Waymo’s driverless taxis are marketed as cars that can handle the road without a person behind the wheel, yet the system still leans heavily on human labor in less glamorous ways. The vehicles may ...

The seemingly quixotic quest to build fully autonomous cars is a bit like Zeno’s paradox. The ancient Greek philosopher argued that to arrive at any destination you must first cover half the distance.

Research suggests autonomous vehicles are involved in accidents much less often than human drivers. Is this because the technology is truly superior? Or is it because there are far fewer self-driving ...

Virtual simulation offers a solution, providing the ability to place human participants in artificial environments with simulated CAVs to examine human performance behavior without simultaneously ...

Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo will begin manually testing its autonomous vehicles with human drivers at Newark airport, laying the foundation to eventually ferry passengers to and from the transit hub. Waymo ...

Autonomous vehicles are an ambitious technological undertaking that have evolved dramatically over the past decade and are reshaping the transportation landscape. The momentum is palpable. But this ...

Examining the interactions between connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) and human drivers, bicyclists, pedestrians and more, raises an important question: How do you run tests to improve the safety of ...