Monthly Archives: June 2011

Driverless Cars Coming to Nevada

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Bradley Keyes

Well, that was fast! In October 2010 Google announced that their driverless cars had driven over 140,000 miles on California roads. Then in May 2011 it was announced that Google was actively lobbying in Nevada for changes to the laws … Continue reading →

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GMAC Insurance Study: Nearly 1 in 5 American Drivers Unfit for the Road

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Bradley Keyes

On May 26, 2011 GMAC released the results of their annual GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test based on which they claim 1 in 5 Americans are ‘unfit’ for the road. The test consists of 20 multiple choice questions. You can take the … Continue reading →

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A Car for Blind Drivers

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Bradley Keyes

As a followup to New Found Freedom With Driverless Cars, here’s a fascinating TED Talk by Dennis Hong about creating cars that blind people can actually drive. Dennis Hong headed the Virginia Tech team effort in the DARPA Urban challenge where they placed 3rd … Continue reading →

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New Found Freedom With Driverless Cars

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Bradley Keyes

In the USA there are just over 200 million licensed drivers1 but there are over 300 million people. That means that over 30% of the population does not have the means, ability or desire to drive a car. Yes, some … Continue reading →

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A Brief History of Driverless Vehicles

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Bradley Keyes

Driverless vehicle concepts and trials have been created and run by dozens of companies and universities over the last 35 years. Below is a brief overview of some of the major milestones and more successful efforts. 1977 – Tsukuba Mechanical … Continue reading →

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Sebastian Thrun – Rethinking the Automobile

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Bradley Keyes

Here’s a video of a 2010 Ted Talk by Sebastian Thrun which goes into more detail about how he got started with driverless vehicles, the start of  Google’s driverless car experiments, and his views on where the technology is going. … Continue reading →

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Komatsu’s Autonomous Haulage System – FrontRunner

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Bradley Keyes

Komatsu has developed an Autonomous Haulage System named FrontRunner. From the Komatsu’s site: Autonomous Haulage System (AHS) is a comprehensive fleet management system for mines. The dump trucks, which are equipped with vehicle controllers, a high-precision global positioning system (GPS), … Continue reading →

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300 Tons and Driverless at Rio Tinto Mines

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Bradley Keyes

Rio Tinto has announced that they will double their fleet of driverless haul trucks at its iron ore operations in Western Australia and deploy them at Yandicoogina, the largest mine in the Pilbara. Since December 2008 Rio Tinto has been … Continue reading →

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Autonomous Cars – Baby Steps So Far

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Bradley Keyes

The driverless car may not be available for sale yet, but several features of driverless cars have already made their way into production vehicles and are on the market today. Self Parking Cars Cars that can parallel park themselves have … Continue reading →

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DriverlessWorld.com using WP-Footnotes Plugin

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Bradley Keyes

Footnoting features on Driverless World are provided by the WP-Footnotes WordPress plugin.

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