Tech & Society
Robotaxis Face Headwinds: San Francisco pushes back on self-driving cars.
San Francisco officials are pushing back on self-driving taxis in the city after a deluge of public complaints.
Waymo
Tech & Society
Self-Driving Safety Check: U.S. Government Data Details 2021 Autonomous Vehicle Crashes
The United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) detailed autonomous vehicle collisions over a 12-month period.
Business
Driverless Delivery in High Gear: Walmart Tests Self-Driving Delivery Vehicles
Walmart aims to deliver goods via self-driving vehicles this year.What’s new: The retail giant will test autonomous delivery in three U.S. cities. Cars built by Ford and piloted by Argo AI will ferry merchandise
Tech & Society
Data Augmentation in 3D: How Waymo augments 3D lidar data for self-driving cars
An unconventional approach to modifying data is cutting the amount of work required to train self-driving cars. Waymo unveiled a machine learning pipeline that varies lidar scans representing pedestrians and other objects.
Tech & Society
Driverless Cars Stall: Why autonomous driving stalled in 2019
Makers of self-driving cars predicted a quick race to the finish line, but their vehicles are far from the homestretch. A few years ago, some car companies promised road-ready autonomous vehicles as early as 2017.