They include, Highway Autonomous Driving (HAD), Urban Autonomous Driving (UAD) and Autonomous Valet Parking — amongst others.
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Check out these contests running at the hackathon: Autonomous Win an Autonomous smart standing desk and Autonomous Deep Learning Robot by creating the best application on the Autonomous robot's API!
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Harris-Burland said the difference between their autonomous robots and autonomous cars is the company's robots are 99 percent autonomous.
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I personally rode in Hyundai's autonomous Ionic as well as BMW's autonomous 5 series and chipmaker Nvidia's fully autonomous test car.
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I think that the research we're doing on autonomous systems — autonomous cars, autonomous robots — it's a call to humanity to be responsible.
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The affected LRGs are Metropolitan City of Milan, City of Milan, City of Busto Arsizio, Autonomous Province of Bolzano, Autonomous Province of Trento, Autonomous Region of Sardinia, Autonomous Region of Valle d'Aosta, Region of Marche.
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From autonomous cars...to autonomous company But does any of it matter?
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This was the only part of the autonomous experience that wasn't autonomous.
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Autonomous weapons are coming along just as fast as autonomous vehicles are.
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But the worst case, you'll never have an instantaneous transition from non-autonomous to autonomous, and so, you have to handle the worst case, which is you have a mixture of autonomous cars with non-autonomous cars. Right.
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These include systems it's calling Urban Autonomous Driving (UAD) and Autonomous Valet Parking.
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"There's no question that autonomous trucks will be ready before autonomous cars," Plus.
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The dream of autonomous flying cars (or autonomous driving drones) isn't limited to MIT.
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That means fewer roadblocks to making semi-autonomous or autonomous bus fleets a potentiality.
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As we solve specific autonomous use cases, we will deploy autonomous vehicles against them.
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Investment opportunities in the autonomous vehicle space Connected, autonomous vehicles are around the corner.
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When pressed, developers like Zoox admit that autonomous vehicles may never be truly autonomous.
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A few autonomous vehicle companies rely heavily on cameras, like Tesla's semi-autonomous Autopilot system.
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It also includes new solutions to support valet parking, autonomous mini buses and autonomous microcars.
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What Uber lacks in autonomous tech it makes up for in autonomous customers, he says.
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The Kensho Autonomous Vehicles Index is composed of companies developing autonomous transportation, whether directly through the development of autonomous vehicles themselves or as part of the ecosystem supporting these initiatives.
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Trucking will become semi-autonomous (a group of semi-autonomous trucks actually just drove across Europe).
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Ford is spinning off its autonomous car efforts into a new company called Ford Autonomous Vehicles.
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We also debuted our first autonomous mining truck in 1996, well ahead of consumer autonomous driving.
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Apple is certainly not the only company working on these things: there are already several autonomous drones, big ambitions for autonomous factory robots, and even plans for an autonomous delivery robot.
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Apollo Enterprise's main product lines will include solutions for highway autonomous driving; autonomous valet parking; fully autonomous mini-buses; an intelligent map data service platform; and DuerOS (Baidu's voice assistant) for cars.
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The creation of MoceanLab follows Hyundai's joint venture with autonomous driving company Aptiv and the launch of BotRide, an autonomous ride-hailing service in nearby Irvine, California with Chinese autonomous startup Pony.
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I can see why the area between autonomous stopping and parking and fully autonomous riding is fuzzy.
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We expect the safety level of autonomous cars to be 10 times safer than non-autonomous cars.
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This is the first time you have a fully autonomous vehicle carried by a fully autonomous helicopter.
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Dubbed Open Autonomous Safety, the initiative aims to help autonomous driving startups implement better safety-testing practices.
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Also floating in this stew of jargon are terms like autonomous, self-driving, semi-autonomous, and self-piloting.
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The case will be the same for an autonomous car crash or an autonomous denial of insurance coverage.
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Apple's standard autonomous vehicle tests rely on Lexus SUVs that have been equipped with sensors and autonomous hardware.
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Udelv has developed a fleet of autonomous delivery vans on Baidu's (BIDU) open-source autonomous driving platform, Apollo.
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There's a reason lidar is used in many autonomous free roaming vehicle systems and semi-autonomous driving systems.
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"It's important for us as a company, our position on autonomous driving, is to keep it quite different so you know when you're in semi-autonomous and know when you're in unsupervised autonomous," he says.
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Those autonomous support tools include energy management, equipment health monitoring, and predictive and remote maintenance for the autonomous ships.
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COAST Autonomous announced earlier this week that it was using Ouster sensors for its a low-speed autonomous shuttles.
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California requires companies that want to test autonomous vehicles on the roads to register for an autonomous driving permit.
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A fleet of electric, autonomous Hyundai Kona crossovers — equipped with a self-driving system from Chinese autonomous startup Pony .
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The global autonomous vehicle industry is an $8 trillion market opportunity, according to General Motors' autonomous vehicle unit Cruise.
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Apollo 3.0, as it's being called, includes new solutions to support valet parking, autonomous mini buses and autonomous microcars.
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As I discussed last week, fully autonomous cars have a lot more going on than a semi-autonomous car.
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People were able to sit in and test out Panasonic's autonomous vehicles, including the awkwardly-named SPACe_L Autonomous Cabin.
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The state rejected the company's case, arguing that the cars were autonomous insofar as they employed autonomous vehicle technology.
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The autonomous APCs will also help the army to implement its Robotic & Autonomous Systems (RAS) Strategy, BAE Systems said.
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It's hard to feel confident in the idea of autonomous air taxis when we haven't even nailed autonomous cars.
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Probably the best example of an advanced-edge computing element is a connected autonomous (or even semi-autonomous) car.
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GM says it has 20 autonomous Chevy Bolts and five autonomous Nissan Leafs currently operating on public roads in California.
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Other autonomous vehicle companies offer different aspects of the self-driving process, like Baidu's Apollo open-source autonomous driving platform.
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Sherif Marakby, who heads up Ford's autonomous vehicles and electrification division, has been appointed CEO of Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC.
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Because autonomous big rigs aren't going to be 100 percent autonomous, at least not in the near or medium future.
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Autonomous machines are already pretty common in warehouses, and the regulatory landscape for autonomous delivery drones is still very uncertain.
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Sohn said the Autonomous/ADAS business unit will absorb hundreds of engineers Samsung already has working on autonomous driving technologies.
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Kodiak Robotics, an autonomous trucking company with operations in Texas,announced that it will commence commercial deliveries using autonomous trucks.
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Waymo, the autonomous-vehicle company spun out of Google, is testing its own fully autonomous cars in Arizona and California.
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Our autonomous vehicle will be driven by a person, you can switch the autonomous feature on and switch it off.
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"We're not assuming autonomous vehicles are going to take over or anything," Sherif Marakby, Ford's president of autonomous vehicles said.
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Currently, the Tesla Model S is semi-autonomous and Tesla hasn't officially announced when it plans to release autonomous EVs—although CEO Elon Musk has said his company is just two years away from fully autonomous driving.
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That's in stark contrast to the last 'autonomous' test ride I took in SF – in Uber's autonomous Volvo SUV last year.
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Convergence Of Three Trends: Autonomous, Electric, Sharing We are observing first hand an interesting link between sharing, autonomous driving, and electrification.
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Shared autonomous vehicles, self-driving buses, driverless shuttles — whatever you call them, these vehicles are beating autonomous cars to the road.
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Its main product is the Carmera autonomous map, a high-definition map for autonomous vehicle customers like automakers, suppliers and robotaxis.
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The Utah accident is the latest incident involving an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle that has prompted scrutiny from federal regulators.
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The latest version of its Autonomous Haulage System dump truck, however, was designed from the ground up to be completely autonomous.
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At SafeAI, we are super excited to built the future of autonomous mine by creating autonomous mining equipment that just works.
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KEY RATING DRIVERS Linked to Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region: IMHCD's ratings are credit-linked with those of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
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Autonomous Electric Taxis could be half the cost per mile of owning and operating a gasoline car – if autonomous vehicles arrive.
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Now, Intel's Mobileye autonomous vehicle tech division plans to roll out a similar autonomous car service in Israel early next year.
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In fact, autonomous air is easier than autonomous ground — because you have more degrees of freedom to get out of trouble.
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They want a grid of autonomous cars, golf carts, buses, trams, whatever, and it's just a service, all electric, all autonomous.
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Waymo's development of autonomous vehicles, meanwhile, has sped forward, and its vehicles have now driven more than eight million autonomous miles.
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Ultimately, Hotz said, Comma, like other autonomous tech companies, wants to be able to provide fully autonomous functionality in existing vehicles.
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While several companies — including Otto — have completed numerous fully autonomous trips along freeways, no one had completed an autonomous commercial delivery.
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The Stanford team used two self-driving cars in their tests: Niki, an autonomous Volkswagen GTI, and Shelley, an autonomous Audi TTS.
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Clashes have been intensifying between forces loyal to the semi-autonomous regions of Puntland and forces from the semi-autonomous Galmudug region.
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Beijing also recently released blueprints for an autonomous driving zone on the city's outskirts, dedicated to testing and developing local autonomous vehicles.
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With DRIVE WISE, Kia aims to introduce semi-autonomous tech to its consumer cars by 2020 and fully autonomous models by 2030.
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Tech features include a digital dashboard and new ProPilot autonomous driving technologies, such as autonomous multilane highway driving and intersection auto-navigation.
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Just as autonomous cars will completely change the streets of our cities, autonomous pedestrian robots (humanoid or not) will change the sidewalks.
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Why it matters: Commercial vehicles are likely the first major target of autonomous vehicle developers due to the potential for autonomous deliveries.
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The company has been working on its autonomous technology since 2009 and hit two million miles of autonomous driving in October 2016.
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Delphi already has an autonomous fleet in Silicon Valley and demonstrated a coast-to-coast autonomous drive of the US last year.
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The group also seeks to create a federal program for addressing autonomous vehicle liabilities for early autonomous vehicle deployment to encourage adoption.
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But as more technologies become autonomous — or partially autonomous — the twin issues of safety and liability are only likely to loom larger.
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First, there is the physical security and safety of both autonomous vehicle occupants and the other people who interact with autonomous vehicles.
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It's now making about 20 autonomous trips between Arizona and Texas each week with a fleet of more than 40 autonomous trucks.
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What's the difference between Automatic Emergency Braking, Collision Imminent Braking, Autonomous Emergency Braking, Collision Intervention, Autonomous Braking, and a Dynamic Brake System?
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How autonomous should the U.S. military's future weapons be — given that China is already selling purportedly autonomous machine gun-toting drones abroad?
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"Waymo provides a beacon of autonomous progress and capability," said Tasha Keeney, who analyzes autonomous vehicles at the investment firm Ark Invest.
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The company said it stands by the use of Autopilot, saying that autonomous cars are 10 times safer than non-autonomous cars.
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Aptiv will contribute its autonomous driving technology, intellectual property, and approximately 700 employees focused on the development of scalable autonomous driving solutions.
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California would be a logical place for expansion given the number of semi-autonomous and fully autonomous vehicles being tested throughout the state.
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Ken Washington: So, I think autonomous ... the fact that the vehicles are autonomous in and of themselves will not make the problem better.
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The California DMV's regulations for testing autonomous vehicles require companies to register for the Autonomous Vehicle Tester Program to be granted a permit.
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Between the current advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and the future, the completely autonomous car rests in some potentially treacherous semi-autonomous territory.
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Fully autonomous weapons don't exist today, but Petraeus warns even a world of semi-autonomous weapons could create a frightening future for humankind.
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The new autonomous driving system will enable autonomous driving at low- and medium-speed ranges including self-valet parking, Panasonic said on Tuesday.
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The hope is that the AlphaPilot competition leads to increased awareness about the future of not just autonomous drones, but all autonomous vehicles.
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"Autonomous cars will lower fatalities while lethal autonomous weapons will lower barriers to warfare and might unintentionally start World War III," Wallach says.
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For example, the company's CTO, Maxime Gariel, worked on autonomous-aviation projects such as DARPA Gremlins and the AgustaWestland SW4 Solo autonomous helicopter.
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Until Mercedes released its DRIVE PILOT, Tesla's Autopilot was the only semi-autonomous system on the market that allowed for autonomous lane changes.
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"Lethal autonomous weapons" refers to the drones, autonomous machine guns, tanks, and other forms of weaponry controlled by AI on next-generation battlefields.
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He worries that, with both semi-autonomous and autonomous weapons, it is increasingly difficult to identify the crucial place where finger meets trigger.
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Between September 2016 and March 2018, Uber's autonomous vehicles were involved in 37 "crashes and incidents" while in autonomous mode, the board reports.
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The regulatory scheme that governs the present-day pre-autonomous vehicle world provides an excellent model for comprehensive federal regulation of autonomous vehicles.
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The tech now: The machines that are likely to displace workers in the next 10 to 15 years include the longwall machine (which cuts coal in mile-long strips without many employees), joysticks to mine by remote control (with the help of videos, sensors, and positioning software), autonomous haul loaders, autonomous trucks, autonomous long-haul trains, semi-autonomous crushers and more.
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I just kind of made those up, but I believe that there will be some form of a new economy created around the promise of new business models that come from having autonomous trucks and autonomous vehicles and autonomous package delivery services.
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The program is Lyft's latest push into autonomous cars since announcing in July a new self-driving car division, including a facility in Palo Alto, California with hundreds of engineers who will work on autonomous technology and collaborate with other autonomous vehicle companies.
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Kia plans to spend $2 billion by 2018 in order to "fast-track" its autonomous development, and to that end, it has announced that it's been granted an autonomous license in Nevada — one of the few US states currently issuing autonomous research licenses.
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For proponents of rolling out semi-autonomous technology, the concern is that thrusting consumers into fully autonomous cars without first letting them experience and get used to semi-autonomous features might be jarring, even unsafe, because they won't know how to behave.
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So even if fully autonomous cars are both technically and legally viable and hit the roads in 2030, the safety benefits of autonomous technology will not be fully realized because those systems will still have to navigate around human-driven semi-autonomous cars.
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Autonomous driving It's for those reasons that the Chinese government wants to be a pioneer in autonomous car technology and has partnered with Volvo.
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The goal of the collaboration is to further autonomous driving technology, and it's already resulted in a fully autonomous demonstration vehicle created by Renesas.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk believes the transition to autonomous vehicles will happen through a network of autonomous car owners renting their vehicles to others.
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Future human-less weapons systems could include aerial drones with no operators, autonomous armed robotic vehicles, automated sentry machine guns, and autonomous sniper systems.
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Every car manufacturer now has an autonomous driving program, but the rules and regulations around actually driving autonomous cars on public roads remain scattershot.
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Why it matters: Semi autonomous and fully autonomous vehicles are largely expected to reduce accidents, but aspects of the tech stack can introduce risk.
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Volvo is also heavily into autonomous trucks — they're working on semis and already have a couple of fully autonomous trucks operating in mines now.
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So, too, is Zoox's ambition: building autonomous vehicle software, and a whole new take on an autonomous vehicle, and its very own robotaxi service.
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Yup, the plan is to shove an autonomous robot in the trunk of an autonomous robot car, eliminating the need for human labor completely.
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Baidu is partnering with SB Drive, the autonomous driving subsidiary of SoftBank Group, to bring Apolong autonomous mini buses to Japan early next year.
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The autonomous buses are the physical embodiment of Baidu's Apollo program, an open-source autonomous driving platform that has been under development for years.
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While fully autonomous cars may be many years away, even semi-autonomous technologies can augment human driving and help us radically improve road safety.
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It has the autonomous features it needs, but not the high-end camera In terms of autonomous flight, the Inspire launched with very little.
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Intel also said its autonomous driving company, Mobileye, began operating autonomous test vehicles in Israel with plans to expand elsewhere within the coming months.
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Singapore has already established zones for autonomous vehicle testing, and other nations are pushing to assume the pole position in the autonomous vehicle race.
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As autonomous vehicle companies conduct more tests of robotaxis and autonomous shuttles, they are also experimenting with what business models will best support them.
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The companies intend to gather data on how the semi-autonomous technology operates in order to inform the development of the fully-autonomous technology.
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Warburton said there is an "almost universal consensus" among autonomous vehicle developers that Lidar is needed for safe fully autonomous driving, especially in cities.
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During his career, Fleming has heard all sorts of terms thrown around to describe the technology, including robotic, unmanned, autonomous, semi-autonomous and driverless.
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So far, 33 states have introduced legislation about autonomous vehicles, according to the autonomous vehicles legislative database from the National Conference of State Legislatures.
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Uber and Volvo announced a partnership last week that involved a limited test of its semi-autonomous XC90s, outfitted with Uber's semi-autonomous technology.
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"The autonomous vehicles that we use today use LiDAR, and it's likely that autonomous vehicles in the future will use LiDAR," explained Bryan Goodman, Ford's Manger and Technical Leader of Autonomous Vehicle Analysis and the project lead on this MIT engagement in an interview.
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Sherif Marakby, president and CEO of Ford Autonomous Vehicle LLC, estimated that the company's autonomous vehicles could drive that price down to $1 per mile.
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American and European companies are making big investments in autonomous driving technology, but the biggest markets for autonomous vehicles may end up being in Asia.
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According to the Brookings Institute, one-quarter of all cars will be autonomous by 2040, and IHS predicts all cars will be autonomous after 2050.
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The autonomous cars, I think, are going to increasingly be autonomous shuttles and maybe, also, individual-size vehicles, because that's kind of what you need.
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In this section the committee also describes accountability for the operation of autonomous weapons and lethal autonomous weapons systems as "critically important" — as you'd hope.
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In the meantime, GM is using the autonomous technology to refine existing vehicles, said Doug Parks, GM's vice president of autonomous and electric vehicle programs.
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Investment opportunities in the autonomous vehicle space The advent of autonomous vehicles is around the corner, and the economic and social benefits will be vast.
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Up to now, there has been a lot of focus on the role that LIDAR can play in sensors in autonomous or partially-autonomous cars.
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For some people, the notion of autonomous vehicles is still the stuff of sci-fi fantasy, but autonomous cars are coming quicker than you'd think.
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Baidu Inc, which held the first public trial of its autonomous cars in Wuzhen, has met with roadblocks due to recent restrictions on autonomous vehicles.
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You can really scale up and live in a world that is much more autonomous, self-driving, and do autonomous shipments with no human intervention.
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Meanwhile, Waymo, a subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, purchased up to 20,000 autonomous Jaguar SUVs in an expansion of its autonomous-drive riding-hailing program.
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Tesla has incorporated some autonomous or semi-autonomous elements into its vehicles, but the cars currently on the market are decidedly not self-driving cars.
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Here are some answers to questions about Spain's autonomous regions: Spain has 227 autonomous communities, making it a decentralized country, but not a federal state.
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By the end of the 2017, however, the company had driven two million miles in autonomous mode, which could indicate progress with its autonomous technology.
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The transition to an autonomous future has already begun, and more fully autonomous cars will eventually be sharing the road with less-precise human drivers.
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The first companies to offer autonomous ride sharing "are expected to have long-term advantages compared with traditional non-autonomous ride sharing offerings," Lyft says.
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Instead of building an autonomous helicopter for military or emergency response or even for cargo, Groden anticipates an autonomous helicopter transportation system for everyday commuters.
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But I'm on record saying I'm more comfortable in fully autonomous vehicles than semi-autonomous, because I'm hyper-aware of the limitations of the latter.
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Apparently, after some infighting over building a fully autonomous car versus a semi-autonomous car, Apple pruned its plans back to a new so-called carOS.
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But proponents of semi-autonomous tech, like Musk, argue that it would be irresponsible not to reap the safety benefits of autonomous technology at all levels.
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Breitschwerdt also said that although autonomous driving was possible from a technological point of view, the business models for operating autonomous vehicles were not yet proven.
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The company is also trying to find ways to upgrade these fleets and look at making these buses electrified and autonomous or semi-autonomous, Nestler said.
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The job posting for an "autonomous vehicles market specialist" in Austin reads: We are seeking exceptional candidates to join our growing Autonomous Vehicle (AV) business team!
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SpaceX's autonomous drone ship / Image courtesy of SpaceX SpaceX's autonomous drone ship / Image courtesy of SpaceX Recovering a rocket is the first step toward rocket reusability.
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So if you have an autonomous car, you don't want somebody to take control of that autonomous car and do whatever they want with it, right?
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Developing an autonomous drone is actually technologically easier than ground-based autonomous vehicles, which have to take into account pedestrians, low-quality roads, and unexpected objects.
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"Developments in autonomous driving are increasingly being seen in new cars – from autonomous braking to self-parking," a spokesperson from insurer Aviva told CNBC via email.
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Lux Capital's robotics investments include Auris (surgical robots), Zoox (autonomous transportation), Saildrone (autonomous sailing drones), Veo (safer co-bots for manufacturing) and CyPhy (unmanned aerial vehicles).
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The tech comes from Mobileye, the Israeli firm that supplies autonomous and semi-autonomous driving sensors and systems to a number of the world's biggest automakers.
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Accordingly, fully autonomous cars have not only more sensors throughout the car than semi-autonomous vehicles but also redundant systems for the braking and steering, etc.
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So, as there is for its autonomous cars with the existing ride-hail network, there is a built-in path to market for Uber's autonomous trucks.
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The end of apps, the end of screens, autonomous vehicles, autonomous weapon systems… Though not difficult to imagine, many of these scenarios are several years out.
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Autonomous and semi-autonomous weapon systems shall be designed to allow commanders and operators to exercise appropriate levels of human judgment over the use of force.
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The first country that builds a fully integrated army of humans and autonomous or semi-autonomous drones will have a massive military advantage over everyone else.
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We have funded autonomous driving startups and the kind of sensors and core technology components that would be very critical in deploying driverless or autonomous vehicles.
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"Autonomous cars are coming, connected autonomous cars are coming, we think that's going to increase the desire for people to move on the freeways," BamBrogan said.
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Even before autonomous drive comes out, there's a likelihood that shared mobility will begin to impact demand for cars, leaving spare production capacity for autonomous vehicles.
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Most of the autonomous vehicle investments were announced in the past two years, according to Brookings, with autonomous vehicle developments accelerating significantly as 2016 went on.
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Tesla is the only autonomous vehicle company to have designed its own proprietary AI chip, bottoms-up, designed from scratch and custom-built for autonomous driving.
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There was nothing autonomous about the robot that killed Johnson, but, then again, there's not much autonomous about a drone strike in the Middle East, either.
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As for Lyft's own efforts with developing autonomous vehicle systems thus far, the company said during a press event about the news that it's already testing vehicles at the GoMentum autonomous vehicles proving ground in California, just five months after making its autonomous engineering efforts official.
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"There are so many demands on automakers these days for plug-in hybrids, fully electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles, semi-autonomous vehicles," Lutz told CNBC earlier this month.
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Instead, as Tesla has done with its semi-autonomous Autopilot feature, the company will be rolling out new autonomous features every two to three months, Musk said.
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A number of autonomous driving companies, including Alphabet's Waymo, Embark, Otto and Einride, as well as established automakers like Volvo and Tesla, are working on autonomous trucks.
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Intel has banded with Waymo (formerly known as Google's autonomous car project) to make self-driving hybrid minivans, and recently acquired the autonomous driving tech company MobileEye.
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The UK requires that autonomous test vehicles have someone to take control if anything goes wrong, like most areas that allow autonomous trials in the United States.
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Once we were out there, though, the driver enabled the autonomous system, signaled by a voice that bellowed "autonomous mode activated" from the speakers behind my head.
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Given this fact — that autonomous weapons systems are being built in response to autonomous weapon systems — do you think the forward march of this technology is unstoppable?
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In the world of autonomous driving, there exists a layer between the operating system running on the car and the algorithms that make the car truly autonomous.
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As much as everyone is getting excited about Google's cute little autonomous cars, self-driving trucks are the most obvious—and probably easiest—beneficiaries of autonomous tech.
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Semi-autonomous driving systems are currently experiencing enhanced scrutiny after a vehicle in Uber's test fleet of autonomous cars killed a pedestrian in Arizona earlier this month.
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Rio Tinto's $23 million autonomous train plan has been under development since 25.5, and follows the deployment of 216 autonomous trucks at its Australian iron ore mines.
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Strategic Importance Strong: The autonomous region government has designated IMHCD as the sole autonomous-level state-owned enterprise responsible for the development of the region's highway network.
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KEY RATING DRIVERS Linked to Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: GCI's ratings are credit linked to Fitch's assessment of the credit profile of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Guangxi).
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Google uses its giant data centers to simulate 3 million miles of autonomous driving per day, the company has revealed in its monthly autonomous driving status report.
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Renault's chief executive, Carlos Ghosn, announced the plans Thursday, saying the first semi-autonomous vehicles will debut this year, with a fully autonomous car ready by 2020.
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That's not likely to be the case with the real 'Killer Robots'— the autonomous weapons of the near future, or so-called Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS).
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Uber is spending huge sums on its own autonomous car efforts too, including poaching a number of engineers from an autonomous driving lab at Carnegie Mellon University.
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A new constitution must respect autonomous judiciary and fiscal power, which several other autonomous communities maintain, as well as the use of Catalan language in public institutions.
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By the end of the test period, the project will reach so-called level 4 technology for autonomous vehicles, or autonomous driving but not in all conditions.
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Not too long ago we finished a project on a fully autonomous six-wheeled vehicle that's carried in a sling under a fully autonomous Black Hawk helicopter.
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But that doesn't mean Ford is ruling out selling personally owned autonomous vehicles, nor does it mean that Ford will only make cars that are fully autonomous.
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Voyage initially used modified Ford Fusion vehicles to test its autonomous vehicle technology, then introduced in July 2018 Chrysler Pacifica minivans, its second generation of autonomous vehicles.
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Autonomous-vehicle startups face &aposa day of reckoning&aposLikewise, he said, fully autonomous vehicles that can drive anywhere and everywhere are likely more than 10 years out.
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Especially because it's autonomous, which brought up a very interesting challenge on how do you share control of a spacecraft with this autonomous script that runs continuously.
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But, for example, there's a lot of autonomous cars that are currently being tested on the road that are scarily not qualified to be fully autonomous. Right?
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Concerns over the safety of autonomous vehicles flared after a July 2016 fatality involving a Tesla Inc automobile with a partially autonomous system that required human supervision.
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The next scheduled review date for the Autonomous Province of Trento is 2 December 103, while for Metropolitan City of Milan, City of Milan, City of Busto Arsizio, Autonomous Province of Bolzano, Autonomous Region of Sardinia, Autonomous Region of Valle d'Aosta, Region of Marche the next reviews will be determined at a later stage in December 2016 when Fitch will publish its LRG rating review calendar for 2017.
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Samsung could be trying to keep up with its tech rivals in the automotive space, especially as Apple has shifted its focus from autonomous cars to autonomous systems.
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Prior to Falkor's arrival, an autonomous sailing drone and autonomous underwater vehicle equipped with sonar listening devices were deployed to help the vessel home in on the sharks.
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"Currently, testing of an autonomous vehicle without a driver and testing of an autonomous vehicle over 10,000 pounds is not allowed on California roadways," the DMV spokesperson said.
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LiDAR's cost has been a limiting factor in seeing it applied more broadly as part of semi-autonomous driver assistance systems and fully autonomous cars targeting future production.
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The center, Carnegie Mellon University Argo AI Center for Autonomous Vehicle Research, will focus on advanced perception and decision-making algorithms for autonomous vehicles, the company said Monday.
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Why it matters: While the participants seem to have some concerns and unanswered questions about the transition to autonomous vehicles, the autonomous bus enjoyed high levels of approval.
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Search titan Baidu, on the other hand, operates an open platform for autonomous driving cars and has chosen state-owned Hongqi to test out its autonomous driving solutions.
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"All of the companies that are working on autonomous vehicles in the world identify simulation as a key technology to bring autonomous vehicles to market," Atsmon told TechCrunch.
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These technologies are "dual-use," which means that they can be used for good purposes (autonomous driving, faster processing) and also for nefarious purposes (breaking encryption, autonomous warfare).
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But China could become the autonomous leader by 2025 because regulators there can pave the way for mass adoption of autonomous cars more quickly than their American counterparts.
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Ford made several separate announcements about advancements in its autonomous efforts, and was followed by GM's Friday reveal of an autonomous concept with no steering wheel or pedals.
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That would up energy demand by 4 percent compared to an autonomous car-lite future, the article says — even if the new autonomous vehicles are electric or hybrids.
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The big picture: The Pentagon's fiscal 2020 budget proposal includes $3.7 billion in research and development of "unmanned and autonomous technologies," including autonomous weapons and unmanned battle ships.
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In a blog post Monday, Ford Autonomous Vehicles CEO Sherif Marakby said that its Washington, D.C., presence should encourage government acceptance and better policy-making around autonomous vehicles.
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And Amazon has pursued more fantastical autonomous visions, from its ever-ephemeral delivery drones to robot-proof worker cages employees might use to navigate a heavily autonomous environment.
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An example of the dangers and thus the need for research: the Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO), a futuristic autonomous entity that is part crowdfunding and part venture capital.
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"We've been focused on autonomous vehicles for more than a decade and this year we'll have the largest autonomous test fleet among all major automakers," he added later.
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Autonomous taxi competitive landscape (Ahmed, 2017) Autonomous taxi competitive landscape (Ahmed, 2017) Firms that charge relatively low prices and offer substantial differentiation are following a best-cost strategy.
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The removal of safety drivers, who can take over if a vehicle's autonomous-driving technology malfunctions, will represent a major step for Waymo and the autonomous-vehicle industry.
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"We are expanding our strategy not just in autonomous driving but also in autonomous things," Overbeek said in an interview on the sidelines of the Frankfurt Motor Show.
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When the Revolutionary Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region was formed, he became its deputy director, a position equivalent to vice chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region today.
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We believe that many of the open questions about autonomous vehicles will be answered not just by technological innovation but by the emerging business models around autonomous vehicles.
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And, of course, every company developing autonomous vehicles needs to examine the trolley problem — the ethical conundrum around who should autonomous vehicles hit in an accident, when unavoidable.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is unveiling the administration's latest principles for autonomous vehicles — dubbed 4.0, which she says unifies autonomous efforts across 38 U.S. departments and agencies.
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"First, throughout the purchase, user and ownership experience, Tesla clearly explains that Autopilot is not an autonomous system and does not make our vehicles autonomous," the company wrote.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is unveiling the administration's latest principles for autonomous vehicles -- dubbed 4.0, which she says unifies autonomous efforts across 38 U.S. departments and agencies.
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While Tesla won't define the Model 23's autonomous capabilities by level (Level 1 through 5 are often used to define how autonomous a vehicle is, with 5 being fully autonomous), Tesla confirmed that the Model 3 is, like the Model S before it, capable of autopilot driving, with caveats.
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Some of these scenarios, like plagues of autonomous microdrones, seem pretty far off, while others, such as large scale cyberattacks, autonomous weapons, and video manipulation are already causing problems.
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Autonomous ridesharing will need to detect passenger occupancy and seat belt engagement, so that an autonomous vehicle can ensure passengers are safely on board a vehicle before driving off.
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The automaker is hoping to convince customers and investors that it has a grasp on the future, both fully autonomous through Cruise and semi-autonomous with Cadillac's Super Cruise.
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"As you know, an autonomous vehicle cannot be operated in autonomous mode on public streets without the manufacturer holding a permit issued by the department," Soublet wrote September 21st.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been criticized for overstating the autonomous capabilities of his vehicles, while also beta testing semi-autonomous features on his customers — with occasional dire consequences.
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The goal is to eventually get to the point where full autonomous off-roading is the new norm, through continuous testing of its connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) technologies.
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Eventually autonomous driving technology will improve to a point that allows for both safety and smooth driving, but will we put autonomous cars on the road before that happens?
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It's the main purpose behind Lyft's launch of its open platform for autonomous tech, and one of the driving motivations for its Level 5 Autonomous driving center in California.
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A set of wheels facing sideways will be attached to autonomous electric vehicles — like the Model X I was in, though Musk says any autonomous electric vehicle will do.
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The DMV says Uber needs a permit to test its autonomous vehicles, but Uber argues that its vehicles aren't autonomous at all and therefore it doesn't need a permit.
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"There are so many demands on automakers these days for plug-in hybrids, fully electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles, semi autonomous vehicles," Bob Lutz, GM's former vice chairman, told CNBC.
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Autonomous driving modes are available for purchase on each version of the Model X. Audi and Jaguar do not offer autonomous driving on the e-tron or I-Pace.
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Meanwhile, autonomous car services are slowly taking off, but autonomous shuttles are driving on public roads and taking passengers, since they operate in limited, controlled environments on set routes.
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Participants of Drive Me, the largest public autonomous vehicle "experiment," as Volvo calls it, will take delivery in Gothenburg only after each of the autonomous XC90s is thoroughly tested.
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Bob Leigh, senior market development director of autonomous systems at RTI, works with 40 different companies building autonomous vehicles of some sort: passenger vehicles, flying cars, hyperloops, and more.
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Providing supporting services in addition to autonomous trucks solves a logistical headache for clients who would otherwise need to look elsewhere for autonomous vehicle mechanics, supporting technology, and insurance.
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Some firms working on autonomous driving technology have said it pairs best with electrified drive trains, in large part because both autonomous and electric cars need massive battery power.
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The bigger picture: Autonomous trucking technology will not impact trucking labor dynamics in the near term, as labor costs associated with autonomous tech far exceed those of traditional trucking.
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In 2018, it became the first company to launch a commercial autonomous ride-hailing service, and it is seen by experts as the leader in the autonomous-driving industry.
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Car makers are still learning how people interact with both semi-autonomous and fully self-driving cars, and rolling out semi-autonomous vehicles enables companies to do just that.
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The owner(s) of autonomous vehicles can generate some cash on the side by renting them out to Uber or some other autonomous network where they could monetize capacity.
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Toyota leads $20193M investment in autonomous shuttle startup May Mobility May Mobility has 25 autonomous low-speed shuttles spread out between Detroit; Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Providence, Rhode Island.
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The revised state regulations will allow testing of autonomous vehicles without a driver behind the steering wheel and public use of vehicles equipped with autonomous technology, the state said.
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Speaking at a CES panel, he predicted that half of Lyft's cars would be fully autonomous within five years and Lyft's fleet would be fully autonomous within a decade.
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"By the pictures we've seen, the vehicle fits the definition of an 'autonomous vehicle' because it is 'equipped with autonomous technology that has been integrated into the vehicle,'" he wrote.
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The first major rollouts of autonomous fleets; the development of new mapping and LIDAR technology; and, finally, the development of communities dedicated to autonomous driving in cities and private campuses.
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Bell Helicopter's catchily named Autonomous Pod Transport 70 (aka APT 70) has managed a major milestone, performing its first autonomous flight during a test at its Forth Worth proving ground.
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The video in particular highlights that it is still early days, but it also serves as a reminder that we are rolling into the future, autonomous inch by autonomous inch.
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The autonomous technology company, which has raised $18.8 million to date, will continue to operate independently in San Francisco to develop and integrate full-stack autonomous software into GM vehicles.
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Its autonomous Chrysler Pacifica minivans will soon show up on the Lyft app there — another partnership from Lyft instead of the ride-hailing company building out its own autonomous vehicles.
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Baidu's announcement comes as Google's autonomous driving project Waymo is set to begin testing fully autonomous cars on California's roads after earlier trials in other parts of the United States.
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By bringing Cruise Automation under the General Motors Autonomous Vehicle Development Team, while also keeping it independent, GM hopes to bring fully autonomous cars to market as rapidly as possible.
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Companies like Case IH and New Holland are developing fully autonomous tractors that will revolutionize the agriculture industry, and Caterpillar's and Komatsu's autonomous haulage trucks can revolutionize the mining industry.
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New automaker Tesla has already released a semi-autonomous highway mode, and the government has gotten involved with President Obama earmarking $4 billion to prepare the way for autonomous cars.
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Volvo's all-in-one solution could serve as a model for other autonomous truck makers looking to lower the barrier for companies to embrace autonomous trucks in their own businesses.
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Not only have many major studies forecast significant life-savings from autonomous vehicles, but autonomous features are already proving themselves safer both in the lab and on the open road.
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However, the performance was not homogeneous across the sector, with 12 out of 17 autonomous communities reporting an improved current balance, including four autonomous communities with a positive current balance.
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A realistic first step in introducing autonomous vehicles would be with a rollout of an autonomous public transportation fleet, but consumers must consider the gravity of what that would entail.
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The heavy attack drone is currently controlled remotely, but in future tests, it is expected to perform in a semi-autonomous state and eventually a completely autonomous mode, TASS reports.
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Ford created Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC in 2018, pledging to invest $4 billion until 2023 and has sought outside investors to help share the spiraling cost of developing autonomous vehicles.
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General Motors is expected to start production of its most advanced semi-autonomous system in the CT6 next year, and Tesla has introduced semi-autonomous technology in some its vehicles.
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The robots are literally out there in neighborhoods, in universities, driving on the road, we're doing autonomous driving, autonomous street crossing, we're operating seven days a week, 8am till 2am.
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In particular, the Cadillac CT6 and its semi-autonomous Super Cruise system show that GM is actually in the lead on autonomous technology, Lutz told CNBC's "Squawk Alley" on Wednesday.
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"Automakers have to spend record amounts on lobbying because the testing results in California show their autonomous vehicles are neither autonomous nor safe," Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog, said.
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Siemens AG's Next47, and the venture arm of ST Engineering are pouring $25 million into RideOS, a startup that makes software to manage fleets of autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles.
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With much of Otto's leadership focusing on the development of the autonomous car technology and heading up all of the company's autonomous efforts, the trucks have become a secondary focus.
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It's possible Ford will try to establish the autonomous vehicle operations terminal first, a slight departure from previous Ford has spent the past year ramping up its autonomous vehicle program and plans to spend $4 billion through 2023 under an LLC created last year that's dedicated to building out an autonomous vehicles business.
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Over the last year, we have seen many groundbreaking announcements regarding autonomous cars, from companies like Ford promoting its autonomous vehicle leader to the position of CEO, to Tesla's NHSTA investigation showing a 40 percent decrease in accidents with Autopilot enabled and Audi beginning mass-market sales of a "Level 3" autonomous car.
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Under a deal announced Tuesday, Google plans to integrate its autonomous tech into 100 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans, expanding the fleet of 70 autonomous Lexus RX SUVs it built in-house.
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The 5,000-acre "autonomous vehicle proving ground" in California will give Toyota a track to experiment with its new Platform 2.1 autonomous system, which the automaker first showed off last month.
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How do you think autonomous vehicles could help address this problem and is there a way that autonomous vehicles could address this problem that would take more vehicles off the road?
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Bruaset Kjol thinks the first cases we will see of 5G will predominantly be in smart cities and autonomous vehicles, "because autonomous vehicles need low latency to be safe," he explained.
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It also argues for the creation of standards providing "oversight of the manufacturing process of intelligent and autonomous technologies" in order to ensure end users are not harmed by autonomous outcomes.
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All test vehicles are required to have a qualified safety driver who is ready to take control, until autonomous vehicle trials demonstrate that the technology is ready for fully autonomous operations.
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Autonomous truck startup TuSimple hits unicorn status in latest round Today, TuSimple is taking three to five fully autonomous trips per day for customers on three different routes in Arizona. 4.
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The rating actions follow the affirmation of the Autonomous Province of Trento (PAT; see 'Fitch Affirms Italian Autonomous Province of Trento at 'A'; Stable Outlook, dated 10 June 20163 on www.fitchratings.com).
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It will be equipped with an advanced driver assistance system that the company calls XPilot, which uses Nvidia's Drive Xavier, a chip built specifically for powering semi-autonomous and autonomous cars.
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Hands-free will soon be standard in most vehicles, with experts pointing to 23 as the year we'll start to see autonomous and semi-autonomous cars on the road en masse.
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Even with high-flying names like "Autonomous Vehicles Will Remake Cities" and "Autonomous Cars Will Make Us Better Humans," the tone at SXSW's many forward-looking talks has been more subdued.
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Musk envisions privately owned autonomous cars — in this case, Teslas — driving around on their own and essentially serving as autonomous taxis, making the owner money when it might otherwise sit idle.
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Although the Korean automaker has said it won't have fully autonomous cars by 2030, it will begin adding semi-autonomous tech into four of its models in the summer of 2016.
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Didi Chuxing's autonomous driving unit is now an independent company Didi's autonomous driving team was created in 2016 and now has more than 200 employees in China and the United States.
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The rental-car companies introduce a new intermediary between the companies building the autonomous systems and the riders of the fleets of autonomous cars that will eventually take over the roads.
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The California Department of Motor Vehicles is changing its rules to allow companies to test autonomous vehicles without a driver behind the wheel — and to let the public use autonomous vehicles.
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SELF-DRIVING PLANS Toyota has been less aggressive than some rivals on moving toward full-fledged autonomous driving, expressing caution about the technology and focusing on partial autonomous systems like Guardian.
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Likewise, while studying at Cambridge University, Flock CEO Ed Leon Klinger focused on the future of the autonomous world, writing and publishing papers on driverless vehicles, AI safety, and autonomous drones.
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Urmson, who joined the project when it was launched and has been a public face of Google's autonomous vehicle efforts, testified before a U.S. Senate panel on autonomous cars in March.
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Its last direct investment into an autonomous-driving start-up was last year, when it was co-leader of a financing round for Nauto, a maker of sensors for autonomous vehicles.
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Even though autonomous is going to bring a ton of safety benefits, there's going to be a possibility, in the semi-autonomous model, that the handoff is going to bring risk.
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"The autonomous vehicle industry may not continue to develop," Lyft notes in its risk factors, "or autonomous vehicles may not be adopted by the market, which could adversely affect our prospects."
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The Pentagon policy, which was first imposed in 2012 and was renewed last year, says humans must retain judgment over the use of force even in autonomous and semi-autonomous systems.
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She also drew a comparison to the Department of Transportation's handling of the autonomous vehicle development, as evidenced in last year's fatal crash of an Uber autonomous test vehicle in Arizona.
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Subsequent "waves" of autonomous driving are likely to include multiple-lane highway driving in 2018 and then the technology for autonomous driving in cities should be ready by 2020, he said.
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Startup Cruise made waves at the beginning of March when General Motors acquired the autonomous driving tech company for $1 billion and reinvigorated interest from venture capitalists in autonomous tech startups.
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Viola — now you have an updated, autonomous rolling robot.
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GRAPHIC: Philippine referendum on Muslim autonomous region IMG - tmsnrt.
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Autonomous, healthcare space ... Well, everybody talks about AI, right?
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Google can make a highly capable autonomous driving system but knows zilch about making actual cars; Honda builds millions of cars a year but has made limited progress on the autonomous front.
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And even then, as of 2015, Google's autonomous test cars have been used in fully autonomous mode 57% of the total number of miles driven, according to a University of Michigan study.
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That means when Tesla's fully self-driving software is ready, all it will take is an over-the-air update to turn semi-autonomous Teslas (already in production) into fully autonomous cars.
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But the company is going one step further by implementing four different modes — two active driving modes (Drive Boost or Drive Relax) and two self-driving modes (Autonomous Sharp or Autonomous Soft).
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Matt Brezina, a San Francisco angel investor who has funded scooter, bike and autonomous vehicle startups, expects autonomous bikes and scooters to be a normal part of urban life in 10 years.
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Sullivan said it's becoming more commonplace for autonomous vehicle companies to have a tele-operations team — not because autonomous systems are bad, but "because they need that human intervention still relatively frequently."
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Concerns over the safety of autonomous vehicles flared in July 2016 when a man driving a Tesla Model S in semi-autonomous "Autopilot" mode died when his car struck a tractor-trailer.
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Test tracks like the 2.25-mile long SunTrax facility, may be increasingly needed to trial autonomous cars in the future, given the death of the pedestrian caused by an Uber autonomous car.
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Shaoshan Liu, founder of PerceptIn, a visual intelligence company focused on robotics and autonomous vehicles, sees the bad results on the road as yet another reason for standardization in autonomous vehicle testing.
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"We won't be building our own autonomous vehicle but we would like to enable autonomous vehicles and assisted driving as well," said Johnson, who is the head of business development at Microsoft.
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Tesla stresses that its Autopilot feature is not completely autonomous That puts Tesla vehicles at Level 2 on the autonomous vehicle spectrum as specified by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
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Nvidia on Tuesday unveiled what it says is the world's first artificial intelligence computer system designed to drive fully autonomous robotaxis, and said it plans to make a fleet of autonomous trucks.
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Seen by many experts as the leader in the autonomous-vehicle industry, Waymo launched Waymo One, the first commercial autonomous ride-hailing service in the US, in parts of Arizona in 2018.
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Autonomous society This will come as music to the ears of ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, who in 23 called for 0003% of all transport in Dubai to be autonomous by 2000.
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Teaming up with Bosch helps Mercedes throw more engineering resources at autonomous cars, allowing it to bring forward the date for having a production-ready system for autonomous cars by several years.
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"We're more determined than ever to make sure that autonomous vehicles work perfectly," he said, adding that Nvidia was committed to building the world's first functional computer to ensure autonomous vehicle safety.
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More recently, Huawei's partnership with Audi brought more light to its ambition in autonomous tech, as it provided chipsets to power Audi's L4 (which is more autonomous than L3) self-driving sedans.
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Valeo has been a regular investor in autonomous driving tech, taking a stake, for example, in French autonomous shuttle company Navya and getting a license in California to test self-driving cars.
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A more pressing need is for public agencies such as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Department of Transportation to learn how both autonomous and semi-autonomous driving actually work.
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But there's also going offline because a number of health clinics and autonomous stores, autonomous fast-food shopping malls, of course airports, train stations are hooked up with all kinds of sensors.
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The partnership announcement states that TuSimple has been helping UPS understand how to get to Level 4 autonomous driving where a vehicle is fully autonomous and able to reach a particular location.
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Before GM Cruise, its last investment directly into an autonomous driving start-up was last year, when it co-led a financing round for Nauto, a maker of sensors for autonomous vehicles.
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The combination of advances in machine learning, particularly the area of deep learning, and advances in robotics means that military operations with semi-autonomous and fully autonomous machines are now being contemplated.
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The autonomous delivery service will involve R2127.99, Nuro's custom-built delivery vehicle that carries products only, with no on-board drivers or passengers, as well as autonomous Toyota Priuses that deliver groceries.
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Dublin-headquarterd Aptiv, which will own 50% of the joint venture, will contribute its autonomous driving technology, intellectual property, and approximately 700 employees focused on the development of scalable autonomous driving solutions.
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From there, it hopes to scale its operations the following year, and ultimately operate an entire networked fleet of its fully autonomous underwater robots, which it calls "Autonomous Hybrid Vehicles," or AxV.
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I think autonomous vehicles deployed smartly into the city in a way that positions the autonomous vehicle after it drops off the person in a way that minimizes the additional movement, in other words, optimizes the routes, so that it's not a dumb autonomous vehicle in the sense of what ride it chooses to pick up.
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"The global market for autonomous vehicles present huge opportunities for our automotive and technology firms and the research that underpins the technology and software will have applications way beyond autonomous vehicles," he said.
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I think that if you're building autonomous, for you to be able to put your cars ... to have the highest utilization rate, because it is ultimately going to be ... autonomous will be shared.
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This raises the possibility of a glut of electric, fully autonomous cars reaching market at roughly the same time: Google, for example, hopes to have its autonomous vehicles ready for market by then.
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And the German automaker is part of a super group that includes Intel, Mobileye, and Fiat Chrysler that is working on the development of semi-autonomous and fully autonomous technologies for production vehicles.
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But to achieve 99.9% reliability, it's estimated that autonomous driving systems will need 200 billion miles of autonomous driving data, accumulated in a variety of speeds, weather conditions and levels of traffic density.
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In the report, titled "Autonomous Weapons and Operational Risk," set to be published on Monday, Mr. Scharre warns about a range of real-world risks associated with weapons systems that are completely autonomous.
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It is putting most of its resources into autonomous driving: it wants to get a self-driving car onto the market by 2018 and to provide technology for fully autonomous vehicles by 2020.
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"At Transdev, we believe the future of mobility is increasingly P.A.C.E.: Personalized, Autonomous, Connected and Eco-Friendly," Yann Leriche, Transdev's North America CEO and head of autonomous transportation systems said in a statement.
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Though fully-autonomous cars are still years away from widespread adoption, 25 states have already passed legislation or issued executive orders related to autonomous vehicles, according to the National Conference of State Legislators.
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If the failure mode is replicated in other autonomous weapons of the same type, a military could face the disturbing prospect of large numbers of autonomous weapons failing simultaneously, with potentially catastrophic consequences.
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Volvo, which Ford sold to China's Geely Holding in 2010, will also be building out its own autonomous technology using that same base vehicle — the next generation of which will be fully autonomous.
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Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC will house the company's self-driving systems integration, autonomous-vehicle research and advanced engineering, AV transportation-as-a-service network development, user experience, business strategy and business development teams.
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Many of the autonomous-vehicle founders and employees are (unsurprisingly) car enthusiasts themselves, so they've been sneaking a few laps with their own modded-out cars in between autonomous runs (as I had).
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BMW, for its part, continues its development alliance for robotaxis with Israeli autonomous vehicle tech company Mobileye and chip maker Intel, with the aim of putting autonomous cars on the road by 2021.
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Tesla has said it is working on an autonomous ride-sharing network, and traditional automakers, such as General Motors, have already begun experimenting with (non-autonomous) car-sharing services through its Maven brand.
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Fully autonomous vehicles still have a lot of hurdles to cross—who's going to be legally liable in a crash, for starters, and the fact that most autonomous cars suck when it snows.
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The Autonomous Friendly Corridor (AFC) is a simple idea: turn US Highway 83, which stretches down the spine of the country from North Dakota to Texas, into a designated road for autonomous vehicles.
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Seen by many experts as the leader in the autonomous-vehicle industry, the company launched the first commercial autonomous ride-hailing service in the US, Waymo One, in parts of Arizona in 2018.
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Carmakers are ploughing billions of pounds into autonomous technology with Ford already part of a government-sanctioned autonomous testing project in England and Volvo planning to test driverless cars in London next year.
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For example, after some initial inroads developing their own fleet of autonomous vehicles, Google has now focused almost all its efforts on autonomous driving software while striking numerous partnership deals with traditional automakers.
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The younger ride-hail player, which recently closed a $600 million round valuing the company at $7.5 billion, has left the autonomous tech development to the autonomous tech companies — most recently Alphabet's Waymo.
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Churches are autonomous But unlike the Catholic Church and other Christian denominations, the Southern Baptist Convention is a collection of 47,000 autonomous churches, with little power to force churches to comply with policies.
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"This team is easily one of the most experienced and technically renowned in autonomous vehicles, and in my opinion, a pioneering team who will bring autonomous vehicles to the mass market," said Hoffman.
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Cars have so far stolen the autonomous road vehicle limelight, though Yamaha unveiled a motorbike-riding robot at CES this year, and Google has lobbied to keep regulations open to testing autonomous motorcycles.
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"Everybody has an interest or should have an interest" in common autonomous-vehicle standards, Froehlich said earlier this week during an event to show off a futuristic, electric and autonomous sport utility vehicle.
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It's about training them to become autonomous in their research.
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You're going to see more of that in autonomous [vehicles].
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There are many ways that autonomous technology could help Amazon.
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It will also feed into its research on autonomous driving.
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But behind the autonomous revolution is a mountain of problems.
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Seems like an autonomous, flying Santa sleigh may be next.
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Autonomous driving can alleviate this inefficiency and reduce transportation costs.
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Ford will begin testing autonomous vehicles in sunny Miami, Florida.
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Larry headed back east, flipping his semi into autonomous mode.
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Of course, we could wait until autonomous vehicles are ubiquitous.
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Yamaha is taking a different approach to autonomous driving technology.
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AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE HELPED LOCATE 'HOLY GRAIL OF SHIPWRECKS' OFF COLOMBIA
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"We want Chomp to be even more autonomous," Stephenson said.
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"Space is more real than autonomous right now," Jonas said.
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The first Uber autonomous vehicle was a modified Ford Fusion.
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It won't be that everyone doesn't have an autonomous vehicle.
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Of course this vision of the future is also autonomous.
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For example, autonomous vehicles will eventually need repairmen, he said.
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Amazon has taken another small autonomous step toward drone delivery.
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For them, the greater acceptance of autonomous delivery, the better.
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It's even rolling out an autonomous delivery vehicle called "DRU".
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There was also a doubling down on autonomous driving technology.
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Of course, autonomous vehicles could become more prevalent by then.
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"But Google has autonomous vehicles!" you cry, probably on Twitter.
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Toyota has been pursuing a dual path to autonomous vehicles.
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Topics include autonomous vehicles, data privacy and the midterm elections.
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Electric and autonomous cars, after all, will still need tyres.
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Customers want desirability even if its autonomous or a drone.
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They have engines, future technology, autonomous technology, and camera technology.
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You don't necessarily want a sports car to be autonomous.
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Autonomous scooters and bikes are on Uber's watch list, too.
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Uber uses Volvo vehicles to test its autonomous driving software.
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Lately, the autonomous car project seems to be in flux.
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Some states have passed laws on autonomous vehicles in Australia.
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This time around, Uber's in no rush to go autonomous.
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They are completely autonomous, navigating with onboard computers and sensors.
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The car team is focusing on autonomous driving technology instead.
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The autonomous car will be here before we know it.
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Autonomous weapons select and fire on targets without human intervention.
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Like every technology, autonomous vehicles will involve drawbacks as well.
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Uber is still investing big sums in developing autonomous vehicles.
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Coincidentally, both joined from autonomous companies, respectively Waymo and Voyage.
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The bus uses Mercedes' latest autonomous driving system called CityPilot.
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Should it be "autonomous and challenging" or "obedient and assisting"?
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Car and Driver says it is "autonomous and frighteningly intelligent".
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Autonomous Cars Break Uber The current messaging hype is overstated.
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Completely autonomous weapons are beginning to appear in military arsenals.
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Israeli startups are leading the world's development of autonomous capabilities.
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Autonomous driving software has also been linked to a death.
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What is clear, however, is the inevitability of autonomous vehicles.
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The hype around autonomous vehicles is reaching a fever pitch.
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It's also expected that the vehicle will be fully autonomous.
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Think about the things autonomous cars will do for us!
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This is Toyota's first real foray into autonomous mobility services.
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This isn't Pittsburgh's first auto accident involving an autonomous vehicle.
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Ride service Uber in particular expects to use autonomous cars.
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This is the world of ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response).
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But are they dealing with worker classification and autonomous vehicles?
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There has been very little advertising around the autonomous feature.
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These questions are being asked today about autonomous vehicles (AVs).
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How would you summarize America's current policy on autonomous weapons?
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The autonomous driving trend isn't limited to large farm machinery.
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Why it matters: Autonomous drones are part of our future.
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And that is just the tip of the autonomous iceberg.
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The autonomous vehicles still have safety drivers behind the wheel.
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LG: Both of you have been in completely autonomous vehicles.
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Yesterday, Russia launched its autonomous resupply spacecraft Progress into space.
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The Dashride team with one of the Cruise autonomous vehicles.
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Qi's analysis had projected 295,000 fully autonomous trips in 2017.
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The next couple years in autonomous vehicle testing are crucial.
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Meanwhile, consumer trust in autonomous vehicles is on the rise.
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Twelve years later, autonomous vehicles are heading toward becoming commonplace.
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He tapped into the universe's ultimate autonomous system: the Force.
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Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War.
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Autonomous cars have the potential to save us from ourselves.
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Renovo's AWare OS will be integrated into aiPod's autonomous vehicles.
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"The success of autonomous vehicles requires public trust," Blumenthal said.
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Waymo Pet is an autonomous car service exclusively for pets.
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The autonomous trucks stop only once a day for refuelling.
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CMU researchers were testing autonomous vehicles before Google even existed.
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The autonomous Audi I rode in had none of that.
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The two automakers will work toward building an autonomous vehicle.
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Robots with autonomous abilities would greatly hurry that process along.
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There's an autonomous Chevrolet Bolt EV cruising through your city.
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Starsky is taking a dual approach to its autonomous trucks.
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The automaker is targeting rolling out autonomous vehicles by 2021.
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Neither company has reported a crash involving an autonomous vehicle.
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Audi says the new A173 will be Level 217 autonomous.
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Autonomous car policies could follow the same pricing increase strategy.
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The scenes with the autonomous trucks are short, but gripping.
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Barra added that GM wants to lead in autonomous cars.
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Uber has also tested autonomous cars in Pennsylvania and Arizona.
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Israel uses autonomous drones to patrol its border with Gaza.
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Waymo is, of course, not alone in exploring autonomous trucking.
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Autonomous vehicles offer us a realistic way of doing that.
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MIT's been experimenting with autonomous drone tech for a while.
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The future of automotive transportation lies in electric, autonomous vehicles.
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The contract describes these as autonomous electric vehicles, or AEVs.
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Radio Motherboard spoke to Newitz about Autonomous, out on Tuesday.
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Is this actually an autonomous car, or is it conceptual?
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I want to talk about the autonomous personal air vehicle.
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The tech is also used in autonomous robots and drones.
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Russia's Nenets Autonomous District is not home to many humans.
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Autonomous air taxis that can take off and land vertically.
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Knightscope is a technology company that makes Autonomous Data Machines.
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The Serena debuts the brand's autonomous driving system called ProPILOT.
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Just one question: how do you carjack an autonomous car?
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How well did I manage against the various autonomous teams?
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Autonomous calls CPIC and AIA its two feature outperform calls.
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It's this issue around the safety of autonomous vehicles, essentially.
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What sorts of infrastructure would you need for autonomous vehicles?
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So you could see a similar effect with autonomous vehicles.
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The Soft Tissue Autonomous Robot works on reconnecting intestinal tissue.
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So when will the fully autonomous car hit the showrooms?
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But the biggest market by far may be autonomous vehicles.
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Also, Flytrex offers fully autonomous drone delivery systems for businesses.
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Uber also voluntarily halted its entire autonomous car testing program.
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The benefits of autonomous vehicles isn't limited to driverless cars.
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Which means these things aren't as autonomous as they seem.
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Obviously, an autonomous car is one that can drive itself.
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It's called autonomous sensory meridian response, widely known as ASMR.
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Delphi is testing autonomous driving technology in vehicles in Singapore.
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Autonomous cars are coming, so why not start with taxis?
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As a result, reformers are thinking afresh about autonomous schools.
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It's described in the International Journal of Vehicle Autonomous Systems.
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Currently, autonomous technologies rely on a few different sensing systems.
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There's a new autonomous trucking company coming out of stealth.
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These are for lack of a better word autonomous weapons.
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It's called Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, or ASMR for short.
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The Autonomous Bougainville Government could not be reached for comment.
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Canada did not exist as an autonomous country for years.
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What kinds of ethics should be programmed into autonomous tech?
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Users access the autonomous valet service via a smartphone app.
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In March they declared their own autonomous region there, Rojava.
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That's what true confidence looks like for an autonomous vehicle.
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This is also where autonomous vehicles comes into focus, too.
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TV that 2628G technology will help make autonomous vehicles safer.
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Ackerman, a journalist and law professor at the National Autonomous
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Tzini, a social anthropologist from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa.
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Autonomous vehicles don't just use cameras to help steer themselves.
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At least at first, the autonomous technology wouldn't be perfect.
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Dubai's autonomous flying taxis have finally been cleared for takeoff.
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Autonomous vehicle development creates new jobs for Midwestern auto suppliers.
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Mobileye is a leading manufacturer of software for autonomous vehicles.
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Robotic satellites and autonomous systems will be on orbit soon.
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The-- move to autonomous and electric are proceeding in parallel.
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Safety must be the number one priority for autonomous vehicles.
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It was the first death involving a fully autonomous vehicle.
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It wants to go fully autonomous, up in the sky.
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Check out WIRED's comprehensive guide to the airborne, autonomous tech.
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Many autonomous cars drive slowly, making jerking movements and hesitating.
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Few of them can be excited about autonomous vehicle advancements.
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Uber and Waymo are competing to develop autonomous car technology.
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Autonomous cars are the scenario we most often refer to.
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That seems likely to be the same for autonomous technology.
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Intel also supplies chips for Alphabet's Waymo autonomous car project.
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Sebastian Thrun is one of the godfathers of autonomous driving.
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"Vampires are autonomous and generally depicted as loners," she says.
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Again, deployments doesn't always mean the latest autonomous vehicle pilot.
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Yeah, so director of product, responsible for autonomous at Lyft.
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We've been working on autonomous for about two years now.
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Apple has gotten permits to test autonomous vehicles in California.
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Tennibot – Tennibot is the world's first autonomous tennis ball collector.
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Also consider whether you prefer to be autonomous or supervised.
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Lyft, too, decided to begin developing its own autonomous software.
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Kosovo became largely autonomous, and it declared independence in 2008.
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Or his reaction after riding in Apple's secret autonomous car?
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This is the most Ford has spent on autonomous technology.
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A shame that cars learned to be autonomous before people.
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Finally, the lights turned green and his car became autonomous.
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Both Ford and Rivian are also developing autonomous driving technology.
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Government guidelines for autonomous vehicle testing are, at best, piecemeal.
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When will we see fully autonomous cars on the road?
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Third, there is the issue of lethal autonomous weapon systems.
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Uber has autonomous cars already picking up riders in Phoenix.
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But it's still a significant feat for an autonomous vehicle.
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On autonomous cars, I got to ride in your car.
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So overall we are a strong believer in autonomous driving.
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Such sensors are critical in the operation of autonomous vehicles.
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A new breed of autonomous weapons can't be far away.
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Conveniently, there's now a way to grade autonomous car systems.
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Those numbers don't bode well for Uber's autonomous car technology.
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Tiny drones have already shown the possibilities of autonomous flight.
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That month, he signed an executive order supporting autonomous cars.
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Ehang is not the only company pushing forth autonomous drones.
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Its autonomous vehicle unit has accumulated losses and legal headaches.
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There is no domestic Kurdish airline in the autonomous region.
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Eventually, and inevitably, they separate, to become their autonomous selves.
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"We don't see autonomous operation as a threat," he said.
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For making a vehicle safer, "autonomous makes sense," Demler conceded.
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It is an autonomous region of China, not a province.
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Inclement conditions are challenging for autonomous vehicles for several reasons.
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But Alphabet isn't just another company developing autonomous driving systems.
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Autonomous vehicles: "They're coming slower than you think," says Bardin.
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It's the first known pedestrian fatality involving an autonomous vehicle.
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Over the years, the en vogue autonomous car has changed.
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AG: I would be in favor of banning autonomous weapons.
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Autonomous vehicles are supposed to save lives, not take them.
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Postmates and Amazon also have been testing autonomous delivery robots.
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Car companies are developing autonomous cars which are incredibly complex.
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But actually experiencing an autonomous ride can assuage growing fears.
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BMW i Interaction EASE showed what's possible with autonomous vehicles.
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It's a futuristic layout that anticipates fully autonomous freight transportation.
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The vehicles will not be operating in autonomous mode, though.
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Welcome to autonomous yard truck startup Outrider, just outta stealth.
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They are calling for a ban on fully autonomous weapons.
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Uber suspended testing of their autonomous vehicles following the crash.
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They also want to bar states from blocking autonomous vehicles.
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Lyft is also working with autonomous vehicle software developer Magna.
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Oh, and the Aicon is designed to be fully autonomous.
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N) and others to develop autonomous and electric vehicles (EVs).
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The Nuro partnership isn't Walmart's first autonomous delivery pilot, either.
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The Germans already cooperate in mobility services and autonomous vehicles.
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The autonomous vehicles will be integrated into existing public transit.
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YOU SEE THE ENERGY THAT'S GOING INTO AUTONOMOUS CARS TODAY.
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Tesla's Autopilot truly raised the bar for autonomous driving systems.
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But the nascent autonomous vehicle space has become fiercely competitive.
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As written, the laws restrict autonomous vehicle operation to automakers.
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The fact that our churches are autonomous is no excuse.
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"Autonomous weaponry is the ultimate threat to humanity," says Cuban.
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SoftBank has also invested in businesses focused on autonomous vehicles.
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Rain, snow and ice are particularly challenging for autonomous cars.
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KEY RATING DRIVERS Links to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture: The ratings of LSID are credit linked to, but not equalised with, Fitch's internal assessment of the creditworthiness of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture (Liangshan).
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Ryan Popple—the CEO of Proterra, a popular maker of electric buses that is also exploring autonomous buses—explained in a phone call that it's unlikely city bus fleets will ever be entirely autonomous.
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Autonomous vehicle companies track — and publish, at least in California — a variety of performance metrics, including how many times an operator has to take control of the autonomous system, accidents, and distance traveled autonomously.
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"What we've built is not any sort of self-driving car, it's not autonomous, it's not semi-autonomous, and when it ships to customers it will actually have absolutely no preinstalled software," Schulwitz said.
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Anticipating things like braking, applying the accelerator, or anticipating turns, Nissan could develop great advanced driver assistance (ADAS) features, or it could help bridge the gap between semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicles more safely.
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The company recently announced plans to begin testing its own, in-house produced autonomous vehicles at a massive ex-military base turned autonomous-vehicle-proving ground northeast of San Francisco called the GoMentum Station.
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Autonomous Intelligent Driving, Audi's self-driving unit led by a team of former Microsoft, Tesla and internal Audi veterans, says it will use Cognata's autonomous vehicle simulation platform to test and develop its technology.
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Automotive supply giant Delphi, which recently shifted focus to target autonomous and high-tech solutions more specifically, has signed a new partnership with Innoviz, an Israeli tech company building LiDAR tech for autonomous driving.
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Even as the giants of the autonomous vehicle industry were setting ambitious timelines for their robotaxi deployments, May Mobility The startup launched its first low-speed autonomous shuttle service in Detroit in summer 2018.
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So while it's essential that a Tesla Model X or an Audi Q7 with a semi-autonomous driving system also have a steering wheel, it's not a critical component for a fully autonomous car.
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Once the new rules are implemented the DMV can start issuing permits to autonomous car companies, like Uber, Waymo, Tesla, and other big players in the race to put autonomous vehicles on the road.
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Faced with a twisting, no-holds-barred track, the vehicles revealed their shortfalls quickly: PolySync's autonomous braking system malfunctioned, preventing a fully autonomous run; the SLAMborghini could only operate under remote control; and Comma.
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"We will start testing our autonomous driving technologies on public roads very soon in California," says Jing Wang, senior vice president of Baidu and general manager of Baidu's Autonomous Driving Unit, in a statement.
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In the future, autonomous cars could be used for ride-sharing or package deliveries, including applications that people have yet to think up, said Lei Ma, senior product manager in Baidu's autonomous driving unit.
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Mercedes-Benz's arch rival BMW teamed up with Israeli autonomous vehicle tech company Mobileye and chip maker Intel last year to develop new technology that could put autonomous cars on the road by 20203.
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Pooled information on both good and bad driving habits, and the myriad of situations drivers face on urban roads, is essential before carmakers can understand how to program their autonomous or semi-autonomous cars.
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Volvo Cars, which is owned by China's Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd, will use a similar autonomous base vehicle concept for the introduction of its first commercially available autonomous drive technology in the early 2020s.
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Regulators will set as a condition that companies demonstrate that their autonomous cars can operate safely and plan to develop formal guidance "on the safe deployment and operation of autonomous vehicles" within six months.
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The new law will abolish the current Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), which was called a "failed experiment" by former Philippines President Benigno Aquino, to make way for the new autonomous Bangsamoro government.
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Autonomous planes have already been put into service but the US Air Force is now testing a robot that can pilot the military's existing fleet of aircraft, making any plane autonomous with minimal modifications.
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Workers at the Wayne plant will modify and finish Ford's first autonomous vehicles starting in 2021, including the installation of self-driving technology and interiors built for autonomous travel, Ford said in a statement.
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Rolls-Royce has become the latest company to enter the autonomous shipping arena, revealing plans for a 197-foot-long (60m) autonomous vessel that will perform missions including patrolling, surveillance, mine detection, and fleet screening.
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It is one of the clearest signs yet the automaker is looking beyond simply adding autonomous features toward the day when it builds fully autonomous robo-rides and deploys them in a ride sharing network.
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The authorization actually encompasses two pilot programs: one approving passengers to ride in autonomous service vehicles with a trained driver at the wheel, and another allowing passengers to ride in completely unmanned autonomous service vehicles.
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Waymo and FCA may even be working together on an autonomous ride-sharing service that could launch as soon as late 2017, according to a Bloomberg report, likely with these autonomous vans at its core.
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Ford said it plans to have an autonomous car aimed at ride-sharing fleets available by 2021, while GM has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in a partnership with Lyft to develop autonomous Chevys.
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In order to ensure that network is as powerful as it needs to be, the Volkswagen Group of America — joined by four autonomous tech suppliers — formed the Networking for Autonomous Vehicles (NAV) Alliance on Tuesday.
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On Wednesday, the group announced an agreement with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to join in the development of a semi-autonomous and fully autonomous technologies for production vehicles with the German automaker and the technology companies.
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"Retirement villages are just the perfect first place we see for autonomous driving," said Oliver Cameron, co-founder and CEO of Voyage, the company that is bringing the autonomous ride-sharing services to the community.
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Current washing options are manual (hoses, squeegees), semi-autonomous (a robot is placed on the end of each row in succession), or fully autonomous (there's a cleaning robot on each row and it runs itself).
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Bike share pioneer Mobike retreats to China On the autonomous vehicle front: China Post, the official postal service of China, and delivery and logistics companies Deppon Express, will begin autonomous package delivery services in April.
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We have already been well primed for the fully autonomous car at this point, so when Kia releases footage to prove that it, too, is testing an autonomous car, it doesn't foster much excitement anymore.
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This will no doubt matter a great deal in as more autonomous and semi-autonomous cars begin to appear on the market, and car companies begin to experiment with designs that best appeal to customers.
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The new entity, Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC, houses the company's self-driving systems integration, autonomous-vehicle research and advanced engineering, AV transportation-as-a-service network development, user experience, business strategy and business development teams.
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Even if Toyota is moving forward with its autonomous program, Uber is still paused, as federal investigators assess how 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg was fatally hit by an autonomous vehicle while crossing a road.
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Stan Boland, CEO of autonomous technology developer FiveAI, told CNBC on Monday that the U.S. is currently ahead of the U.K. in terms of fully autonomous vehicles, and British companies are working to catch up.
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If the public ratify the law, the landmark legislation will abolish the current Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to make way for the creation of a new autonomous Bangsamoro region, according to CNN Philippines.
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The electric cars, a mix of Model S sedans and Model X SUVs, already have semi-autonomous systems in place, with the hardware for a fully-autonomous experience installed and ready for future software updates.
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Ford's latest autonomous cars get more data from fewer sensors Ford's probably playing elaborate word games using the Fusion as its self-driving test platform, since there's so much sensor fusion required in autonomous driving.
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We've seen this before — drivers using semi-autonomous or nearly autonomous features in cars start looking away from the road, going on their phones, and watching much more entertaining things like TV shows and movies.
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When no existing term could meet both conditions, she made up a new one: Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, or A.S.M.R. She started with "autonomous" because it was a feeling from within; "sensory" was self-explanatory.
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Workers at the Wayne plant will modify and finish Ford&aposs first autonomous vehicles starting in 2021, including the installation of self-driving technology and interiors built for autonomous travel, Ford said in a statement.
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They're gearing up for a mainly ride-hailing and autonomous future.
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Honda trails most major automakers in its pursuit of autonomous technology.
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Catalonia would remain in Spain, but would be autonomous and European.
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This week, any future autonomous testing in Arizona was suspended indefinitely.
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This will need to change to make fully autonomous vehicles feasible.
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The firm is fending off accusations of stealing autonomous-car technology.
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The company is currently testing real autonomous vehicles in Miami, too.
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Before we get to fully autonomous, what could be in it?
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We need to stop pretending that the autonomous car is imminent.
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There is always someone at the wheel of an autonomous Uber.
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Since a person is still in control, they're not truly autonomous.
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These tend to be the moments when an autonomous truck struggles.
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But is a simple autonomous companion so much to ask for?
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To watch the drivers as the autonomous cars leave the driveways.
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Besides, no one wants autonomous weapons acting on their own anyway.
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Everyone working in the autonomous vehicle space said it was inevitable.
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Uber is first offering autonomous pickups in a few Pittsburgh neighborhoods.
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Some even dream of autonomous supply chains requiring no human intervention.
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Any car GM builds for Lyft must be 100-percent autonomous.
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Mention autonomous vehicles, and people conjure two visions of the future.
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In short, Iagnemma is an authority on robotics and autonomous vehicles.
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In America, the age of autonomous shuttles began with a crunch.
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DARPA is funding autonomous cardboard airplanes that can carry medical supplies.
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There's no standard definition of "intervention" throughout the autonomous car industry.
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That means semi-autonomous capabilities for breaking and keeping in lanes.
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They also say it undermines Hong Kong's semi-autonomous legal system.
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Apple is also committed to developing autonomous vehicles, or driverless cars.
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The autonomous car has freed me from the slog of commuting.
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GM's autonomous unit is currently valued at $14.6 billion, GM said.
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The whole point of autonomous cars is to make driving safer.
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Sure, the autonomous era will wipe out a lot of jobs.
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Cramer was also impressed with Analog Devices' commitment to autonomous cars.
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Both companies are betting on autonomous driving to reduce transportation costs.
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After the incident, Uber ceased testing autonomous cars on public roads.
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Horvitz fully expects autonomous driving, for instance, to transform highway safety.
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Intel showed off an autonomous, human-carrying drone at CES, too.
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By 2021, says Li, autonomous cars will be in full production.
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Katz told TechCrunch that customers include companies launching autonomous delivery robots.
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It's how you become autonomous and that's embedded in our cars.
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As the technology evolves, he says, so will autonomous-vehicle services.
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Another company, called CtrlWorks, is already testing its own autonomous scooters.
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Think of it as the autonomous vehicle for you and me.
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The initial hype around autonomous driving technology hasn't quite worn off.
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An autonomous vehicle requires two different types of external signal connections.
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Everything that moves, says a16z partner Frank Chen, will go autonomous.
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"We have more autonomous sites than any other provider," Johnson said.
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When I think about autonomous, we want to play in it.
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The development of autonomous vehicles (AV) continues at a fast pace.
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They include autonomous cars, the Calico health business, and Nest thermometers.
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Go deeper: Self-flying aircraft an overlooked opportunity in autonomous transport
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BMW has similarly targeted highly or fully autonomous cars by 2021.
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The company plans to launch an autonomous vehicle platform in 2021.
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Consumer use of vehicles with autonomous capabilities, however, is just beginning.
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And of course the LF-30 Electrified concept has autonomous functionality.
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Combining them will provide a "safety cocoon" around an autonomous vehicle.
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The federal government does not have any laws regulating autonomous vehicles.
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Like Uber, Didi is also making big bets on autonomous driving.
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Oh, and it's also preparing for a future of autonomous driving.
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When they're rolled out, Ahmed claims that they'll be fully autonomous.
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This week it announced Ford as its latest autonomous car partner.
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Autonomous also emphasizes the complicated power gaps in sex and romance.
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Aurora still aims to provide autonomous systems to many different players.
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But not all locations are accessible or safe for autonomous vehicles.
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But we're far from having any in place around autonomous vehicles.
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Do all cars need to be designed with autonomous driving capabilities?
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Once it's past the obstruction, the car can resume autonomous operations.
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"I've felt incredibly autonomous and supported by Amazon" he tells me.
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In July, it announced "closer cooperation" on autonomous driving with Ford.
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Now the semi-autonomous system can warn drivers about traffic lights.
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Domino's is taking a new autonomous delivery partnership for a spin.
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"There are also opportunities adjacent to autonomous vehicles," pointed out Pindeus.
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"This is going to build structure for autonomous vehicles," Steyn said.
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Autonomous vehicles are increasingly becoming the shiny object in Silicon Valley.
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Herzberg's death marked the first known pedestrian fatality by autonomous car.
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The problem with autonomous cars, it turned out, was still people.
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This core competency translates when we move to an autonomous network.
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For the passenger, autonomous will just be another mode of transportation.
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Do U.S. drivers want semi- autonomous technologies in their next vehicle?
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And Ford is not going at Detroit nor autonomous driving alone.
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What it takes to build the autonomous commercial transport of tomorrow.
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Cheap autonomous deliveries could make this kind of model more widespread.
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Today's autonomous machines do not have their own interests to serve.
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CNH's autonomous tractor could come to market as early as 2020.
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Its cars can be spotted testing autonomous food deliveries in Miami.
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But despite their curiosity, consumers are hesitant about fully autonomous vehicles.
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Autonomous cars are supposed to be just around the corner, right?
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Go deeper: Regulating the humans behind the wheels of autonomous vehicles
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Automakers and technology companies have invested billions into researching autonomous vehicles.
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Recently, smartphone giant Apple purchased an autonomous vehicle start-up, Drive.
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Kroger is expanding its autonomous delivery service from city to city.
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The new autonomous features certainly show progress, but they're hardly perfect.
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It is not the autonomous drone you want it to be.
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Or if, rather, Uber's management could deliver on the autonomous promise.
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A pirate mentality has infected companies in the autonomous vehicle space.
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Some even argue that autonomous weapons might make war more humane.
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The big guns are taking on autonomous driving with serious intent.
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Runaways is the most autonomous project in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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So chances are good you won't recognize the autonomous one either.
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Self-driving vehicles are just the tip of the autonomous revolution.
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What about the autonomous driving future, which now dominates the headlines.
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These include autonomous driving technology, electric vehicles, and ride-hailing platforms.
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So it was a discussion about where autonomous cars were going.
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GM said it was still fine-tuning its autonomous driving software.
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Supporters of autonomous weapons argue they will make war more humane.
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VW will become an equal stakeholder in Ford's autonomous vehicles venture.
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Nowhere is that truer than in the realm of autonomous vehicles.
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Over 40 companies have permits to test autonomous vehicles in California.
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Autonomous vehicle helped locate &aposholy grail of shipwrecks&apos off Colombia .
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Earlier this year the autonomous vehicle software maker raised $90 million.
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The Cambridge-based firm is building its own autonomous driving system.
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