Road Robots Are Coming to the Rescue
Developing cars that can drive without a human is a unique challenge. There are many kinds of events that fully autonomous vehicles have to be prepared to handle in milliseconds,…
Robo Truckers and the AI-Fueled Future of Transport
While adaptive cruise control might seem very different from a fully autonomous vehicle—and it is, technologically—the two technologies reside on the same spectrum. And in even the most advanced semiautomated…
This Photorealistic Simulator Helps Train Self-Driving AI for Vehicles
A photorealistic simulator has been developed by a group of reseachers that is capable of creating highly realistic environments that can be used to train autonomous vehicles. The VISTA 2.0…
The Autonomous-Car Chaos of the 2004 Darpa Grand Challenge
As Sandstorm turned the first corner and started to disappear into the open desert, its laser scanner detected a clear path ahead, and its detailed map data said it was…