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New early warning system for self-driving cars

Posted by Admin | Apr 1, 2021 | Transport |

A team of researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed a new early...

New battery technology breakthrough for electric aircraft and long-range electric cars

Posted by Admin | Jul 21, 2020 | Transport |

New battery technology developed at Berkeley Lab could give flight to electric aircraft and...

Transport Mobility Workshop – Robotics Roadmap for Australia

Posted by Admin | Jun 29, 2020 | Transport |

This is a recording of the virtual workshop, held on Wednesday 24th June 2020, on...

Long-range coherent LiDAR is sped up

Posted by Age of Robots | May 28, 2020 | Transport |

LiDAR is a technique used for measuring distances with laser light. In a study published in Nature, researchers at EPFL show a new way to speed up a type of LiDAR engine by using photonic circuits.

Let’s Get Airborne

Posted by Christoph Ebbert | May 14, 2020 | Transport |

FROM THE ARCHIVES Let’s Get Airborne by Chris Ebbert Electric aircraft are beginning...

Drone Delivery

Posted by Christoph Ebbert | May 14, 2020 | Transport |

FROM THE ARCHIVES Drone Delivery by Chris Ebbert When the possibility was first discussed...

Toward All-Electric Transport

Posted by Age of Robots | May 14, 2020 | Transport |

FROM THE ARCHIVES Toward All-Electric Transport

Why truly self-driving cars may never happen

Posted by Age of Robots | Mar 10, 2020 | Transport |

The claim that true self-driving cars – machines acting entirely on their own without need...

Self driving cars in bad weather

Posted by Jachin Dahlitz | Feb 28, 2020 | Transport |

With more and more self driving cars hitting the road, risks that rarely occur in lab conditions...

Who’s Liable? The AV or the human driver?

Posted by Age of Robots | Jan 16, 2020 | AI and Society, Transport |

A recent decision by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on the March 2018 Uber crash...

Supercharging tomorrow: Australia first to test new lithium batteries

Posted by Admin | Jan 6, 2020 | Transport |

Monash University researchers have developed the world’s most efficient lithium-sulphur battery,...

Self Driving Cars And Privacy Issues

Posted by Jachin Dahlitz | Jun 19, 2019 | Ethics, Transport |

If there’s one worry that has continued to persist throughout the development of new...

Boeing Autonomous Passenger Air Vehicle Completes First Flight

Posted by Admin | Feb 1, 2019 | Transport |

Boeing NeXt program tests prototype to advance safety and technology of urban air mobility...

Finally Here? The Race to Build Flying Cars.

Posted by Mark Sackler | Jan 3, 2019 | Transport |

Will we ever have flying cars? There have been many promises and false starts through the years, but maybe the day has finally come. With technological advances, there are now many efforts afoot to make the longtime dream a reality.

Dandelions reveal newly found form of flight

Posted by Age of Robots | Nov 3, 2018 | AI, Transport |

The extraordinary flying ability of dandelion seeds is possible thanks to a form of flight that has not been seen before in nature, research has revealed.

What are these ‘levels’ of autonomous vehicles?

Posted by Age of Robots | Jun 20, 2018 | Transport |

As automated and autonomous vehicles become more common on U.S. roads, it’s worth a look at what these machines can – and can’t – do.

Making driverless cars change lanes more like human drivers do

Posted by Age of Robots | Jun 18, 2018 | Transport |

Algorithm computes “buffer zones” around autonomous vehicles and reassess them on the fly.

Elon Musk’s Vision to Colonize Mars Updated in New Space

Posted by Age of Robots | Apr 13, 2018 | Space, Transport |

Elon Musk, CEO and Lead Designer at SpaceX, presents the updated design for the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), the powerful rocket intended to propel a newly modified space vehicle to the International Space Station and beyond to fulfill his vision for establishing a human presence on Mars.