Sentences with phrase «by human drivers»

Tesla says that a diesel truck is 20 percent more expensive to run per mile, and that running an Autopilot - powered convoy of Semis is even more economical than transporting cargo by rail, while also being 10 times safer than having the vehicles manned by human drivers.
It was not the project's first crash, but it was the first caused in part by nonhuman error (most incidents involve the driverless cars getting rear - ended by human drivers not paying attention at traffic lights).
«I think the self - driving car has the opportunity to not only improve productivity for the people in the car, which will be a huge economic boost for those people; Not only has the opportunity to save lives — over a million people die worldwide in road deaths today caused by human drivers, and I think we can take that very close to zero, which is very good for both human welfare and for economic productivity — it's a very serious dent in productivity when people get killed; And then all the ancillary industries that end up getting built out.»
While the trucks are autonomous, the company says they will be manned by human drivers (since, after all, someone has to unload the beer once it reaches its destination).
In January, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said he expected Uber to roll out an autonomous ride - hailing service by mid-2019, but that timeline may be pushed back, as the company will have to provide reassurance that an autonomous ride - hailing service will be safer for passengers and pedestrians than one operated by human drivers.
Perhaps certain intersections will only be navigable by human drivers for a period, or certain weather conditions off limits to self - driving cars.
As of earlier this year, the company's cars had to be taken over by a human driver once every.8 miles, according to documents Recode first obtained.
In this case, «fully autonomous» means a level four or five system by SAE standard, or one that a human need not operate at all, but which can be taken over by a human driver if needed.
The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) defines Level 5 as «full automation,» capable of operating «under all roadway and environmental conditions that can be managed by a human driver
Many studies have found that self - driving cars are five times more likely to be involved in a collision than a vehicle operated by a human driver.

Not exact matches

Backup human drivers in Uber's self - driving cars had to take over about once every mile as of March 8, according to documents obtained by Recode (Uber doesn't make its data publicly available).
Screens have the advantage of avoiding the biases held by human stock pickers, but sometimes an active manager, like a conscientious driver, can do a better job of spotting the hazards dead ahead.
Von Holzhausen makes no bones about it: The Model 3's ultra-minimalist interior — completely defined by a horizontal version of the Tesla touchscreen — anticipates a day when cars won't need controls for human drivers.
Waymo may be thinking along similar lines: It recently took a big step in that general direction, announcing that some of its test vehicles operating in Arizona will soon begin testing without a human driver standing by at the wheel.
Driverless cars are widely believed to be the silver bullet that will make ride - hailing profitable by eliminating the main cost: wages paid to human drivers.
Rumpel adds that Uber has the ability to go «to the next level» by automating a commercial fleet, eliminating the need for a human driver.
«Many [Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards] contain test procedures that are based on the assumed presence of a human driver, and will therefore likely need to be amended to accommodate vehicles that can not be driven by humans,» the notice states.
The operating theory is that by replacing human drivers, autonomous technology will drastically reduce vehicular injuries and fatalities.
Would anyone really say that those killed by computer - driven cars have been harmed more than those killed by the mistakes of human drivers?
The National Democratic Congress Flagbearer hopeful disclosed to sensational Reggae Presenter Blakk Rasta in an interview monitored by Ghanapoliticsonline.com on the weekday drive time Taxi Driver Show on Zylofon FM that marijuana otherwise known as «wee» or «ganja» has a lot of benefits for human use and legalizing it is in order.
This has been confirmed time and again: most recently by Europe's preeminent group of regulatory assessors at the European Medicines Agency Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP), which says in its draft strategy on antimicrobials that: «it is recognized that the biggest driver of AMR in people is the use of antimicrobials in humans or human health.»
Reconfigured to allow for both men and women drivers, the company is attempting to get around New York City's Human Rights Law by letting the passenger choose the driver.
«In other words the human brain compensates for receiving increased information from a mobile phone conversation by not sending some visual information to the working memory, leading to a tendency to «look at» but not «see» objects by distracted drivers.
A human driver approaching a blind corner must slow down and prepare for the unexpected, but an autonomous car connected to CarSpeak would be able to cruise through, provided with a continuous 3D view of the area created from information captured by other cars, or by a sensor fixed in place to help with the blind spot.
The simulations showed that while dingoes had some impact, growth and development in human populations, possibly intensified by climate change, was the most likely extinction driver.
Rep. Brian Babin (R - Texas), who sits on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee and has rejected the mainstream scientific view that humans are the primary driver of climate change, was trapped in his Houston house by Harvey's floodwaters.
However safety gets defined and established, self - driving and driverless vehicles will need ways to overcome the skepticism of humansdrivers, passengers, cyclists and pedestrians — by being more transparent, says Brian Lathrop, senior manager of the Electronics Research Lab at Volkswagen Group of America.
The main driver for Arctic sea ice's disappearing act is the rising ocean and air temperatures driven by human greenhouse gas emissions.
While the ranking of individual years can be affected by chaotic weather patterns, the long - term trends are attributable to drivers of climate change that right now are dominated by human emissions of greenhouse gases,» said GISS Director Gavin Schmidt.
Human minds can develop by expanding their repertoire into new modes, by increasing their competence within a mode or by gaining control so that they can select the mode they want to «much as a driver selects a gear».
rover A carlike vehicle, such as those designed by NASA to travel across the surface of the moon or some planet without a human driver.
The transformation of forested lands by human actions represents one of the great forces in global environmental change and one of the great drivers of biodiversity loss.
«Observations throughout the world make it clear that climate change is occurring, and rigorous scientific research concludes that the greenhouse gases emitted by human activities are the primary driver,» the letter states.
Advances in life sciences are providing a rich stream of emerging research technologies, computational methods, and new biological insights by which to characterize the drivers of identity and health of human cells with unprecedented depth, precision and dexterity.
The real question is which factor is doing the heavy lifting — and a new report in Nature released Wednesday says that on the Antarctic Peninsula, at least, human - generated greenhouse gases have almost certainly been by far the most important driver of warming over the past half - century.
The film is set in Dublin and tells the tale of a young taxi driver, played by Reynor, who gets tangled up in the world of human trafficking while trying to save his mother, played by Australian actress Toni Collette, from addiction.
Early reviews have framed «Midnight Special» as an intimately human take on science fiction rounded out by a stellar cast including Shannon, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Joel Edgerton, and Jaeden Lieberher.
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When he sets out to get to the bottom of the curse before it consumes him, fate leads him into an ongoing conflict between Lady Eboshi (Minnie Driver), the leader of the iron forging Tatara clan, and the forest dwellers among whom is Princess Mononoke (Claire Danes), a human raised by wolves.
Self - driving vehicles are coming, but the high cost of their artificial intelligence and intuitive abilities compared with human drivers augmented by the latest advanced driver - assist systems will limit their adoption.
Even Ferrari leaves a little room for human flattery, insisting that a pro driver can beat Race mode by turning everything off.
You don't need to be a human factors Ph.D to know a chime or beep tells the passengers, «The driver screwed up,» and the driver is likely to respond by disabling the system.
While companies are testing self - driving cars on public roads, it's a long leap between that and the total replacement of human drivers by machines.
When moving, the driver is helped by the mirror display of the innovative HMI (Human Machine Interface) display system with Cam - Touch - Pad.
Night - time driving safety is boosted by the head - up display and heat detection system that detects both human and animal heat signatures, and issues an audible warning to the driver of possible danger.
Peopled by boxers, drunks, truck drivers, murderers, bounty hunters, drifters traveling under assumed names, and men whose luck ran out a thousand miles ago, these stories feel hard - won from life, and if they are moody and stark, so too are they filled with human longing.
In today's highly - connected world, where we can follow each other's every move via social media, where we're bombarded by data from every angle — including information on other investors» positioning and trades — and where it can be hard to tune out the noise, human behavior may be a stronger performance driver than ever.
Think of all the deaths by drunk drivers, murders, and so on, does that mean all humans should be killed?
They also pose a threat to humans in the car, too, by distracting the driver.
Learn about the fascinating natural and human history of Jasper and Banff national parks from our world - renowned driver guides, complimented by our onboard tour hosts.
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