Waymo’s Robotaxis Froze During San Francisco Blackout, Snarling Traffic Citywide

A San Francisco blackout left Waymo robotaxis stuck in intersections and lanes, revealing how a city-wide outage can ...

Tesla Robotaxis Are Big on Wall St. but Lagging on Roads

Shares of Tesla have hit new highs on optimism about the company’s self-driving taxis. But experts say Tesla is far behind ...

Waymo is testing Gemini as an in-car AI assistant in its robotaxis

Waymo is testing a Gemini-powered in-car AI assistant, per findings from a 1,200-line system prompt. The assistant can answer ...

The global robotaxi rollout is accelerating faster than expected

The goal, shared by nearly all major players, is to scale operations that reduce labor costs and human error while keeping fleets available at all hours.
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Human-Aware Robot Collaborative Task Planning Using Artificial Potential Field and DQN Reinforcement Learning

Abstract: This paper presents a novel way for Robot-Robot-Human interaction in a shared workspace for collaborative tasks and uses a multi-modal means of communication that includes hand gestures, ...