Autonomous surgical robots are practicing on pigs
Instead of a physician, your next surgeon may be a STAR, a Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot, designed to operate on you with minimal supervision.
Autonomous cars will radically change the auto insurance industry
Volvo Cars and Thatcham Research have organized a panel to discuss the big changes coming to auto insurance thanks to the introduction of autonomous cars.
Set and forget the Braava Jet mopping robot for a spotless home
iRobot's Braava Jet offers a new, smaller, cheaper way to automatically clean your floors, even when taking up those nasty stains and marks.
The Volocopter is like an oversize drone you can climb aboard, and it works
Flying cars may still be a ways off, but this semi-autonomous helicopter from E-Volo is like a drone for human travel.
General Motors is delaying its semiautonomous driving technology
GM is now pumping the brakes on its own much anticipated Super Cruise feature, which would've allowed drivers to go hands-free on the highway.
Ford wades into autonomous vehicle testing with Fusion mules
Ford has joined Google and Tesla's ranks with its first tests of autonomous vehicle technology.
Self-driving buses are next on the docket for Baidu
Self-driving cars are so 2015. The real transportation of the future (at least, as China sees it) lies in self-driving buses.
Volvo, Google, and Mercedes-Benz will accept liability in self-driving car accidents
Volvo, Google, and Mercedes-Benz all have stated they will accept full responsibility in self-driving car accidents.
The FLYBi drone uses head-tracking VR goggles to put your eyes in the sky
FLYBi promises to turn anyone into a professional drone pilot with its new drone that can land without assistance, replace its own batteries and more.
Watch a synchronized ballet of autonomous Parrot Bebop drones at IFA 2015
This flying squadron of self-piloted Parrot Bebop drones performs an aerial acrobatic show at IFA 2015.
Meet the Romanian teen who built a self-driving car … for $4,000
Intel has made a short film about Lonut Budisteanu, the 19-year-old Romanian teen who built a $4,000 autonomous car.
Autonomous robotic security guards may be headed out into the streets
One-half Minority Report and one-half I, Robot, a company has developed an autonomous robot that can predict crime using several advanced technologies.
A self-reliant EV? Tesla to have self-driving cars by end of 2016
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, said that his company will have self-driving cars within the next three years.
Romanian teen creates accurate $4000 autonomous vehicle system, one-upping the Brits, Google
Ionut Budisteanu has created a $4000 autonomous vehicle operating system from a low-res radar unit, a webcam, and a homemade artificial intelligence program
BMW teams with Continental for fully autonomous cars by 2025
Investing over $1.3-million into vehicle autonomy in 2013, Continental aims to help BMW achieve its goal of having fully automated cars by 2025.
MIT tech evaluation: Audi’s movin’ and shakin’
Audi earns MIT accolade as one the "50 Most Disruptive" companies, thanks to its piloted driving project.
Michigan may be the next state to allow autonomous vehicles on its roadways
Joining the likes of Nevada, California, and Florida, Michigan might soon pass a bill allowing fully autonomous cars on its roadways, making them safer and more accessible to senior citizens.
Nissan ratchets up its tech cred, opens new research lab in Silicon Valley
Nissan has opened a second office in the Silicon Valley, this time dedicated to the research of self-driven cars.
Oxford University’s ‘RobotCar’ is vehicle autonomy on a budget
Specially built autonomous vehicles from Google and Audi, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, though exciting, made autonomous cars seem like a distant transportation dream.