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GW Expert: Self-Driving Taxi Service Waymo Expands into Two California Cities

March 4, 2024 sarah JonasExpert Pitch

Waymo, Alphabet’s robotaxi service, is now expanding service into Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area after California state regulators gave the autonomous vehicles the green light. According to Quartz, the decision “will be Waymo’s biggest test since it first…

Researchers Propose a Fourth Light on Traffic Signals – For Self-Driving Cars

February 7, 2023 sarah JonasResearch Results

At a traffic light, red means stop and green means go. But transportation engineers are now proposing a “white light,” which would enable autonomous vehicles to help control traffic flow – and let human drivers know what’s going on.

Do Passengers Want Self-driving Cars to Behave More or Less Like Them?

August 25, 2021 sarah JonasResearch Results

Researchers asked participants about their personal driving behaviors such as speed, changing lanes, accelerating and decelerating and passing other vehicles. They also asked them the same questions about their expectations of a self-driving car performing these very same tasks. The objective of the study was to examine trust and distrust to see if there is a relationship between an individual’s driving behaviors and how they expect a self-driving car to behave.

Computer Vision Technology Helps Analyze Michigan Dam Collapse

June 26, 2020 sarah JonasExpert Pitch

New Brunswick, N.J. (June 26, 2020) – Rutgers engineers have created a 3D model of last month’s devastating break in the Edenville Dam in Michigan, using the emerging technology of computer vision to analyze a smartphone video posted on social…

Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Autism and Transportation Issues

January 22, 2020 sarah JonasExpert Pitch

New Brunswick, N.J. (Jan. 22, 2020) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick expert Cecilia Feeley is available for interviews on transportation and mobility issues for people on the autism spectrum. Feeley, transportation autism project manager at the Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and…

Smart intersections could cut autonomous car congestion

December 16, 2019 sarah JonasResearch Results

A new study by Cornell researchers developed a first-of-its-kind model to control traffic and intersections in order to increase autonomous car capacity on urban streets of the future, reduce congestion and minimize accidents.

UIC Urban Forum to explore the growth, potential impact and future of autonomous vehicles

August 29, 2019 sarah JonasHigher Education Event

The University of Illinois at Chicago’s 2019 Urban Forum, titled “Are we there yet? The myths and realities of autonomous vehicles,” will examine the questions and uncertainties surrounding not only the societal and legislative impact of autonomous vehicles, but also the technological advances needed for these vehicles to proliferate.

GIVING SMART VEHICLES THEIR SENSE OF DIRECTION

August 29, 2019 sarah JonasResearch Results

Before self-driving vehicles become a permanent fixture on our roads they need to overcome two challenges—figuring out where they are and their range of motion (localization) and modeling their surroundings to avoid running into stuff (mapping).
In the world of robotics, it’s called SLAM—simultaneous localization and mapping. Researchers at the University of Delaware have developed novel SLAM algorithms that offer the best solution to date for giving these vehicles a sense of direction.