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    Impact of robocars perceived as net positive even if jobs are displaced
    Will robots take away our jobs? Will we be better off with robots even if they do? One Forbes article published last year by Chunka Mui focused the jobs issue on autonomous cars. In the article tit...
    15 September 2014, by

    Readers support cars that communicate and self-organize
    The conventional cars that we drive today don’t really talk to one another. Sure, some of them connect to your cellphones and mp3 players. But they don’t form a communication network with neighbou...
    01 September 2014, by

    Reader poll: How do you feel about “Swarms of Autonomous Cars”?
    A few of days ago, WIRED and Robohub covered a story about “Largest Swarm of Robots” and how self-organizing algorithms can be used by robots to form certain shapes. This inspired us to see wha...
    19 August 2014, by

    If drinking and driving, ride the car that doesn’t need your input or let it go home w/o you
    For the past few months the Open Roboethics initiative and Robohub have explored the topic of autonomous cars in the form of biweekly polls. We were able to find out a lot of interesting facts about w...
    18 August 2014, by

    Reader poll: Should an autonomous car be able to drive w/o a human passenger?
    A couple of months ago, we asked our readers whether three different unlicensed groups of individuals should be able to ride in autonomous cars alone. The individuals were: a child under the legal dr...
    05 August 2014, by

    Readers split on whether they will miss driving their non-autonomous car
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-MGQqaY3eo Driving has become an integral component of our daily lives, especially in developed countries. Cars are not just a means for us to get from point A to p...
    04 August 2014, by



    When fully autonomous cars are the norm, will you miss driving?
    A few weeks ago, one of our readers, Javier Lopez, submitted a number of questions to the ORi team. He brought up many interesting points, and we won’t attempt to cover them all in one poll. But on...
    22 July 2014, by

    Autonomous car poll: Participants choose random chance over informed decision
    Given a choice between crashing into a motorcyclist wearing a helmet vs. a motorcyclist who isn’t wearing one, which one should an autonomous car be programmed to crash into? What about the choice b...
    21 July 2014, by

    Reader poll: How should an autonomous car optimize crashes?
    Photo by Roland Dobbins, Wikimedia A couple of months ago Dr. Patrick Lin, director of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytechnic State University, wrote an article on autonomous...
    08 July 2014, by

    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

    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

    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

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

    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

    Transportation 2025 and beyond: Discussion with Rodney Slater
    In this discussion moderated by Stanford's Bryant Walker Smith, the Honorable Rodney Slater talks about the opportunities, challenges and best pathways for successful transportation innovation and pol...
    09 April 2014, by

    Driven to gridlock: Driverless cars | CBS Los Angeles
    Listen to the full radio interview at CBS Los Angeles. There’s a lot of talk about autonomous control vehicles, or cars that drive themselves. Charles Feldman talked with Stanford L...
    01 April 2014, by

    Who gets a ticket when there’s no one behind the wheel? | Marketplace
    Bryant Walker Smith, fellow at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, discusses the new legal issues presented by having cars with no drivers. See more: Marketplace...
    28 August 2013, by

    Six questions states need to ask about self-driving cars | Governing
    A growing number of states are taking up legislation that addresses self-driving vehicles in an effort to make it easier for researchers to explore the technology. But most of the legislation deals...
    13 August 2013, by

    The ethics of saving lives with autonomous cars are far murkier than you think | Wired
      If you don’t listen to Google’s robot car, it will yell at you. I’m not kidding: I learned that on my test-drive at a Stanford conference on vehicle automation a couple weeks ago. The ...
    30 July 2013, by

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