For over a century, organizations like SAE International (formerly, the Society of Automobile Engineers), have existed to provide the automotive industry with safety standards and best practices. The logic behind SAE is simple, and vital: vehicles, when manufactured incorrectly, can pose a serious threat—so let’s ensure that anyone building them does so in a way…

Growing up in a small town in Michigan, I saw the full spectrum of transportation options: passenger cars, farm tractors, bicycles, even horses. And I saw all sorts of other things using the roads, from people out for a walk, to wildlife, to the occasional farm animal. But in the era of the automobile, I…

For experienced drivers, getting from point A to B in a city might seem simple. They survey their surroundings, pick a route, and punch the accelerator.  But this process only appears simple because humans are naturally gifted at quickly inferring how others around them are likely to act, so that they can predict their next moves and…

In order for self-driving cars to integrate smoothly with other people and vehicles on the roads, they must do more than drive intelligently and safely: they must also drive naturalistically, like an experienced local driver. In this Watch and Learn article, Constantin Savtchenko, a Senior Staff Engineer at self-driving technology company Argo AI, takes us through a video of an…

“One of the things that I loved about being a student was there were just all of these different ideas,” says Yisong Yue, a professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at Caltech. “I loved hearing everyone’s viewpoints, and I continue to value that as a professor.” In addition to having the unique ability to both give…