Ryan Beene | The Seattle Times

March 21, 2018 at 8:09 pm

Self-driving vehicle’s failure to pick out pedestrian may have led to fatality

While autonomous vehicles, powered by sophisticated sensors and cameras, can reliably see their surroundings, the software doesn’t always understand what it detects.

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The Waymo driverless car is displayed during a Google event Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016, in San Francisco. The self-driving car project that Google started seven years ago has grown into a company called Waymo. The new identity announced Tuesday marks another step in an effort to revolutionize the way people get around. Instead of driving themselves, people will be chauffeured in robot-controlled vehicles if Waymo, automakers and ride-hailing service Uber realize their vision within the next few years. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

October 15, 2017 at 5:00 pm

Self-driving car accidents: Robot drivers are ‘odd, and that’s why they get hit’

While the public is most afraid of marauding vehicles without a driver behind the wheel, the reality is that the self-driving vehicles are overly cautious.

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