The start-up AutoX has integrated its app into the Alibaba app area. The service is now officially on the market. Nice Waymo has put its app online for using the robot taxi service, but can only be used by selected people. The Chinese start-up AutoX operates in the USA also a robot taxi service, but… Continue reading AutoX starts official robot taxi service in Shanghai
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Cruise hires PG&E board chairman Jeff Bleich as chief legal officer
Cruise, the subsidiary of GM that also has backing from SoftBank Vision Fund, automaker Honda and T. Rowe Price & Associates, is turning to a heavy hitter to head up its legal team. The autonomous vehicle technology company has hired Jeff Bleich, board chairman of utility Pacific Gas & Electric, as its chief legal officer.… Continue reading Cruise hires PG&E board chairman Jeff Bleich as chief legal officer
Uber argues ‘fraud’ absolves it from paying star engineer’s $179M fine to Google
Uber argued in a recent court filing that former employee Anthony Levandowski committed fraud, an action that frees the company from any obligation to pay his legal bills, including a judgment ordering the star engineer to pay Google $179 million. The court filing was first reported by Bloomberg. Uber’s fraud claim was part of its… Continue reading Uber argues ‘fraud’ absolves it from paying star engineer’s $179M fine to Google
Toyota-backed Pony.ai to offer autonomous delivery service in California
BEIJING (Reuters) – Toyota-backed self driving company Pony.ai said on Friday it would provide an autonomous delivery service to residents of Irvine, California, as demand for online orders surges because of the coronavirus lockdown. FILE PHOTO: An autonomous vehicle of self-driving car startup Pony.ai is seen during a government-organised tour to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater… Continue reading Toyota-backed Pony.ai to offer autonomous delivery service in California
Nuro gets OK to test its driverless delivery vehicles on California public roads
Autonomous delivery startup Nuro has been granted a permit to begin driverless testing on California’s public roads, paving the way for the company to roll out commercial operations throughout the state. Nuro, which raised $940 million from SoftBank Vision Fund last year, is allowed to put two of its low-speed electric R2 delivery vehicles on… Continue reading Nuro gets OK to test its driverless delivery vehicles on California public roads
California allows startup Nuro to test driverless delivery vehicles
FILE PHOTO: The unmanned delivery vehicle, Nuro, is seen during the Kroger annual shareholders meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S., June 28, 2018. Courtesy of Kroger/Handout via REUTERS (Reuters) – California’s Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday authorized autonomous technology startup Nuro to test two driverless delivery vehicles in nine cities, a decision that comes as… Continue reading California allows startup Nuro to test driverless delivery vehicles
Self-Driving Car Company Lays Off All Its Human Safety Drivers
Emergency Brakes The self-driving car startup Zoox just laid off all 120-something of its human safety drivers — and announced that it’s suspending all driving tests because of the coronavirus pandemic. Zoox has been testing its autonomous cars on the streets of California and Las Vegas, but can’t safely continue given California’s stated shelter-in-place rule,… Continue reading Self-Driving Car Company Lays Off All Its Human Safety Drivers
Self-driving car engineer Anthony Levandowski files motion to force Uber into arbitration
Anthony Levandowski, the star self-driving car engineer who was at the center of a trade secrets lawsuit, has filed a motion to compel Uber into arbitration in the hopes that his former employee will have to shoulder the cost of at least part of the $179 million judgment against him. The motion to compel arbitration… Continue reading Self-driving car engineer Anthony Levandowski files motion to force Uber into arbitration
Qcraft raises over $24 million to train autonomous vehicle systems in simulation – VentureBeat
Qcraft, a robotics startup focused on autonomous vehicle (AV) development, this morning announced it has raised over $24 million in seed funding. (A spokesperson wouldn’t disclose the exact amount, but said it’s in the “dozens of millions.”) The company says it will use the capital to further develop its large-scale intelligent simulation platform, which generates… Continue reading Qcraft raises over $24 million to train autonomous vehicle systems in simulation – VentureBeat
Using automated data augmentation to advance our Waymo Driver
To help safely navigate the complexities of the road, our self-driving technology needs to see and identify what’s around it. To perceive its surroundings, the Waymo Driver relies on our powerful custom sensor suite of lidar, cameras, and radars, while neural nets empower the “brain” of our self-driving system to understand the sensor data and… Continue reading Using automated data augmentation to advance our Waymo Driver