Self Driving Motional receives permission to begin testing autonomous vehicles without safety drivers in Nevada Motional, the joint autonomous driving alliance between Aptiv and Hyundai, announced today that the state of Nevada has obtained permission to test its autonomous vehicles without a driver behind the wheel. The firm claims this is part of the completion of a phase of self-imposed testing and evaluation. In the U.S., relatively few businesses have […] Written by Samuel Tsegaye November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Self Driving Oklahoma plans to use Rekor’s AI to track down uninsured drivers, despite discrimination concerns Rekor, which offers controversial license plate-scanning technology, announced today that its program will be used by the state of Oklahoma to spot uninsured vehicles on the road. The Uninsured Vehicle Compliance Diversion Policy of Oklahoma encourages uninsured drivers who are arrested by purchasing insurance and paying a $174 fee to prevent court appearances. Rekor will […] Written by Samuel Tsegaye November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Self Driving Waymo’s driverless cars were involved in 18 accidents over 20 months 6.1 million autonomous miles have been driven by Waymo’s driverless vehicles in Phoenix , Arizona, including 65,000 miles without a person behind the wheel from 2019 to the first nine months of 2020. That’s according to data released today by Waymo from a recent internal study that examined a portion of accidents involving the Waymo […] Written by Samuel Tsegaye October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Self Driving Mercedes targets evolution rather than revolution in self-driving car push (Reuters) Competitor Mercedes-Benz says it has built a similar device, but stops short of allowing members of the public to take it on urban roads, as Tesla promotes the cutting edge quality of its current Complete Self Driving program. The German leaders in the development of advanced driver assistance systems ( ADAS) are taking a […] Written by Samuel Tsegaye October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Self Driving Self-Driving Cars Can Also Self-Design A Whole New Traffic Code There are a billion drivers, each a different entity, so the use of the law makes sense. But there will never be more than a handful of robocar driving systems in any given area, and probably not more than a hundred or so world-wide. Unlike the human drivers, it will be possible to get representatives from each robocar system in a town or nation in one room at the same time. Written by Gemechu Taye October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Self Driving Motional resumes self-driving robo-taxi service with Lyft in Las Vegas Motional, Aptiv and Hyundai ‘s joint autonomous vehicle venture, today announced the resumption of its self-driving mobility service with Lyft in Las Vegas after the pandemic suspended operations. Starting this week, passengers can ride new Motional-branded robotic taxis, and Motional says it will emphasize safety and security measures to keep the fleet sanitized. Some analysts […] Written by Samuel Tsegaye October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Self Driving Cruise receives permit to test autonomous cars without safety drivers in San Francisco Today, GM-backed driverless car start-up Cruise obtained a license from the Department of Motor Vehicles of California (DMV) to allow the company to test autonomous vehicles on public roads in San Francisco. Since 2015, while Cruise has had state authority to trial driverless vehicles with safety drivers, the new license allows the company to test […] Written by Samuel Tsegaye October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Self Driving Security software for autonomous vehicles. They must prove conclusively that they do not pose a risk to anyone until autonomous vehicles engage in road traffic. New software developed at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) prevents accidents every millisecond by predicting various variants of a traffic situation. An intersection is approached by a car. Another vehicle jets out of the […] Written by Abraham T Diress September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Self Driving The history of self-driving cars Once little more than a Hollywood-esque pipe dream, autonomous cars became a reality in the 2010s thanks largely to the research carried out by tech companies like Google. Although they haven’t merged into the mainstream yet and you can’t buy one as of writing, self-driving prototypes log millions of miles on our nation’s roads annually. […] Written by Gemechu Taye August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Tool for predicting pedestrian flow expands its reach When urban development takes place, a traffic impact assessment is often needed before a project is approved: What will happen to auto traffic if a new apartment building or business complex is constructed, or if a road is widened? On the other hand, new developments affect foot traffic as well — and yet few places study the effects of urban change on pedestrians. Written by Gemechu Taye October 9, 2021October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Enabling AI-driven health advances without sacrificing patient privacy There’s a lot of excitement at the intersection of artificial intelligence and health care. AI has already been used to improve disease treatment and detection, discover promising new drugs, identify links between genes and diseases, and more. Written by Gemechu Taye October 9, 2021October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Tool for predicting pedestrian flow expands its reach When urban development takes place, a traffic impact assessment is often needed before a project is approved: What will happen to auto traffic if a new apartment building or business complex is constructed, or if a road is widened? On the other hand, new developments affect foot traffic as well — and yet few places study the effects of urban change on pedestrians. Written by Gemechu Taye October 9, 2021October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Enabling AI-driven health advances without sacrificing patient privacy There’s a lot of excitement at the intersection of artificial intelligence and health care. AI has already been used to improve disease treatment and detection, discover promising new drugs, identify links between genes and diseases, and more. Written by Gemechu Taye October 9, 2021October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
AI Weekly: EU facial recognition ban highlights need for U.S. legislation This week, The European Parliament, the body responsible for adopting European Union (EU) legislation, passed a non-binding resolution calling for a ban on law enforcement use of facial recognition technology in public places. The resolution, which also proposes a moratorium on the deployment of predictive policing software, would restrict the use of remote biometric identification unless it’s to fight “serious” crime, such as kidnapping and terrorism. Written by Gemechu Taye October 9, 2021October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
View: Artificial Intelligence for inclusive growth The adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) shouldn’t be restricted to companies, however, economies have additionally turned they give attention to build up their AI capabilities as a way to enhance growth. Developed economies just like the US, China, and EU nations are already within the race. Written by Gemechu Taye October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Spectrum Labs raises $10M for its AI-based platform to combat online toxicity Image Credits: Towfiqu Photography (opens in a new window)/ Getty Images With the U.S. presidential election now 40 days away, all eyes are focused on how online conversations, in conjunction with other hallmarks of online life like viral videos, news clips and misleading ads, will be used, and often abused, to influence people’s decisions. But political discourse, of […] Written by Gemechu Taye September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Japan’s SkyDrive ‘Flying Car’ Japan’s SkyDrive ‘Flying Car’ Successfully Carries Out Test Flight With a Person Aboard It may become less illusory to make the decades-old fantasy of zipping around in the sky as easy as driving on highways. Among the plethora of “flying vehicle” ventures around the world, Japan’s SkyDrive has carried out a successful but modest test […] Written by Anatoly Kebede August 29, 2020September 22, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Presto, Festo: German company makes amazing robotic bird You may have heard of the term biomimicry before — the practice of using a design that nature and evolution has perfected. The German robotics firm Festo does this exceedingly well. One of its latest creations is a swallow that really does fly like a bird. Seriously: You have to see it to believe it. […] Written by Gemechu Taye August 28, 2020August 31, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked