Important Innovations

 Full Self-Driving System   Beta Testing to Get Underway                                                       Source:  Tesla Future of Autonomous Driving The dream of autonomous driving is getting a lot closer.  Tonight, Tesla is rolling our the beta version of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) system.  In a tweet, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the rollout to a few, selected customers. They've received a software update that downloaded automatically into their Tesla vehicle to better steer and accelerate without human intervention.  Musk said the rollout and beta testing will be "extremely slow and cautious".  He didn't say where the self-driving test runs would be taking place. Highly Advanced Technology  Musk says Tesla has done a fundamental re-write of the entire Autopilot software system.  He said they are "re-labelling" 3D videos, meaning how the system understands the objects it sees with its eight cameras and how it should react to them.  Musk says the so

Predictive System for Driverless Cars to Anticipate and Avoid Pedestrians University of Michigan System With Very Successful Results As driverless cars increase on the roads, it is imperative that they include defensive driving systems to avoid pedestrians.  Backed by research funding from Ford, researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a predictive system for self-driving cars to predict and avoid pedestrians.  It has great results.  For a great news blog on this, go to Important Innovations Collection: Driverless Cars' Pedestrian Defense : Teaching Self-Driving Cars to Predict Pedestrians' Next Moves Source:  University of Michigan Ford-Funded Predictive System Dev...