[Michelle Hampson] reports in IEEE Spectrum that Chinese researchers may improve self-driving cars by mimicking how the human eye works. In some autonomous cars, two cameras use polarizing filters ...

Geofencing limits self-driving cars to specific areas, hampering universal rollout and scalability. Self-driving cars struggle with traffic obstructions, human interaction cues, emergencies ...

where Waymo is now approved to begin the process of “mapping” the area in hopes of ultimately dispatching its fleet of self-driving cars to pick up and drop off passengers at SFO. The newly ...

Here's more about what the survey says. The overwhelming majority still don’t trust riding in self-driving cars, the AAA survey stated. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

One shortcut to the goal of driverless cars is to outsource the driving and brainpower to remote humans. In such a scenario, an operator views screens displaying all camera or sensor-fused vision ...

Self-driving cars have come under fire for safety issues. In April, an NHTSA analysis found that a “critical safety gap” in Tesla’s Autopilot system has contributed to at least 467 crashes.

A cluster of self-driving cars in San Francisco were captured on camera honking at each other as they attempted to park in the middle of the night. Video shows a parking lot filled with Waymo self ...

Self-driving cars have been held up as the future of the automotive industry for several years—but how close are we really to being able to take our hands off the wheel for good, and what will ...

When I mention self-driving cars to someone outside the tech bubble that is the San Francisco Bay Area, they'll often ask, "Do you really think they'll become a reality?" To which I respond ...

Self-driving cars appear to be safer than those with human drivers. Bring them on. January 30, 2025 at 5:45 a.m. ESTToday at 5:45 a.m. EST 5 min Warning: This graphic ...

Like other robot taxis, the company’s self-driving cars sometimes struggle to drive themselves, so they get help from human technicians sitting in a room about 500 miles away. Inside companies ...