Robohub.org
The Neighbourhood Elevator and a new vision of urban density | Robocars
I’ve been musing more on the future of the city under the robocar, and many visions suggest we’ll have more sprawl. Earlier I have written visions of Robocar Oriented Development and outlined all the factors urban planners should look at.
In the essay linked below, I introduce the concept of a medium density urban neighbourhood that acts like a higher density space thanks to robocars functioning like the elevators in the high-rises of high density development.
Read The Neighbourhood Elevator and 21st century urban density at robocars.com.
tags: Automotive, cx-Politics-Law-Society
Brad Templeton, Robocars.com
is an EFF board member, Singularity U faculty, a self-driving car consultant, and entrepreneur.
Brad Templeton, Robocars.com
is an EFF board member, Singularity U faculty, a self-driving car consultant, and entrepreneur.
Related posts :
Robot Talk Episode 134 – Robotics as a hobby, with Kevin McAleer
Robot Talk
21 Nov 2025
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Kevin McAleer from kevsrobots about how to get started building robots at home.
ACM SIGAI Autonomous Agents Award 2026 open for nominations
ACM SIGAI
19 Nov 2025
Nominations are solicited for the 2026 ACM SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award.
Generations in Dialogue: Multi-agent systems and human-AI interaction with Professor Manuela Veloso
Listen to the first episode of the new podcast from AAAI.
Robot Talk Episode 133 – Creating sociable robot collaborators, with Heather Knight
Robot Talk
14 Nov 2025
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Heather Knight from Oregon State University about applying methods from the performing arts to robotics.
CoRL2025 – RobustDexGrasp: dexterous robot hand grasping of nearly any object
Hui Zhang
11 Nov 2025
A new reinforcement learning framework enables dexterous robot hands to grasp diverse objects with human-like robustness and adaptability—using only a single camera.
Generations in Dialogue: Bridging Perspectives in AI – a new podcast from AAAI
Find out more about a new podcast series hosted by Ella Lan.
Robot Talk Episode 132 – Collaborating with industrial robots, with Anthony Jules
Robot Talk
07 Nov 2025
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Anthony Jules from Robust.AI about their autonomous warehouse robots that work alongside humans.
Teaching robots to map large environments
MIT News
05 Nov 2025
A new approach could help a search-and-rescue robot navigate an unpredictable environment by rapidly generating an accurate map of its surroundings.
