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Featured in autonomous cars

By Jun 26, 2019
Technology

Driverless car proponents love this stat. Too bad it’s a wreck.

Excerpt: Are We There Yet?
By Mar 27, 2019
Technology

Before self-driving cars can get safer, they need to push their limits

Autonomous vehicles are usually conservative. This one screeches its tires.
By Jan 17, 2019
Technology

Artificial intelligence thinks your face is full of data. Could it actually unmask you?

Why humans, and by extension our machines, are so determined to “read” people.
By Nov 15, 2018
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Delivering groceries with self-driving cars may be even trickier than transporting people

Delivering cooked soup is easy, but it turns out delivering the ingredients to make it is hard.
By Aug 3, 2018
Technology

Self-driving car companies are racking up simulated miles. Here’s why.

With virtual rides, researchers can run thousands of scenarios at once and take advantage of sped up 'sim time.'
By May 19, 2018
Technology

Everything self-driving cars calculate before changing lanes

Inside a self-driving car's lane-change calculus.
By May 16, 2018
Technology

This self-driving car relies on spinning lasers to navigate down rural roads

MIT is working on autonomous cars that don't need good maps.
By Feb 2, 2018
Technology

You probably won’t own a self-driving car, but you’ll ride in them a lot

Uber, Lyft, and others want self-driving cars in city centers—but only if they operate as a fleet.
By Jan 27, 2018
Technology

A motorcyclist is suing GM after crashing into its self-driving car

Accidents involving autonomous cars can trigger a complex blame game.
By Oct 18, 2017
Technology

Where we’re going, we won’t need roads

Robo cars will force us off asphalt—and into the great out there.