Waymo opens robotaxi service in Nashville, partners with Lyft

Waymo now operates commercial robotaxi services in 11 cities, with various methods to hail.

Waymo’s skyrocketing ridership in one chart

Waymo’s weekly paid robotaxi trips have increased tenfold in less than two years.

Training Driving AI at 50,000× Real Time
Training Driving AI at 50,000× Real Time

This is a sponsored article brought to you by General Motors. Visit their new Engineering Blog for more insights.Autonomous driving is one of the most demanding problems in physical AI. An automated system must interpret a chaotic, ever-changing world…

Travis Kalanick launches a new company called Atoms focused on robotics

Kalanick’s existing ghost kitchen company CloudKitchens will be rolled into Atoms, which also wants to get into mining and transport.

Nuro is testing its autonomous vehicle tech on Tokyo’s streets

Nuro began testing its self-driving software on public roads in Tokyo, marking the first international expansion for the AV startup.

Zoox starts mapping Dallas and Phoenix for its robotaxis

It’s a precursor to launching robotaxis in those cities, though the Amazon-owned company is still waiting for federal approval to commercially operate its purpose-built AV.

What Military Drones Can Teach Self-Driving Cars
What Military Drones Can Teach Self-Driving Cars

Self-driving cars often struggle with with situations that are commonplace for human drivers. When confronted with construction zones, school buses, power outages, or misbehaving pedestrians, these vehicles often behave unpredictably, leading to crash…

The next big car threat is an AI backdoor you can’t detect

Georgia Tech researchers discovered VillainNet, a dormant AI backdoor that lets hackers hijack self-driving cars with 99% success while remaining invisible to current security tools.
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Sub-$200 Lidar Could Reshuffle  Auto Sensor Economics
Sub-$200 Lidar Could Reshuffle  Auto Sensor Economics

MicroVision, a solid-state sensor technology company located in Redmond, Wash., says it has designed a solid-state automotive lidar sensor intended to reach production pricing below US $200. That’s less than half of typical prices now, and it’s not ev…

Your robot could obey a sign, not you, thanks to AI robot prompt injection

AI robot prompt injection is no longer just a screen-level problem. Researchers demonstrate that a robot can be steered off-task by text placed in the physical world, the kind of message a human might walk past without a second thought. The attack does…