Self-operating shuttle bus crashes after Las Vegas launch (All Things Self Driving)

guest · Jun 7, 2019

On the road to self-driving trucks, Starsky Robotics built a traditional trucking business
The fleet includes 36 regular trucks and three autonomous ones
June 7, 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/07/o...botics-built-a-traditional-trucking-business/

Starsky is taking a dual approach to its autonomous trucks. It outfits regular trucks with a combination of sensors like radar and cameras along with software that allows long-haul trucks to drive autonomously on the highway. When the truck is about to exit, a trained remote operator, who is sitting in an office, takes over and navigates the truck to its final destination.

The company contends it wouldn’t be possible to find 25 highly skilled safety and remote drivers without having a broader fleet of regular truck drivers to choose from.
By early 2020, the company aims to have 25 autonomous trucks — a goal that is only possible if it has 100 regular trucks, he added.

The only way Starsky can scale its operations on the autonomous side is to continue to scale its regular trucking operations six months in advance. In other words, the regular trucking business is inextricably linked to the success of deploying autonomous trucks.
“A lot of the concern that people might have is that this is a technology-averse industry and might not be willing to accept self-driving trucks has proven not to be true.”
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ronjor · Jun 8, 2019

‘Autonomous last mile’ is coming and society needs to prepare

Story by Avi Reichental Founder and CEO, XponentialWorks Published June 8, 2019
Drone-delivered meals, robot-conveyed packages…there has never been a better time to be a grownup with a toddler’s patience for gratification. The enabling technology is ready for society – but is society ready for it?
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guest · Jun 8, 2019

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Meet Scout
Field testing a new delivery system with Amazon Scout
January 23, 2019
https://blog.aboutamazon.com/transportation/meet-scout
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Amazon trains Scout with highly accurate recreations of real-world neighborhoods
June 7, 2019
https://venturebeat.com/2019/06/07/...rate-recreations-of-real-world-neighborhoods/

And this morning during a session at the company’s inaugural re:MARS conference in Las Vegas, Hao Chen, senior principal engineer of Scout, detailed a few of the simulation systems Amazon’s using to train the AI algorithms that underpin its navigation systems.

The Scout team is performing testing both in the real world and on a simulated sidewalk they built in the lab, but to train the machine learning models that guide Scout down suburban streets, they architected a pipeline that generates detailed virtual training environments mimicking every real-world neighborhood where Scout operates.
“We’re not doing synthetic training as a synthetic, we’re actually doing training from digital doubles [of environments],” said Chen.

[...] Marble, Starship Technologies, Nuro, Robomart, Boxbot, Dispatch, and Robby, to name a few, not to mention FedEx and Postmates [...] it’ll likely be a while before Scout starts making deliveries nationwide (or even in more than a handful of cities), and when it does, it won’t be the only delivery drone on the block.
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guest · Jun 10, 2019

Fiat Chrysler partners with Aurora to develop self-driving commercial vans
June 10, 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/09/f...rora-to-develop-self-driving-commercial-vans/

Aurora, the autonomous vehicle technology startup backed by Sequoia Capital and Amazon, has struck a deal with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to develop self-driving commercial vehicles.
The partnership will focus on integrating Aurora’s technology into FCA’s line of Ram Truck commercial vehicles, a portfolio that includes cargo vans and trucks. The deal could extend to FCA’s Fiat Professional brand as well, TechCrunch has learned.

The deal with Aurora aims to specifically develop and deploy self-driving commercial vehicles that could be used by any third party with a delivery-to-consumer need. For instance, once Aurora’s technology is integrated into its commercial vans, FCA could sell them to a third-party logistics company — like say, Amazon — that intends to use autonomous vehicles for deliveries.
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ronjor · Jun 10, 2019

How self-driving startup Aurora is wooing carmakers

Timothy B. Lee - 6/10/2019, 1:08 PM
Prominent startup aims to make its self-driving stack an industry standard.
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guest · Jun 11, 2019

Ford denies it is in the self-driving slow lane
June 11, 2019
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...s-in-the-self-driving-slow-lane-idUSKCN1TC0ZY

Ford Motor Co may be taking a cautious approach to its autonomous driving program, but its chairman rejected claims that the U.S. automaker was falling behind its peers.
“Our self-driving system, Argo, is incredibly competitive. On the technology side, we are right up there with the very best in terms of time of development but we want to take great care before we let people in these vehicles.”

Ford told Reuters that ultimately, self-driving cars will come down to trust by customers.
“It’s unknown when the perception gets good enough that it is going to be ready for mass consumer adoption and that’s the part I want to make sure we are incredibly comfortable with before we launch it,” Ford said.
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ronjor · Jun 11, 2019

Volkswagen snubs self-driving startup Aurora, eyes Ford partnership

Timothy B. Lee - 6/11/2019
Aurora reportedly rebuffed a Volkswagen acquisition offer last year.
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guest · Jun 11, 2019

Yandex promises 100 driverless cars on the road by 2020
June 11, 2019
https://venturebeat.com/2019/06/11/yandex-plans-to-operate-100-driverless-cars-globally-by-2020/

Russian tech giant Yandex has been testing autonomous vehicles on public roads since December 2017, starting in Moscow and later expanding to Innopolis and Skolkovo, Russia, as well as Las Vegas. The program’s next phase saw cars reach Tel Aviv’s city limits, and now, after five months of successful testing in Israel, the company is prepping for further expansion.

Yandex today announced that it’ll open a local Tel Aviv office with a team of self-driving engineers and that it plans to operate upwards of 100 driverless cars worldwide by the end of this year. “Combined, the driving conditions and challenges of [new] locations ultimately help advance our self-driving system to better operate in new environments,” wrote Yandex in a blog post.
“We’re excited to continue our work building a scalable autonomous technology that can operate in any number of driving conditions.”
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ronjor · Jun 11, 2019

Sense Photonics flashes onto the lidar scene with a new approach and $26M

Devin Coldewey@techcrunch 11 June 2019
Lidar is a critical part of many autonomous cars and robotic systems, but the technology is also evolving quickly. A new company called Sense Photonics just emerged from stealth mode today with a $26M A round, touting a whole new approach that allows for an ultra-wide field of view and (literally) flexible installation.
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ronjor · Jun 12, 2019

Huawei is reportedly working on self-driving cars

Ryan Browne 12 June 2019
Huawei is working with Audi and a joint venture between Toyota and China’s GAC on self-driving vehicles.
A company executive told the Financial Times it was working to build a car that can be shipped as early as 2021.
The company has come under intense pressure from Washington amid the U.S.-China trade war.
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ronjor · Jun 12, 2019

Ford launches testing of new self-driving fleet in Detroit

June 12, 2019 (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co’s majority owned autonomous vehicle subsidiary, Argo AI, launched its new fleet of self-driving test vehicles - Ford Fusion Hybrid - in Detroit on Wednesday, expanding its presence to five U.S. cities.
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ronjor · Jun 12, 2019

Uber will test its flying taxis in Melbourne

Mariella Moon, @mariella_moon 12 June 2019
The company has chosen Melbourne as its third test city.
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https://www.geekwire.com/2019/uber-...t-air-taxis-faa-chief-hits-hard-safety-issue/

ronjor · Jun 12, 2019

Uber to unveil next-generation Volvo self-driving car

David Shepardson June 12, 2019
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc on Wednesday will unveil its newest Volvo self-driving car in Washington as it works to eventually deploy vehicles without drivers under some limited conditions.
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ronjor · Jun 12, 2019

The Strange Mating Rituals of Self-Driving Car Companies

Aarian Marshall 06.12.19
The autonomous vehicle industry is looking a lot like a middle-school dance. Monday, Aurora and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced they would work together to put the startup’s self-driving tech, called Aurora Driver, into FCA’s commercial vehicles, including cargo vans and Ram pickup trucks. On Tuesday, word leaked that Aurora and Volkswagen had discontinued their 18-month joint effort to build an urban robotaxi system.
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ronjor · Jun 13, 2019

Flying taxis could lift off in six years — here’s how much it’ll cost to ride one

Ryan Browne @Ryan_Browne_ 13 June 2019
Lilium hopes to make an affordable air taxi service that operates similarly to ride-hailing apps like Uber.
An executive says it can take New Yorkers from Manhattan to JFK Airport within six minutes for $70.
Six years from now, Lilium says it will be available in “a number of cities around the world.”
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ronjor · Jun 13, 2019

Volvo’s Vera autonomous trucks will transport DFDS goods on public roads

Paul Sawers@psawers June 13, 2019
Volvo has announced a commercial first for its electric autonomous trucks.
The Swedish automotive titan has partnered with ferry and logistics giant DFDS to use Volvo Trucks’ autonomous, electric vehicles to transport goods between a logistics hub and a port in Sweden.
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guest · Jun 13, 2019

Uber says people are bullying its self-driving cars with rude gestures and road rage
June 13, 2019
https://www.businessinsider.de/uber-people-bullying-self-driving-cars-2019-6

Spare a thought for Uber's driverless cars, which are apparently getting mercilessly bullied by pedestrians and other drivers while out on the road.
That's according to Eric Meyhofer, head of Uber's self-driving car unit Advanced Technologies Group. Speaking at the Elevate conference in Washington DC on Wednesday, he said cameras mounted on the vehicles are capturing the hostility.

"We've seen people bully these cars. They feel like they can be more aggressive because we won't take a position on it, or we'll allow it," said Meyhofer, according to The Daily Telegraph.
"You're on video but still people do bully them and that's a fascinating thing to see where people are testing the boundaries of what they can do to self-driving," he added.

This isn't the first time human hostility towards autonomous vehicles has been documented. Arizona Republic reported last year [...]
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ronjor · Jun 13, 2019

Tesla loses key Autopilot engineer to self-driving truck start-up Embark

Lora Kolodny @lorakolodny 13 June 2019
Tesla Autopilot perception lead Zeljko Popovic is leaving Elon Musk’s car company for Embark, a self-driving trucking start-up.
Popovic managed the development of highly accurate maps of U.S. highways for Tesla, and created a “sensor fusion system” which combines data from the many cameras, radars and ultrasonic sensors that Tesla vehicles employ.
Embark integrates its self-driving systems into Peterbilt semis rather than building its own vehicles completely from scratch, and has delivered packages for Amazon, among others.
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guest · Jun 14, 2019

How China’s first autonomous driving unicorn Momenta hunts for data
A former scientist at Microsoft and SenseTime bets on the future of self-driving
June 14, 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/13/momenta-profile/

Momenta won’t make cars or hardware, Cao assured. Rather, it gives cars autonomous features by making their brains, or deep-learning capacities. It’s in effect a so-called Tier 2 supplier, akin to Intel’s Mobileye, that sells to Tier 1 suppliers who actually produce the automotive parts.
By selling software to car and parts makers, it not only brings in income but also sources mountains of data, including how and when humans intervene, to train its codes at relatively low costs.

“Say you operate 10,000 autonomous cars to reap data. That could easily cost you $1 billion a year. 100,000 cars would cost $10 billion, which is a terrifying number for any tech giant,” Cao said. “If you want to acquire seas of data that have a meaningful reach, you have to build a product for the mass market.”

Highway Pilot, the semi-autonomous solution that was controlling our car, is Momenta’s first mass-produced software. More will launch in the coming seasons, including a fully autonomous parking solution and a self-driving robotaxi package for urban use.
Human or machine
Human beings are already further along the autonomous spectrum than many of us think. Cao, like a lot of other AI scientists, believes robots will eventually take over the wheel.
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ronjor · Jun 14, 2019

Awake at the wheel: Automakers tap VR to banish boredom in autonomous cars

Yilei Sun, Brenda Goh June 14, 2019
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Audi, Nissan and other car makers are banking on talking cartoon characters and other virtual reality experiences to keep drivers and other occupants of future autonomous vehicles entertained, auto industry executives said.
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ronjor · Jun 14, 2019

Florida allows autonomous cars to drive on its roads without human supervision

Ronan Glon @europeancarnews 06.14.19
Starting on July 1, 2019, automakers and tech companies will be allowed to test experimental autonomous cars on Florida roads without anyone behind the wheel, or inside the car. The only catch is that the prototypes will need to comply with very basic safety and insurance regulations outlined in the law.
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guest · Jun 17, 2019

Dominos is about to start delivering pizzas with autonomous robots
June 17, 2019
https://qz.com/1644476/nuro-will-deliver-dominos-pizza-with-its-robots-in-houston/

If you’re in the Houston, Texas area and in the mood for pizza, you may soon be able to get some Domino’s delivered by a small, self-driving robot.
The pizza chain announced today (June 17) that it has entered into a partnership with Nuro, a robotics delivery startup, to test using its robots to transport pizzas from a store in Houston.

The goal is to create a service that’s on par with the delivery experience a Domino’s customer would get from a human, Leipold said, adding that Nuro likely won’t be changing much about its R2 robot to deliver pizza.
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guest · Jun 17, 2019

Waymo’s self-driving Jaguar I-Pace vehicles are now testing on public roads
June 17, 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/17/w...ace-vehicles-are-now-testing-on-public-roads/

A little more than a year ago, Waymo surprised the industry and announced that its next big move in the world of autonomous vehicles would be a partnership with Jaguar Land Rover to add the automaker’s new all-electric I-Pace crossover to its fleet of self-driving cars.

Now, it appears self-driving Jaguar I-Pace vehicles are finally being tested on public streets around Waymo’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., TechCrunch has learned. A self-driving Jaguar I-Pace, with a safety driver behind the wheel, was spotted Monday morning. Waymo has confirmed that testing has begun.
The deal between Waymo and JLR is for up to 20,000 modified I-Pace vehicles to join the robotaxi service in the first two years of operation.
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ronjor · Jun 17, 2019

AP Interview: Airbus is ready for pilotless jets - are you?

By ANGELA CHARLTON, Associated Press
LE BOURGET, France — The chief salesman for Airbus says his company already has the technology to fly passenger planes without pilots at all — and is working on winning over regulators and travelers to the idea.
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guest · Jun 18, 2019

Nvidia boosts self-driving AI business with Volvo trucks deal
June 18, 2019
https://www.marketscreener.com/news...AI-business-with-Volvo-trucks-deal--28772035/

Volvo, which demonstrated its first autonomous truck last year, said the partnership would develop a flexible, scalable self-driving system, which is planned to be used first in pilot schemes before commercial deployment.
"The resulting system is designed to safely handle fully autonomous driving on public roads and highways," Volvo said in a statement.

Nvidia, which has previously announced technology partnerships with automakers including Volkswagen, Mercedez-Benz and Toyota, said it was thrilled to team up with Volvo.
"The latest breakthroughs in AI and robotics bring a new level of intelligence and automation to address the transportation challenges we face," said Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang.
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