In partnership with startup nuTonomy, Boston becomes the latest city to join the trend of testing the new technology of autonomous vehicles, as integration with human drivers and roads is sought.
A consortium of experts last week issued an updated Roadmap For Robotics report. The first Roadmap report was issued in 2009 and led to the Obama administration to set up the National Robotics Initiative in 2011, which allocated $70 million to research for robotics.
Transport Canada looks to be laying down stricter regulation of UAVs in the country by 2017.
Insurance is a sector able to make good use of UAVs. One startup from LA is utilising the technology to good effect, to create a new type of streaming service for the use of insurers.
Transportation authorities in California have made significant amendments to their policy on driverless cars.
Clearpath Robotics has secured a large amount of funding to continue its development of self-driving vehicles, which are destined for the factory floor, not the highway.
Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, and IBM have announced plans to collaborate with a new AI-related partnership.
A nationwide set of guidelines to make the introduction of driverless cars in the US a safe one.
Dropin is a startup based in LA and provides a drone-powered video streaming service for the insurance sector.
Last month, the Robotics Law Journal examined the value of the drone market, estimated by PricewaterhouseCoopers to be $125 billion, in their report, ‘Clarity From Above’. Two companies have just announced advances in their drone capabilities that demonstrate the current and future value of drones, as outlined in the report.
Tesla is being investigated by US authorities following a series of crashes. Under particular scrutiny is the car’s autopilot feature, which failed to detect the white side of a tractor in the next lane in the brightly-lit conditions in May’s fatal crash in Florida.
The FAA has carved out a useful exemption from drone regulation using the hobbyist definition.
The White House is taking part in a US roadshow to consider law and governance issues around AI.
Commercial drone operators in the US are not yet feeling the heat from the FAA over illegal flying.
The Aviation Rulemaking Committee has delivered a report on the regulation of Micro Unmanned Aircraft Systems, marking possible future changes in regulations.
Some different options for the governance of robotics are discussed in the WeRobot 2016 Conference.
Most drone regulation in 2016 is likely to be at the local, rather than federal level. California looks to be paving the way.
Surveillance is a priority for the Privacy Commissioner as part of its five year plan.
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