Sentences with phrase «autonomous vehicle crashes»
They are a murky regulatory environment, where states seem to be taking individual initiatives while the industry awaits rulings from the new administration's Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao; concerns about both reliability and cybersecurity in hackable robot cars; and the as yet unknown liability guidelines in the inevitable event of autonomous vehicle crashes and human injuries.
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It is not yet clear whether Uber's system was at fault or not in the latest crash, but Uber has now halted all testing of its autonomous vehicles, with no clear timeline for reactivation.
For more than a year prior to a fatal crash in Arizona, Uber's self - driving cars failed more often, and more dramatically, than competitors» autonomous vehicles.
This question came up again after another autonomous vehicle figured in a car crash recently.
The crash in Arizona isn't the first involving an Uber autonomous test vehicle.
Uber suspended its autonomous vehicle testing program in Arizona, California, Pittsburgh and Toronto after the crash.
Many automakers such as Volvo have come forward to state that it would take the responsibility for its autonomous car in the event of a crash if the vehicle is in autonomous mode.
It is not yet known if the vehicle was operating in Tesla's autonomous mode, which led to a fatal crash in 2016.
16 Many high - end vehicles are already partly autonomous, with brakes that activate if sensors indicate an impending crash, steering that prevents drifting, sonar systems that navigate into parking spaces, and cruise control that prevents following the next car too closely.
One question asked respondents to rate the morality of an autonomous vehicle programmed to crash and kill its own passenger to save 10 pedestrians; the rating dropped by a third when respondents considered the possibility of riding in such a car.
And it was the first crash involving an autonomous vehicle operating in public service.
Front crash prevention systems with autonomous braking that can stop drivers from rear - ending another vehicle or slow them down enough to lessen the impact are making a measurable difference in insurance claims (see Status Report special issue: crash avoidance, July 3, 2012).
Acura's autonomous braking system was one of several advanced crash avoidance technologies demonstrated last year on the track at the Institute's Vehicle Research Center.
Google is expected to release a more detailed report about the crash towards the end of the month, but the incident also highlights one of the significant challenges attributed to the development of autonomous driving vehicles.
As I watched all those vehicles crashing into each other during the «black ice» storm up north, it made me wonder how useless all those safety electronics are against nature and what would happen if and when the autonomous vehicles come online?
As numerous companies work to develop their self - driving cars in California, a recent crash in Arizona in which a pedestrian was killed by an autonomous Uber vehicle demonstrates that these vehicles are still in the development phase and may not be ready for mass distribution.
The EU is investigating whether to enforce the use of Event Data Recorders (EDRs) which operate like a black box and it's likely that the technology will be made mandatory in autonomous vehicles to give crash data on speed, accelerator, braking, seatbelt use etc..
The police report notes that the vehicle involved, one of Uber's self - driving Volvo XC90 SUVs, was in autonomous mode when the crash occurred.
Tempe Police says the vehicle was in autonomous mode at the time of the crash and the vehicle operator, 44 - year - old Rafaela Vasquez, was also behind the wheel.
A woman in Arizona died on early Monday in a deadly crash by a self - driving Uber vehicle which appears to be a first known death of a person hit by an autonomous vehicle.
The crash Sunday night in Tempe was the first death involving a full autonomous test vehicle.
Tempe Police says the vehicle was in autonomous mode at the time of the crash and a vehicle operator was also behind the wheel.
It is not yet known if the vehicle was operating in Tesla's autonomous mode, which led to a fatal crash in 2016.
It's the latest sign that one of the largest technology companies in the world isn't as done with autonomous vehicles as expected, following the crash of its...
The recent mishap involving a self - driving Uber that led to one of the first pedestrian fatalities caused by a self - driving vehicle (albeit with a human as the backup in the vehicle) and the crash of the Tesla vehicle with Autopilot engaged has raised questions on the safety and regulations governing autonomous driving.
Video of a fatal self - driving Uber crash that some experts say exposes flaws in autonomous vehicle technology.
The Tempe, Arizona crash involving a self - driving Volvo XC90 SUV from Uber that resulted in a death of a 49 - year - old woman earlier this month is raising questions about the overall design of the company's latest autonomous vehicle fleet, specifically in regards to the number of safety sensors it has.
Uber suspended its autonomous vehicle testing program in Arizona, California, Pittsburgh and Toronto after the crash.
He also defended Waymo's decision to continue its autonomous vehicle testing on public roads in the wake of the crash, even as other companies paused their own testing.
Immediately after the crash, Uber voluntarily suspended its autonomous vehicle testing in Arizona, as well as California, Pittsburgh and Toronto.
Huang pushed back against those questions, arguing that any company developing autonomous vehicle technology should have paused testing on public roads following the Uber crash.
Questions about the Uber crash and Nvidia's decision to suspend its autonomous vehicle testing on public roads came up repeatedly at the company's GPU Technology Conference in San Jose this week.
Nvidia will suspend its autonomous vehicle testing on public roads in the aftermath of Uber's fatal crash in Arizona, Reuters reports.
All was not well with Uber's self - driving car project before the fatal crash this past Sunday in Arizona, which has prompted widespread criticism of the ride - hailing giant's approach to autonomous vehicle development and forced the company to pause much of its operations surrounding the technology.