Autonomous Vehicles

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Training Cars to Reason: Nvidia’s Alpamayo-R1 is a robotics-style reasoning model for autonomous vehicles
Autonomous Vehicles

Training Cars to Reason: Nvidia’s Alpamayo-R1 is a robotics-style reasoning model for autonomous vehicles

Chain-of-thought reasoning can help autonomous vehicles decide what to do next.

January 23, 20262 min read
Self-Driving Cars on U.S. Freeways: Waymo deploys autonomous cars on California and Arizona expressways
Autonomous Vehicles

Self-Driving Cars on U.S. Freeways: Waymo deploys autonomous cars on California and Arizona expressways

Waymo became the first company to offer fully autonomous, driverless taxi service on freeways in the United States.

November 19, 20253 min read
Robots On the Loading Dock: Tensions mount as automation transforms U.S. shipping ports
Autonomous Vehicles

Robots On the Loading Dock: Tensions mount as automation transforms U.S. shipping ports

Shipping ports are the latest front in the rising tension between labor unions and AI-powered automation.

November 7, 20242 min read
Robots On the Loading Dock: Tensions mount as automation transforms U.S. shipping ports
Autonomous Vehicles

Robots On the Loading Dock: Tensions mount as automation transforms U.S. shipping ports

Shipping ports are the latest front in the rising tension between labor unions and AI-powered automation.

November 7, 20242 min read
Waymo Spotlights Safety Record: Waymo claims its robotaxis are safer than human drivers, citing new safety data
Autonomous Vehicles

Waymo Spotlights Safety Record: Waymo claims its robotaxis are safer than human drivers, citing new safety data

Waymo, the autonomous vehicle division of Alphabet, released an analysis of its own safety data. It suggests that the company’s self-driving cars are safer than human drivers on the same roads.

September 11, 20242 min read
Waymo Spotlights Safety Record: Waymo claims its robotaxis are safer than human drivers, citing new safety data
Autonomous Vehicles

Waymo Spotlights Safety Record: Waymo claims its robotaxis are safer than human drivers, citing new safety data

Waymo, the autonomous vehicle division of Alphabet, released an analysis of its own safety data. It suggests that the company’s self-driving cars are safer than human drivers on the same roads.

September 11, 20242 min read
Ukraine Develops Aquatic Drones: Ukraine’s naval drones shift balance in Black Sea war against Russia
Autonomous Vehicles

Ukraine Develops Aquatic Drones: Ukraine’s naval drones shift balance in Black Sea war against Russia

Buoyed by its military success developing unmanned aerial vehicles, Ukraine is building armed naval drones.

August 7, 20242 min read
Ukraine Develops Aquatic Drones: Ukraine’s naval drones shift balance in Black Sea war against Russia
Autonomous Vehicles

Ukraine Develops Aquatic Drones: Ukraine’s naval drones shift balance in Black Sea war against Russia

Buoyed by its military success developing unmanned aerial vehicles, Ukraine is building armed naval drones.

August 7, 20242 min read
Self-Driving on Indian Roads: Indian self-driving car startups tackle chaotic roads
Autonomous Vehicles

Self-Driving on Indian Roads: Indian self-driving car startups tackle chaotic roads

Few makers of self-driving cars have braved the streets of India. Native startups are filling the gap.

May 29, 20242 min read
Self-Driving on Indian Roads: Indian self-driving car startups tackle chaotic roads
Autonomous Vehicles

Self-Driving on Indian Roads: Indian self-driving car startups tackle chaotic roads

Few makers of self-driving cars have braved the streets of India. Native startups are filling the gap.

May 29, 20242 min read
Cruise Control: Cruise shuts down self-driving cars due to California safety concerns.
Autonomous Vehicles

Cruise Control: Cruise shuts down self-driving cars due to California safety concerns.

The state of California pulled the parking brake on Cruise driverless vehicles. The DMV suspended Cruise’s permit to operate vehicles in the state without safety drivers. The General Motors subsidiary responded by halting its robotaxi operations across the United States.

November 1, 20232 min read
Cruise Control: Cruise shuts down self-driving cars due to California safety concerns.
Autonomous Vehicles

Cruise Control: Cruise shuts down self-driving cars due to California safety concerns.

The state of California pulled the parking brake on Cruise driverless vehicles. The DMV suspended Cruise’s permit to operate vehicles in the state without safety drivers. The General Motors subsidiary responded by halting its robotaxi operations across the United States.

November 1, 20232 min read
More Tesla Crashes: Government data shows increase in Tesla autonomous collisions.
Autonomous Vehicles

More Tesla Crashes: Government data shows increase in Tesla autonomous collisions.

Tesla cars operating semi-autonomously have had many more collisions than previously reported, and the rate of such incidents has risen, government data shows.

June 21, 20232 min read
More Tesla Crashes: Government data shows increase in Tesla autonomous collisions.
Autonomous Vehicles

More Tesla Crashes: Government data shows increase in Tesla autonomous collisions.

Tesla cars operating semi-autonomously have had many more collisions than previously reported, and the rate of such incidents has risen, government data shows.

June 21, 20232 min read
Deep Learning at (Small) Scale: How to run PilotNet on a Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller
Autonomous Vehicles

Deep Learning at (Small) Scale: How to run PilotNet on a Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller

TinyML shows promise for bringing deep learning to applications where electrical power is scarce, processing in the cloud is impractical, and/or data privacy is paramount.

May 24, 20232 min read

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