What could possibly go wrong? Perhaps we get safer streets. Perhaps every taxi driver loses his or her job.| nyc.streetsblog.org
This Tesla Robotaxi demo video is a mess. Watch as the car makes a left turn from the wrong lane. The safety operator steps in, and the car comes to a stop… right in the middle of the intersection. Eventually, it completes the illegal left turn on red, which raises the question, what exactly is […] The post Tesla Robotaxi Stops Mid-Intersection & Runs a Red Light… The Influencer Onboard Calls It “Impressive” appeared first on FuelArc News.| FuelArc News
TL;DR: Tesla self-driving tech is becoming less safe per mile, according to Tesla’s own data. Q1 2025 was 2.5% worse than Q1 2024. Q2 2025 was 2.8% worse than Q2 2024. There’s some rough news released alongside Tesla’s Q2 2025 financial results, maybe even worse than the plummeting profitability and the total lack of guidance […] The post Tesla Reports Drop in Self-Driving Safety After Introducing “End-to-End Neural Networks” appeared first on FuelArc News.| FuelArc News
The Tesla Robotaxi isn’t able to drive during rain, so our intrepid editors had wondered what happens if a rainstorm strikes while you’re riding in Tesla’s fair-weather autonomous taxi. Well, the Tesla Robotaxi cancels your fare and drops you off in the rain, that’s what happens. Seriously! Can’t make this stuff up. Watch a Tesla […]| FuelArc News
That’s it, y’all. The article title is the whole article. Tesla celebrated their first autonomous vehicle delivery after a new Model Y drove itself about 30 minutes from the Gigafactory in Austin TX to the customer’s home. It didn’t exactly stick the landing, as it parked directly in a clearly marked fire lane. Please Don’t […]| FuelArc News
Update: We broke this news over the weekend from a lucky catch on Reddit, but the Washington Post and TechCrunch are expanding on it, citing anonymous sources. They report that 10% of the NHTSA employees have been cut, which would be about 80 staffers, with especially heavy cuts for the employees in the new office […]| FuelArc News
The NHTSA’s Standing General Order: Tracking Self-Driving Crashes Since 2021, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has required the manufacturers of self-driving systems to report crashes involving their technologies. This policy is part of the Standing General Order on Crash Reporting, designed to track real-world safety data and hold companies accountable for their self-driving […]| FuelArc News
As technology for vehicles grows and becomes more innovative, awareness for levels of safety should also grow to understand if autonomous cars are safe & legal.| Koonz McKenney Johnson & DePaolis LLP
Eight years ago, not even a million dollars went into startups focused exclusively on humanoids. Today, the total amount of private capital for the industry has climbed over $1.4 billion. Just this month, Citi’s leading investment analysts published “The Rise of AI Robots: Physical AI is Coming for You.” In summarizing his report, contributing author […]| CHRONICLING THE ROBOT INDUSTRY
My goal for this book is to help you at a pivotal point in your ideation process and, at the same, introduce you to a cadre of potential mentors. Just like it’s essential to satiate yourself before…| CHRONICLING THE ROBOT INDUSTRY
You can find all the necessary data files from the public opinion poll hosted by ORI and KOTI in 2020. To access the full survey click here. To access the Survey Monkey report click here. To access the folder with […]| Open Roboethics Institute
Autonomy, Privacy and Training Open Roboethics Institute has been collaborating with the Korea Transport Institute (KOTI) since 2017 to understand the public’s perspective towards the implementation of semi-autonomous cars. ORI and KOTI collaborated on developing the research agenda and researchers […]| Open Roboethics Institute
Flying back from Miami last week I put my life in the hands of two strangers, just because they wore gold epaulets. These aviators, in turn, trusted their onboard computers to safely navigate the p…| CHRONICLING THE ROBOT INDUSTRY
The Big Apple is the center of the East Coast innovation corridor, which stretches north to Canada and down south to D.C.’s Tech Triangle, with its tentacles extending as far as Detroit’…| CHRONICLING THE ROBOT INDUSTRY