by dankeelan | Jun 10, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Detroit
The race is on to make truly self-driving vehicles. A few years ago, it looked like Tesla had an insurmountable lead, but first Mercedes and now Ford has come from behind with a firm timeline. Ford CEO Jim Farley claims the company’s enhanced BlueCruise feature...
by dankeelan | Jun 6, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Testing
Zoox, the self-driving-vehicle unit of Amazon.com Inc. will soon expand street testing to Austin, Texas, and Miami, Fla. In a blog post Wednesday, Zoox said the expansion “marks a significant step forward.” Zoox vehicles first started testing on the streets of San...
by dankeelan | May 30, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Smart Cities, Traffic
Construction on the connected and automated vehicle (CAV) corridor pilot project in Wayne County is complete and testing will begin soon. According to the Michigan Department of Transportation, crews have finished installing digital and physical infrastructure for the...
by dankeelan | May 23, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Robots
MAMA BEAR – which stands for Mechanics of Additively Manufactured Architectures Bayesian Experimental Autonomous Researcher – 3D prints small structures before gently placing them into a hydraulic press and crushes them. It measures the energy absorption of each...
by dankeelan | May 21, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, UK
The U.K.’s self-proclaimed “world-leading” regulations for self-driving cars are now official, after the Automated Vehicles (AV) Act received royal assent — the final rubber stamp any legislation must go through before becoming enshrined in law. The government says...
by dankeelan | May 16, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Traffic
Anyone who has gotten behind a wheel knows the feeling of being stuck at a red light, and researchers are working on ways to reduce that occurrence. One way to do this is by changing traffic signals. A Detroit police officer is credited with adding the yellow light to...
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