Self-driving car

BMW set to test 40 self driving cars for foray into ride sharing Move over Uber, BMW is doing some autonomous vehicle testing of its own in Germany next year, according to Reuters. The rise in popularity of car-sharing apps such as Uber is part of the catalyst for this, according to the news service. It reports that BMW will test 40 cars with a self-drive function around Munich’s inner city, before expanding this out to others in due course. According to Reuters, tech companies such as Uber and Lyft have prompted BMW to consider... [Lire la suite]

Sensor Fusion for Self-Driving Cars There are essentially three main system functions of self-driving cars: (1) car sensor-related system functions, (2) car processing related functions that we tend to consider the AI of the self-driving car, and (3) car control related functions that operate the accelerator, the brakes, the steering wheel, etc. I am going to discuss today mainly the sensors and an important aspect of sensory data usage that is called sensor fusion. That being said, it is crucial to realize that all three of these... [Lire la suite]

Advances in ADAS – Getting Closer to the Self-Driving Car Automobile manufacturers are constantly making improvements to the design of cars, creating an experience that is safer and more comfortable with each new model. In the last number of years we have seen a defined move towards more technology in our cars, designed to make it easier to drive. This year’s CES was notable not only for the amount of automobile manufacturers in attendance, but also the fact that nearly all of them had a version of a self-driving car, prompting... [Lire la suite]

Google sibling Waymo launches fully autonomous ride-hailing service Alphabet’s self-driving car firm beats Uber to be first to offer robot taxis without humans behind the wheel to take over in an emergency   Waymo’s self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans will start picking up passengers without a human behind the wheel, even for emergencies, in the next few months, as the Google-sibling steps up war with Uber.  Waymo, formerly known as Google’s self-driving car, is launching a fully autonomous Uber-like ride-hailing... [Lire la suite]

More autonomous Waymo vehicles coming to Phoenix area SAN FRANCISCO — A self-driving car service that Google spinoff Waymo plans to launch later this year will include up to 62,000 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans. The deal announced Thursday is the latest sign of Waymo’s confidence in its self-driving car technology, which sprung from a secret Google project started nine years ago. The technology will initially be deployed in a ride-hailing service in the Phoenix area before the end of this year and then expand into other U.S.... [Lire la suite]

South Korean government promotes autonomous vehicles The South Korean government held a test-drive event in southern Seoul on 17 June to give the general public first-hand experience of autonomous vehicles and to see the technologies at work, reports the Yonhap News Agency. The South Korean government's Transport Minister Kim Hyun-mee and citizens who applied for the event tested self-driving vehicles. The vehicles could recognise nearby cars or passersby on the road and take necessary steps to avoid collision. ... [Lire la suite]

Driverless, Self-Driving Vehicles In India - The Hi-Tech Robotic Systemz Limited Autonomous cars are the future and there is no doubt about it. There are many major companies working on different levels of autonomy, and India too is advancing towards self-driving cars. Autonomous cars in India are not as far in the future as one might perceive. In fact, indigenously developed autonomous cars are already here. The Hi-Tech Robotic Systemz is a company which has spearheaded the development of self-driving cars in India, and here is... [Lire la suite]

China pushes high-tech car standards Ministry issues working points for guidelines and regulations to go hand-in-hand with technology, Hao Yan reports. The standardization of autonomous driving and advanced driver assistance systems is accelerating in China, with the burgeoning technologies set to benefit society by minimizing human errors. Last Tuesday, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the Key Working Points of Intelligent Connected Vehicle Standardization for 2018 to promote and facilitate the... [Lire la suite]

Uber self-driving cars: everything you need to know The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its preliminary report into the fatal accident involving an Uber self-driving car and a pedestrian in Arizona that happened in March. The preliminary NTSB report reveals that while the self-driving car had an automatic emergency braking feature, this was disabled because the car was in "computer mode."  Uber disables emergency braking to prevent erratic driving behavior, according to the NTSB report, citing the... [Lire la suite]

Baidu gets the green light to test self-driving cars in China Chinese search giant Baidu has received approval to begin testing its self-driving cars in Beijing, Reuters reports. It is a sign of China’s strong support for the industry in the wake of the first pedestrian death from an autonomous Uber vehicle in the US. Baidu, which is known as China’s version of Google, received a permit to test its vehicles on 33 roads spanning around 65 miles (105 kilometers) in the city’s less-populated suburbs, the firm said in a... [Lire la suite]