Three autonomously driven Volvos – an S60, V60 and an XC90 – running in convoy on a Swedish test track recently took part in a ‘road train’ demonstration at 56mph (90kph) behind a lorry as part of the SARTRE (safe road trains for the environment) programme.
via BusinessCar – Volvo runs convoy of driverless cars.
Three autonomously driven Volvos (an S60, V60 and an XC90) took part in a ‘road train’at 56mph
Motor Vehicle Accidents and Fatalities data and reports
via US Census Bureau.
This page tracks legislative and regulatory developments related to automated driving, automatic driving, autonomous driving, self-driving vehicles, and driverless cars
via Automated Driving: Legislative and Regulatory Action – CyberWiki.
Legislation related to automated driving.
Do you have a robot in your home or office yet? If not, you probably will soon. The robotics industry is in a major growth mode, not only in terms of sales, but also in size. At the same time, it is also creating growth around itself. According to a November 2011 report from the market research firm Metra Martech, the robotics industry will create one million new jobs over the next five years.
via Career Focus: The Real Steel — Robotics Careers Ready to Boom.
Not strictly about transportation, but much of transportation is becoming more automated, e.g. Kiva Systems, autonomous cars.
According to a November 2011 report from
the market research firm Metra Martech, the
robotics industry will create
one million new jobs over the next five
years.
But it’s unclear whether this take into consideration the jobs that will be replaced with these robots
Robots making jobs: [src]
The self-driving cars we’ve been promised since the dawn of the auto age are here. Google’s amazing robo-Prius hybrids have racked up more than 200,000 miles on public roads. Luxury cars boast gadgets that do everything but steer the car for you. And General Motors has predicted we’ll see autonomous tech in showrooms by 2020.
via Five reasons the robo-car haters are wrong (Wired UK).
Points on how autonomous cars are not infeasible
And General Motors has predicted we’ll see autonomous tech in showrooms by 2020.
The convoluted decision (.pdf) in what is arguably the biggest Fourth Amendment case in the computer age, rejected the Obama administration’s position that attaching a GPS device to a vehicle was not a search. The government had told the high court that it could even affix GPS devices on the vehicles of all members of the Supreme Court, without a warrant.
“We hold that the government’s installation of a GPS device on a target’s vehicle, and its use of that device to monitor the vehicle’s movements, constitutes a ‘search,’” Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the five-justice majority.
via Supreme Court Court Rejects Willy-Nilly GPS Tracking | Threat Level | Wired.com.
4th amendment (guarding against unreasonable searches and seizures) case
Majority opinion: GPS surveillance constitutes a “search.”
The majority declined to say whether that search was unreasonable and required a warrant.
Four justices in a minority opinion said that the prolonged GPS surveillance in this case amounted to a search needing a warrant. But the minority opinion was silent on whether GPS monitoring for shorter periods would require one.
The first project is being designed with the objective of providing information to a car-driver, regarding blind turns, traffic at cross roads and also aid him during times of lessened visibility. It can be used to inform drivers about the speed and direction of incoming vehicles. With further advancements in the technology we could even be looking at driverless cars in the future!!