but research coming out of Japan suggests that a simple upgrade could help reduce the risk of self-driving cars hitting undetected pedestrians: a pair of animated googly eyes that make it obvious ...

T he inaugural Ride AI conference has just concluded in Hollywood, California. This meeting of minds included innovators and ...

Apparently Tesla's robotaxi reveal is upon us, which is either a watershed moment for self-driving or a total flop.

[Michelle Hampson] reports in IEEE Spectrum that Chinese researchers may improve self-driving cars by mimicking how the human eye works. In some autonomous cars, two cameras use polarizing filters ...

Self-driving cars may need to act more like humans, new research has found.

Self-driving cars have been held up as the future of the automotive industry for several years—but how close are we really to being able to take our hands off the wheel for good, and what will ...

Self-driving cars are coming. It remains to be seen how long that will take. Plenty of vehicles can more or less drive themselves on highways, but for now, they still can’t completely reliably ...

Here's more about what the survey says. The overwhelming majority still don’t trust riding in self-driving cars, the AAA survey stated. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

Uber wants its self-driving taxis on the road by 2026, but regulations in the UK mean the plans might have to be pushed back.

Self-driving cars might offer a fix but pose risks of their own, experts say. A New Year's Day truck attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans killed 14 people and injured 35 others, the FBI said ...