Soriano, and Bryant Walker Smith. In ...
    30 September 2015, by

    Peloton Technology gets $17M for truck platooning tech
    Peloton Technology, a Silicon Valley startup providing truck platooning technology, got $17 million from strategic investors after receiving $16M this April. Denso Intl. was the lead investor in both...
    01 September 2015, by

    Automated Vehicles Symposium recap (Part 2)
    From small beginnings, over 800 people are here at the Ann Arbor AUVSI/TRB Automated Vehicles symposium. Let’s summarize some of the news....
    27 July 2015, by

    When do robocars become cheaper than standard cars? Automated Vehicle Symposium recap (Part 1)
    I’m in the Detroit area for the annual TRB/AUVSI Automated Vehicle Symposium. Those in Ann Arbor attended the opening of the new test track at the University of Michigan, but I was at a small event ...
    24 July 2015, by

    Will robocars vastly increase battery life?
    We know electric cars are getting better and likely to get popular even when driven by humans. Tesla, at its core, is a battery technology company as much as it’s a car company, and it is sometimes ...
    21 July 2015, by

    Video: Robocar Q&A
    At Singularity U, we’re releasing a new video series answering questions about our future technology topics that come from Twitter. My segment is one of the first, and while regular readers of my bl...
    20 July 2015, by

    Robocar roundup: Google accidents, Baidu cars, startups and more
    Here’s a roundup of news stories in the field of robocars....
    11 June 2015, by

    The social car: Simplifying autonomous action with Thing Theory
    Automating vehicles simplifies operation for humans but also increases complexity. In order to negotiate a safe journey within a crowded transportation system, cars must communicate messages not only...
    10 June 2015, by and

    Will motion sickness really be a barrier to self-driving cars?
    Earlier this week I was sent some advance research from the U of Michigan about car sickness rates for car passengers. I found the research of interest, but wish it had covered some questions I think ...
    14 April 2015, by

    Delphi completes trans-continental drive, and Hyundai goes big
    Most recent robocar press has been about the Delphi drive from San Francisco to New York, which is now completed. Congratulations to the team. Few teams have tried to do such a long course that invo...
    08 April 2015, by

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