New 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.
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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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.
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Autonomous BusesAutonomous ShuttlesOn RoadPublic Transportation
Hawaii to launch first autonomous electric passenger shuttle
by Charles Choiby Charles ChoiThe new autonomous bus is planned to save more than 660 gallons of gas per year and decrease carbon dioxide by 13,021 pounds annually.
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Automated FleetsFleets and TrucksLast Mile DeliveryOn RoadSelf-Driving Trucks
Volvo plans to launch autonomous operations in Texas
by Charles Choiby Charles ChoiAutonomous freight corridors planned between Dallas-Fort Worth, El Paso and Houston.
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Driverless CarsOn RoadSafetyTest and Simulation
“Ghost driver” reveals what visual cues from autonomous cars may prove most helpful
by Charles Choiby Charles ChoiUsing a scientist behind the steering wheel disguised as a car seat, researchers find the most expressive signals proved best.
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Fleets and TrucksOn RoadSelf-Driving Trucks
TuSimple first in China to operate fully autonomous truck on open public roads
by Charles Choiby Charles ChoiThe new test in Shanghai had no human safety driver, nor remote human control.
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Automated FleetsFleets and TrucksOn RoadSelf-Driving Trucks
Luminar and Plus partnering on trucking
by Charles Choiby Charles ChoiThe new collaboration will focus on LiDAR for autonomous driving and AI software for commercial vehicles.
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Driverless CarsNavigationOn RoadSafety
Self-driving vehicles fall short on understanding social interactions
by Charles Choiby Charles ChoiA lack of understanding of social cues can lead autonomous vehicles to move when they should stop and stop when they can go, a new study finds.
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Autonomous BusesAutonomous ShuttlesOn RoadPublic Transportation
Fully autonomous mini-buses to launch in France
by Charles Choiby Charles ChoiAutonomous electric mini-buses will operate as public transport in downtown Châteauroux starting in 2026.