Collaborate Disseminate
The smart features built into new cars open the door to serious cyber threats. Linked to the internet, connected cars offer cybercriminals the potential ability to remotely access and manipulate the data these systems rely on, which can lead to proble… Continue reading Protecting Connected Cars from Cyberattack
Tesla have always aimed to position themselves as part automaker, part tech company. Their unique offering is that their vehicles feature cutting-edge technology not available from their market rivals. The company has long touted it’s “full self-driving” technology, and regular software updates have progressively unlocked new functionality in their cars …read more
Continue reading Tesla’s Smart Summon – Gimmick or Greatness?
A simple robot that performs line-following or obstacle avoidance can fit all of its logic inside a single Arduino sketch. But as a robot’s autonomy increases, its corresponding software gets complicated very quickly. It won’t be long before diagnostic monitoring and logging comes in handy, or the desire to encapsulate …read more
Continue reading Dashing Diademata Delivers Second Generation ROS
A great place to get your feet wet with the data-network-wonderland that is modern-day automobiles is the Car Hacking Village at DEF CON. I stopped by on Saturday afternoon to see what it was all about and the place was packed. From Ducati motorcycles to junkyard instrument clusters, and from mobility scooters to autonomous RC test tracks, this feels like one of the most interactive villages in the whole con.
When I think of car hacking, CAN bus is the first thing that pops to mind. CAN is the protocol used for the data network …read more
Bosch’s retro road test is a look at what autonomous-vehicle road tests were like in the 90s. Continue reading Watch This Self-Driving Van Take a Spin in 1993
The news is full of self-driving cars and while there is some bad news, most of it is pretty positive. It seems a foregone conclusion that it is just a matter of time before calling for an Uber doesn’t involve another person. But according to a recent article, [Ernst Dickmanns] — a German aerospace engineer — built three autonomous vehicles starting in 1986 and culminating with on-the-road demonstrations in 1994 for Daimler.
It is hard to imagine what had to take place to get a self-driving car in 1986. The article asserts that you need computer analysis of video at …read more
Continue reading Was the Self Driving Car Invented in the 1980s?
In one bad week in March, two people were indirectly killed by automated driving systems. A Tesla vehicle drove into a barrier, killing its driver, and an Uber vehicle hit and killed a pedestrian crossing the street. The National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary reports on both accidents came out recently, and these bring us as close as we’re going to get to a definitive view of what actually happened. What can we learn from these two crashes?
There is one outstanding factor that makes these two crashes look different on the surface: Tesla’s algorithm misidentified a lane split and actively …read more
Continue reading Fatalities vs False Positives: The Lessons from the Tesla and Uber Crashes
Mapping rural areas is a barrier to autonomous vehicles operating in those areas, but cars might not need maps at all. Continue reading MIT Invented a Tool That Allows Driverless Cars to Navigate Rural Roads Without a Map
You have doubtlessly heard the news. A robotic Uber car in Arizona struck and killed [Elaine Herzberg] as she crossed the street. Details are sketchy, but preliminary reports indicate that the accident was unavoidable as the woman crossed the street suddenly from the shadows at night.
If and when more technical details emerge, we’ll cover them. But you can bet this is going to spark a lot of conversation about autonomous vehicles. Given that Hackaday readers are at the top of the technical ladder, it is likely that your thoughts on the matter will influence your friends, coworkers, and even …read more
We learn how programmable matter like replicated shark skin could make the future of air transportation safer. Continue reading How Will Molecular Engineering Shape the Vehicles of Tomorrow?