Fleet of Self-Driving Trucks Takes a Road Trip Across Europe

07. April 2016 · Write a comment · Categories: New Technology, Transportation · Tags: , , ,

800px-Mercedes-Benz_Actros_truckSix convoys of self-driving trucks made by largest manufacturers arrived in Rotterdam’s harbour Wednesday taking part in the Truck Platooning Challenge: Europe’s first cross-border challenge involving automated trucks. Organisers say the experiment will revolutionize future road transport on Europe’s busy highways.

More than a dozen self-driving trucks made by six of Europe’s largest manufacturers- Daimler, IVECO, Scania DAF, MAN and Volvo- are taking part in the European Truck Platooning Challenge, organized by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment as one of the big events for its 2016 presidency of the European Union. More »

Industry Wants Lawmakers to Put Self-driving Cars in the Fast Lane

24. March 2016 · Write a comment · Categories: New Technology, Transportation, Travel · Tags: , , , ,

изтеглен файлAuto industry executives urge Congress to help create a regulatory fast lane to help the deployment of self-driving cars. Google and other companies producing autonomous cars say they can’t be bothered dealing with individual rules in each state. Read more on the topic here.

Now You Can Buy a Self-Driving Car for $20,440!

14. March 2016 · Write a comment · Categories: New Technology, Transportation, Travel · Tags: , , , , ,

2016_Honda_Civic_LX.jpegHonda Motor Co. has recently announced the release of its entry-level vehicle Civic LX sedan with automated safety features and advanced-driver assistance system which makes some of the most sophisticated technology on the market accessible to significantly more customers. The vehicle costs only $20,440.

The new Civic LX can be equipped with advanced-driver assistance systems, known as ADAS. The system keeps a vehicle in its lane and features automatic braking and cruise control. More »

Google in Talks with Ford to Build Self-Driving Cars

28. December 2015 · Write a comment · Categories: New Technology, Transportation, Travel · Tags: , , , , ,

745px-Google's_Lexus_RX_450h_Self-Driving_CarGoogle and Ford are in talks on self-driving car partnership.

According to sources familiar with the plans, the second-largest U.S. automaker, Ford Motor Co is set to form a deal with Google’s parent firm, the search engine giant Alphabet Inc about forming a partnership to develop autonomous car technology.

the two companies will announce a joint venture at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2016, said a person familiar with the talks. More »

Google Has Held Five Meetings with UK Government Over Driverless Cars

21. December 2015 · Write a comment · Categories: New Technology, Transportation, Travel · Tags: , , ,

745px-Google's_Lexus_RX_450h_Self-Driving_CarThe United Kingdom may be one of the first homes to Google’s autonomous cars.

The US internet giant has met with UK government officials five times in the last two years, according to some media reports.

Google is said to believe the UK could take a leading position in developing laws for the vehicles, which are currently being tested in California and that may become publicly available by 2020. The Californian tech giant reportedly sees the UK as a key market for its driverless cars. According to some documents, those face-to-face meetings have focused on bringing autonomous cars to the streets of the U.K. even though, it is unclear whether Google is planning to extend trials to the UK. More »

One Designer’s Vision for Autonomous On Demand Pods

09. November 2015 · Write a comment · Categories: New Technology, Transportation, Travel · Tags: , , , , , ,

Belber_Crocodile_Trunks_and_LuggageTwo Italian researchers have developed an entirely new mode of autonomous public transportation. Tommaso Gecchelin and Emmanuele Spera have created self-driving pods, called “Next” that could change the way we travel.

Different modes of autonomous public transportation vehicles are beginning to emerge all over the world, but what makes “Next” different is that it combines personal transportation with public transportation and it can act as a train, bus, or personal vehicle. “Next” consists of modular, energy-efficient pods that can travel on their own, like a personal self-driving vehicle, or can connect while in motion.

When the pods connect, passengers can walk through them the same way we walk to different compartments on a train. “Next” is electric and has six seats. More »

Hackers Remotely Take Control of a Jeep Cherokee

22. July 2015 · Write a comment · Categories: New Technology, Transportation · Tags: , , ,

Jeep_Cherokee_2.0_MulitJet_4WD_Limited_(KL)_–_Frontansicht,_30._August_2014,_DüsseldorfA new vulnerability has been found in Chrysler vehicles, according to a recent Wired exclusive report. A group of researchers found that the vulnerability lies in the UConnect system built into the dashboard computers of hundreds of thousands of Fiat Chrysler vehicles made since late 2013.

Two security experts, Chris Valasec and Charlie Miller, highlighted the vulnerability of the security system by attacking a Jeep Cherokee equipped with the UConnect. They discovered that attackers could remotedly locate cars by scanning for devices using the software and easily gain access via UConnect Internet-connected security system available on numerous Fiat Chrysler vehicles. More »

Robot Kills Man at Volkswagen Car Factory

11. July 2015 · Write a comment · Categories: New Technology · Tags: , , , ,

800px-TOSY_Arm_RobotAn automotive assembly line robot killed a worker at one of Volkswagen production plants in central Germany last week, the company’s spokesman Heiko Hillwig said in an official statement.

The 22-old man was grabbed by a robot and pressed up against a large metal plate which crushed his chest. The tragedy happened in Baunatal, which is near Kessel and about 60 miles north of Frankfurt. The man was part of a team that was setting up the stationary robot when, suddenly, the machine grabbed him. Volkswagen officials did not release the man’s name and declined to give any further details about the incident because of the ongoing investigation. More »

The Robot Car of Tomorrow May Be Programmed to Kill You

21. June 2015 · Write a comment · Categories: New Technology, Transportation, Travel · Tags: , , , ,

изтеглен файлShould your self-driving car be programmed to kill you in order to save a dozen other lives? Recently, Google has announced that the company’s self-driving cars have had just thirteen accidents since it began testing its new technology back in 2009. According to Google, most of the cars were in self-driving mode when the accidents happened, and the other driver caused the accident. Read more on the topic here.

A Supermarket to Create the Most Advanced Robot Ever

14. June 2015 · Write a comment · Categories: New Technology · Tags: ,

I_robot_carThe world’s largest online-only grocer Ocado, often called “the Amazon of food” and one of the UK’s most exciting tech companies is developing an autonomous robot that will be helping factory engineers fix mechanical faults and it would be able to learn  on the job and to perform better. The robotics team at Ocado Technology is working in cooperation with four universities across the European Union. More »

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