Modern mobile robots have increasingly practical capabilities. Amazon.com is developing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones for package delivery. Autonomous cars can safely navigate our streets without a driver. Yet, ...
Robotics
Mar 11, 2016
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Luckily no one was injured when one of Google's self-driving cars recently crashed itself into a bus as it pulled out at a junction. The car was only travelling at 2mph, after all. The company has admitted it bore "some responsibility" ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 4, 2016
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Computers that control cars of the future can be considered drivers just like humans, the federal government's highway safety agency has decided.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 10, 2016
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Some Tesla Motors vehicles can park themselves without a driver inside with a software update beamed to customers over the weekend.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 10, 2016
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You hail an Uber for a night out on the town. But to get to work, you're probably still driving a car.
Business
Dec 14, 2015
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Smart telephones and TVs are well-established technical gadgets in today's society. The same cannot be said about smart cars with dialogue systems that can understand you and communicate as if they were a person sitting in ...
Engineering
Oct 26, 2015
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Hardly a week goes by without calls for something to be done to prevent any further deaths or serious injuries caused by young drivers on our roads.
Other
Sep 16, 2015
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Working at a construction site is loud, dirty, and often dangerous. Roadside construction workers deal with the added risk of being struck by car or truck as it passes through a work zone, its driver unaware or ignoring flags, ...
Engineering
Sep 4, 2015
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While only a small percentage of drivers say they would be completely comfortable in a driverless car, a sizable amount would have no problem as long as they retain some control, according to a University of Michigan report.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 22, 2015
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The utopian vision of the motor vehicle is an onboard autodriver much like that of the autopilot in aircraft which takes over the task of driving, freeing up the human driver to work, rest or play. This is becoming an engineering ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 17, 2015
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