autonomous cars
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What Happens If A Self-Driving Car’s Passenger Isn’t A Passenger?
Briefly: Presumably someone at Google is making sure that the car knows its driver is actually a human, rather than a rock. Or a particularly large cat.
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Google’s Prototype Driverless Car Hits US Roads This Winter
Google’s first consumer-focused prototype driverless cars will takes their first drive on public roads this winter, taking to the streets of Mountain View in the US. In a blog post, Google’s self-driving car project director Chris Urmson explained that a handful of the cars will be rolled out in Google’s neighbourhood.
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NASA And Nissan Are Building A Self-Driving Car For Cities… And Space
NASA and Nissan just announced a five-year partnership in the development of a self-driving car that will not only tackle city streets but also alien planets. Most of the research will take place in Silicon Valley, where both organisations already have research facilities. And believe it or not, NASA wants to learn from Nissan.
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Elon Musk: Self-Driving Teslas Are Just Six Years Away
Tesla Motors founder/CEO/madman-in-chief Elon Musk is feeling bullish on self-driving cars: He just told The Wall Street Journal that his all-electric car company will have autonomous vehicles six years from now, and they will run circles around foolish human drivers.