New 3D Object Detection System Promises Improved Autonomous Vehicle Safety
Researchers develop an object detection system that uses deep learning and IoT for fast, local obstacle navigation
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The Environmental Trade-Offs of Autonomous Vehicles
New research shows that the convenience of autonomous vehicles would likely come at an environmental cost
How to Make AI Trustworthy
New tool might aid the adoption of technologies such as autonomous vehicles
Believing Machines Can Out-Do People May Fuel Acceptance of Self-Driving Cars
In a survey, people who had no trouble believing that machines can outperform humans were more likely to accept the presence of driverless cars on the highway
Stanford Autonomous Car Learns to Handle Unknown Conditions
Researchers are developing new control systems that learn from real-world driving experiences while leveraging insights from physics
How to Make Self-Driving Cars Safer on Roads
Computer science researchers develop a new way to test machine learning algorithms that control self-driving cars
Identifying Artificial Intelligence 'Blind Spots'
Model identifies instances when autonomous systems have learned from examples that may cause dangerous errors in the real world
To Crash or Swerve? Study Reveals Which Actions Taken by Self-Driving Cars Are Morally Defensible
A crash by one of Uber Technologies, Inc.'s self-driving cars earlier this year resulted in the first pedestrian death associated with self-driving technology