In a piece for WBUR, Tom LeCompte interviews Professor John Leonard about the future of self-driving cars. Leonard believes that self-driving cars could be developed to handle even Boston’s notoriously difficult traffic. “Robots should just be able to navigate the way we navigate,” says Leonard.
Katie Collins writes for Wired that MIT researchers have developed a new algorithm that will allow delivery drones to monitor their own health. “Drones will be able to keep an eye on their ability to do the job by predicting fuel levels and checking on the condition of propellers, cameras and other sensors,” writes Collins.
BetaBoston reporter Nidhi Subbaraman writes that MIT researchers are developing new techniques to make future delivery drones more functional and efficient. “We have broken the large problem into lots of small problems,” says Ali-akbar Agha-mohammadi.
Writing for The Boston Globe, Jack Newsham interviews Professor John Leonard about the many challenges facing self-driving cars in a city like Boston. “Robots should just be able to navigate the way we navigate,” Leonard explains. “That’s been a challenge in robotics for 40 years.”
Wired reporter Margaret Rhodes writes about a new system developed by MIT researchers that uses drones as lighting assistants for photographs. The system operates by examining, “how much light is hitting the subject, and where the drone needs to move to adjust that light.”
Ben Coxworth of Gizmag writes about the new system developed by MIT researchers that allows photographers to achieve rim lighting during photo shoots. “Their system not only does away with light stands, but the light-equipped aircraft automatically moves to compensate for movements of the model or photographer,” writes Coxworth.
In a piece for Fortune, Benjamin Snyder writes about how MIT researchers have developed a new system to help achieve the perfect lighting for photo shoots. Flying robots are programmed to produce rim lighting, which illuminates the edge of the subject in a photograph.
Alex Davies writes for Wired about Cruise Automotive, a startup out of MIT that plans to make almost every car on the road autonomous. MIT graduate and CEO Kyle Vogt says his company’s RP1 highway car autopilot system offers more autonomy than what is currently available from automakers.
Professor John Leonard speaks with Bloomberg Businessweek about Google’s new Auto Android and how it compares with the company’s driverless car project. Leonard sees the two projects as part of an overall effort to dramatically transform transportation in our everyday lives.
New York Times reporter John Markoff discusses the challenges of self-driving cars with Professor John Leonard. “I have amazing respect for Google, but I do worry about public misunderstanding of what has been accomplished," says Leonard.
Professor John Leonard speaks with Bloomberg TV about Google’s self-driving car and the advanced mapping and sensor technology that allows the car to operate.
Chunka Mui of Forbes reports on research from MIT and Stanford that assesses the feasibility of autonomous taxis in modern cities. Using extensive traffic data provided by the Singapore government, the researchers determined a robo-taxi service could potentially handle all of the city’s transportation needs.
The Atlantic’s Rebecca Rosen reports that researchers at MIT have examined the driving patterns of Singapore residents and found that the city would need one-third of the vehicles currently in use if residents relied on a system of shared, autonomous, driverless cars.