Autonomous trucking startup Inceptio Technology has new orders from Chinese delivery companies for hundreds of…
Charles Choi
Charles Choi
Charles Q. Choi, NY, NY, is a science reporter who has written for Scientific American, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Science, Nature, Wired.com, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Newsday, Popular Science and National Geographic News, among others. He has written about solar-powered airships, fleets of automated boats, robots building telescopes in space and using artificial intelligence-based guidance to search for fossils.
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Driverless CarsOn RoadSafety
Waymo autonomous vehicles are significantly safer than human drives, Swiss Re says
by Charles Choiby Charles ChoiThe autonomous vehicles of Google’s sibling Waymo are significantly safer than ones driven by humans,…
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Fleets and TrucksOn RoadSelf-Driving Trucks
Tyson and Gatik partner on autonomous delivery
by Charles Choiby Charles ChoiThe companies partnership will deliver chicken wings, breakfast sausage, hot dogs and more in Arkansas.
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Driverless CarsOn RoadSafety
Any distraction worsens reaction time if driver takeover is needed
by Charles Choiby Charles ChoiRelatively inexperienced drivers fare poorly in case of driver takeover, which may suggest regulations are needed to account for them.
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Driverless CarsOn RoadSafety
Driverless cars are worse at detecting children and darker-skinned pedestrians
by Charles Choiby Charles ChoiThe root of the problem appears to be how the images used to train the systems feature more adults and lighter-skinned pedestrians.
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Autonomous ShuttlesOff RoadPublic Transportation
Beep launches autonomous shuttle pilot in Orlando
by Charles Choiby Charles ChoiThe new pilot program will run for six months in downtown Orlando’s Creative Village.
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Automated FleetsFleets and TrucksOn RoadPublic TransportationSelf-Driving TrucksTaxis and Ride Sharing
Waymo driving away from trucking
by Charles Choiby Charles ChoiGoogle’s sibling Waymo is focusing on robo-taxis instead of autonomous trucking.
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Driverless CarsOn RoadSafetyTest and Simulation
Virtual reality tech could help test AVs more realistically
by Charles Choiby Charles ChoiNew strategy can help avoid complex models of the self-driving vehicles and their environments, as well as the expensive, time-consuming validation of those models.
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Automated FleetsFleets and TrucksOn RoadSelf-Driving Trucks
TuSimple may sell off its U.S. operation
by Charles Choiby Charles ChoiAutonomous driving technology firm TuSimple may sell its U.S. business, the company announced in June.…
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Driverless CarsNavigationOn RoadSafety
Autonomous vehicles may better navigate roads with high-tech pavement markers
by Charles Choiby Charles ChoiSensors and microchips in pavement markers could provide road condition data and shift part of a car’s processing loads to infrastructure, says a research team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Western Michigan University.