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Rover is an autonomous golf caddie
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Autonomous drones will help stop illegal fishing in Africa
Drones aren’t just cracking down on land-based poaching in Africa — ATLAN Space is launching a pilot that will use autonomous drones to report illegal fishing in the Seychelles islands. The fliers will use computer vision to identify both the nature of boats in protected waters as well as their authorization. If they detect illegal […]
Autonomous drones can herd birds away from airports
Drones aren’t usually allowed to go near airports unless they serve a purpose, like herding flocks of birds away from the airspace where they could put planes full of people in jeopardy. Manually controlled drones can be unreliable, though: If the operator gets too aggressive and spooks the birds, the flock could scatter and become […]
Uber Killing Off Autonomous Trucking Division
Uber is shutting down its self-driving trucks unit due to a lack of progress and the controversy surrounding its multi-million dollar acquisition of Otto in 2016. The firm was purchased with the intent of developing self-driving cargo haulers, potentially saving the trucking company a fortune by outsourcing driving jobs to robots. But it was slow […]
Uber ends autonomous truck program to focus on self-driving cars
Two years after Uber bought self-driving truck developer Otto to the tune of $ 680 million, the ride hailing company announced on Monday that the Uber Advanced Technologies Group is shuttering its autonomous truck unit. The company remains committed to further developing its self-driving car platform, which has only killed one pedestrian so far. Uber […]
BMW Rep: Government May Never Allow for Autonomous Cars, Computerized Life and Death Decisions
BMW’s past promises include a pledge to help keep drivers driving in the brave new world of autonomous vehicles. However, it hasn’t entirely sworn off self-driving technology. The company finds itself in a tricky spot, as it’s seen as both a luxury automaker and a performance brand. But it can’t claim to be “The Ultimate […]
How does the third-party doctrine apply to future autonomous robots?
(video link) In recent months, not one but two Ars writers have released books, so we decided that for this month’s edition of Ars Technica Live, that we (Cyrus Farivar and Annalee Newitz) would interview each other about our respective tomes. My book, Habeas Data, covers 50 years of surveillance law in America and chronicles […]
Volvo, FedEx test autonomous truck ‘platooning’ on public U.S. road
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Tech companies form alliance to create networking for autonomous vehicles
The self-driving cars of the future will have a lot of computing power, and that means they’ll also need fast networking. So five tech and car companies have formed the formation of the Networking for Autonomous Vehicles (NAV) Alliance. The initial members for the San Jose, California-based alliance include Aquantia, Bosch, Continental, Nvidi…Read More
