[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #692: Look in the rear view: autonomous vehicles are getting closer

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OPLIN 4Cast #692: Look in the rear view: autonomous vehicles are getting
closer
October 28th, 2020

[image: Driverless car getting a wifi signal navigating around a city] My
sane friends are not eager to let a computer drive their cars for them. I
keep thinking how great it would be to knit during my commute, or maybe
have a couple glasses of wine with dinner out. Self-driving cars aren't
quite here for most of us (as we've said before
<https://4cast.oplin.org/?p=6568>), but more and more of them are moving
out onto the streets.



   -
   - Cruise will soon hit San Francisco with no hands on the wheel
   <https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/10/cruise-will-soon-hit-san-francisco-with-no-hands-on-the-wheel/>
   [*Ars Technica*] "So as not to freak out the neighbors, Cruise says its
   driverless-car rollout will be gradual and will begin in just one
   neighborhood; it declined to specify which one. DMV’s permit limits the
   five vehicles to speeds under 30 miles per hour and prohibits operating
   them in heavy fog or heavy rain."
   - Alphabet’s Waymo Will Test Self-Driving Cars in Wintry Detroit
   <https://www.industryweek.com/technology-and-iiot/emerging-technologies/article/22024419/alphabets-waymo-will-test-selfdriving-cars-in-wintry-detroit>
   [*Bloomberg*] "Michigan will be the sixth state where Waymo has run its
   vehicles on public roads. But the region is the first with a winter
   dominated by snow and ice, the kind of inclement conditions that pose
   hurdles for vehicle sensors."
   - Tesla is putting ‘self-driving’ in the hands of drivers amid criticism
   the tech is not ready
   <https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/21/tesla-self-driving/>
   [*Washington Post*] "A point of contention among Tesla’s critics is that
   the company is moving ahead without a key piece of hardware. Nearly all
   self-driving carmakers have embraced lidar sensors, which are placed on the
   outside of vehicles and can detect the precise size, shape and depth of
   objects in real time, even in bad weather. Instead, Tesla is trying to
   achieve full self-driving with a suite of cameras and a type of radar that
   are constantly connected to an advanced neural network."
   - We've been promised driverless cars for years. So why aren't they on
   the roads yet?
   <https://www.zdnet.com/article/weve-been-promised-driverless-cars-for-years-so-why-arent-they-on-the-roads-yet/>
   [*ZDNet*] "Zenzic, which is a joint effort between government and
   industry, has taken an in-depth look into the challenges that need to be
   tackled in the UK to make sure that the next ten years see drivers safely
   removing their hands from the steering wheel, for good. The process,
   according to the organization's analysis, will require no less than 492
   milestones to be achieved in the coming decade."

*From the Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - “Are Driverless Cars a Good Idea?
   <https://search-ebscohost-com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=prh&AN=143092941&site=ehost-live>
   ” *Junior Scholastic*, vol. 122, no. 12, May 2020, p. 22.
   - Crelin, Joy. “Driverless Vehicles: Overview
   <https://search-ebscohost-com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=120615797&site=ehost-live>
   .” *Points of View: Driverless Vehicles*, Mar. 2020, p. 1–3.
   - BAILEY, DIANE E., and INGRID ERICKSON. “Selling AI: The Case of Fully
   Autonomous Vehicles
   <https://search-ebscohost-com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=tfh&AN=136003472&site=ehost-live>
   .” *Issues in Science & Technology*, vol. 35, no. 3, Spring 2019, pp.
   57–61.

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