Video of Uber Self-Driving Car’s Fatal Crash Raises More Questions
Video footage raises questions about the accuracy of the car’s lidar and how closely it monitored its own safety driver
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Who’s at Fault in Uber’s Fatal Collision?
With a full investigation underway, we can start to untangle the strands of responsibility—and ask what it means for the future of self-driving cars
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Apportioning Blame When Robocars Have Accidents
The death of a pedestrian in Tempe, Ariz., sparks a blame game
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Uber Robocar Kills Pedestrian, Despite Presence of Safety Driver
It's the first fatality involving a robocar under the care of a professional human minder
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SXSW 2018: Wyoming's Plan to Connect Semi Trucks and Reduce Traffic Deaths
To prevent deadly pile-ups, the state is installing hundreds of transceivers in semi trucks
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Watch Waymo's Virtual-Reality View of the World
The company released a 360-degree VR representation of what its robocar sees
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Printed Sensor Monitors Tire Tread in Real Time
A carbon nanotube sensor measures millimeter-scale changes in rubber thickness
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Exposing the Power Vampires in Self-Driving Cars
Autonomous driving systems give cars eco-driving skills. But their computers and sensors could consume enough electricity to negate this green dividend.
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Have Self-Driving Cars Stopped Getting Better
New reports from California suggest limits to autonomous vehicle performance
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CES 2018: Waiting for the $100 Lidar
Spinning buckets are giving way to small, cheap, distributed laser sensors