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Michigan's Automated Driving Bills
Michigan's Senate will soon consider, and I'm told will likely pass, several bills related to automated driving. SB 995, 996, 997, and 998 are now out o…
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Top Safety Official Doesn’t Trust Automakers to Teach Ethics to Self-Driving Cars
"Ryan Calo, an expert on robotics law at the University of Washington, is skeptical that it’s possible to translate the so-far theoretical ethical discussi…
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What will keep your self-driving car from killing you in the future?
"Bryant Walker Smith, a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, tells Inverse that each of those vehicle types has its own set of rule…
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Singapore launches driverless taxis ahead of Uber and the US
""Singapore's government has been an early and enthusiastic supporter of automated driving, especially as a way of improving urban mobility,"…
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Double-winged flying car on the way?
"“Just that difference points to the potential for large drones that carry people,” said Stanford robotics expert Bryant Walker Smith. Ride-hailing giant…
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Uber’s “Self-Driving” Test Cars to Be Overseen by Driver and Engineer
"In Uber’s Pittsburgh experiment, two company employees (a driver and an engineer) will ride in each car along with passengers, who must first agree to tak…
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Why Uber is turning the streets of a U.S. city into its laboratory
"Even with safety drivers, Uber’s wager is risky because the project will allow vastly more people to see the technology’s flaws, said Bryant Walker Smith,…
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Uber to introduce self-driving cars to its fleet in coming weeks
"Uber's move to carry people with autonomous vehicles is not surprising, given the company's history of pushing into gray areas where there is litt…
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Uber's big test in the steel city
"By using human backup drivers, Uber is basically testing the technology and taking people along for the ride, said Bryant Walker Smith, a University of So…
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Uber To Roll Out Self-Driving Cars In Pittsburgh
""Pittsburgh is going to have some self-driving car tourism. That's exciting for them," says Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor at t…
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Uber to launch fleet of self-driving Volvos. Will Pittsburgh residents hop in?
"“Uber is doing the same thing many companies have been doing,” Bryant Walker Smith, an engineering professor at the University of South Carolina, told the…
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Ford plans to mass produce a 'no driver required' autonomous vehicle by 2021
"Bryant Walker Smith, an expert in legal aspects of autonomous driving, said that Ford's move points to how it plans to emphasize transportation as a s…