Although they think it’s ‘more moral,’ most people would not buy a driverless car programmed to make choices for the greater good.
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Driverless cars are the technology of the future, but unless they learn how to drive in rain and snow, they will be a technology that lets us down when we need it the most.
Autonomous submarines might do for naval warfare what drones are doing for air warfare. So should Australia consider autonomous subs as a replacement for the Collins class?
People and machines need to be able to interact and communicate effectively. Right now we – and they – can’t. But without that, we risk missing the potential benefits of collaboration.
Can software really be considered the “driver” of an autonomous vehicle? This is one question that needs to be resolved before driveless cars can hit the roads.
Why driverless cars won’t let us take our eyes off the road just yet.
A thought experiment: how will people view mobility and personal vehicles once we have electric, autonomous vehicles in the future?
Self-driving cars may not be the solution to all our transport woes. Better to focus on public transport.
Trials of autonomous vehicles are set to kick off in Australia this year. So how far down the road to driverless cars are we today?
Programming cars to make ethical decisions like humans poses problems.
Cargo that automatically reports to customs, containers that monitor their contents, and robots that pick and pack at either end: technology is changing freight, forever.
Car manufacturers need to get a handle on their software problem, before cars start crashing.
Cars are dirty and wasteful. Large fleets of autonomous taxis could cut emissions and reduce inefficiency.
The rise of robots poses awkward legal questions that we’d be best off tackling sooner rather than later.
Driverless cars might require just as much driving as those we already use.
Experts in the field of human factors – how people interact with machines – warn that “self-driving” cars need to be more of a cooperative effort between human driver and tech than the hype would suggest.
Driverless cars could soon be cruising Australian roads if South Australia gives the go-ahead to reforms to its road legislation. The technology promises to increase safety on our roads, but what happens…
The news that Google is to get into the ride-hailing scene – the same taxis-that-aren’t-taxis business pioneered by Uber – may have come as a surprise to some. We can speculate that it may even have come…
Just a couple of years ago, driverless cars were viewed as little more than a geekish techno-fantasy. But the entry of tech behemoth Google has produced an autonomous car that is now very close to entering…
If cars with drivers still suffer under gridlock conditions on roads, how will driverless cars fare any better? With greater computerisation and network awareness, driverless cars may be the answer to…
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