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Back to Basics: How Google’s driverless car stays on the road

Michael Crider, May 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google’s self-driving cars are making headlines again, now that they’ve expanded testing from California into Nevada. Competitors are hot on their tail, but currently Google seems to have an undisputed spot on top of autonomous vehicular design. So how do they do it? With a combination of some incredible software and hardware engineering, using processes developed by both Google and the best and brightest of DARPA’s robotic race challenges.

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Google driverless cars prompt robo safety worries

Chris Davies, May 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google's driverless cars being let loose onto the roads of Nevada has re-awakened concerns around robot vehicle security, with experts unconvinced that the increasingly complex kit is safe from malware. Fears around the future vulnerabilities of cars left to guide themselves, though perhaps not of significant concern today in Google's small-scale trial, nonetheless persist given the likelihood of commercial implementations of self-driving hardware, with researchers pointing to a mixed track record in locking down infotainment and other systems in "dumb" cars to-date. Read The Full Story

The driverless cars that want to run Google off the road

Michael Crider, May 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google gets a lot of digital ink for its driverless car program, which recently got the go-ahead to expand its testing to Nevada highways. But Mountain View isn’t the only horse in this race. New start-ups and old standbys are preparing the cars of the future, and they all want a piece of the driverless car market. Here are five competitors to Google’s program, all trying to be king of the road.

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Google driverless cars still require double drivers

Chris Davies, May 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google's driverless cars may have got the green light to roam the roads of Nevada under their own direction, but don't think you'll be able to summon your robot chauffeur to pick you up from afar. Although Nevada has allowed the autonomous Prius fleet to pilot themselves, they're only allowed to do so if two people are in the car at all times: one of whom must be behind the wheel to seize it in the case of an emergency. Read The Full Story

Tokyo Motor Show attendees get a chance not to drive a self-driving Toyota Prius

Michael Crider, Nov 22nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Autonomous cars are scary. But not nearly as scary as some of the human drivers out there. Knowing this, Toyota is aiming to win friends and influence drivers by giving them a chance to witness their new AVOS (Automatic Vehicle Operation System) in action. Attendees of the Tokyo Motor Show next week will be able to hitch a ride while the car drives itself around the company's Smart Mobility Park. Read The Full Story

Google X labs plan robot researchers to map the future

Chris Davies, Nov 14th 2011 Discuss [3]

Google could release a fleet of autonomous data collection robots, supplanting its current Google Street View cars insiders suggest, using robotics and AI research from the search giant's mysterious Google X incubator labs. The high-tech exploratory 'bots - which would build on Google's self-driving cars - are one of several outlandish projects currently underway among the company's more prophetic engineers and developers, according to an NY Times piece on the clandestine R&D facility. Other avenues apparently include space elevators and the "web of things" where meshes of network-enabled objects, potentially as mundane as tableware, can communicate online. Read The Full Story

Google’s Robot Car Accident Blamed On Human

Rue Liu, Aug 5th 2011 Discuss [44]

Google's famed self-driving car got into its first fender-bender this week. The project is aimed at creating less traffic accidents and improving transportation safety and productivity, which makes the event a bit embarrassing. But before you start discounting the advancements in computer capabilities, Google says that the incident was actually caused by human error. Read The Full Story

Volkswagen Temporary Auto Pilot demo gives car intelligence

Chris Davies, Jul 29th 2011 Discuss [2]

Self-driving cars are still quite a few years off, but Volkswagen hopes that its so-called Temporary Auto Pilot (TAP) could help avoid a few accidents until then. The system, demonstrated for the first time on a new Passat test mule, uses a barrage of sensors to momentarily assist in the control of the car, keeping it positioned in the lane, under the speed limit and automatically slowing when workers are in the road. Read The Full Story

Google Demos Self-Driving Robot Car At TED

Rue Liu, Mar 4th 2011 Discuss [1]

An idea you almost always see in movies set in the future is the self-driving car. Passengers simply step in and the car will whisk them to their desired location. Google has brought us one step closer to that after they showed off their self-driving car program at TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) this week in Long Beach. Read The Full Story