Monthly Archives: May 2026

Remember how we talked about robotaxis starting to drive on freeways?  Like human drivers, robotaxis also have reactions to construction.  “Waymo halted robotaxi operations on freeways in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Miami as it works to improve performance in construction zones.” Tech Crunch Mobility

“Waymo paused operations in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, and San Antoniobecause its robotaxis are struggling to deal with heavy rain and flooded roads — and specifically knowing when not to enter them. “ Tech Crunch Mobility

Last month we talked about “Waymo and Waze announced a pilot program to share pothole data with local governments. “ Fleet management company Samsara proposes using AI to rank the pothole’s problems. Samsara has been collecting visual road data for a decade on a fleet larger than Waymo and Waze. Samsara is contracting with cities to share […]

Arizona includes wildlife crossings in its transportation planning. Over the past 25 years, the state has seen a 90% reduction in wildlife – vehicle accidents. This impacts rural counties the most which account for 30% of wildlife traffic accidents. Pew Charitable Trusts | Arizona Builds on Leadership With Wildlife Crossings

This week Aurora Innovation announced a deal to start hauling loads in driverless trucks for distribution giant McLane. The starting route will be Dallas to Houston and the trucks will have no human driver, but will have a human observer.

Ouster, a LiDAR company,  has added cameras to its LIDAR sensors. Ouster says that the new sensors are a decade in the making and the “holy grail of what a roboticist has always wanted.” Why does this matter? Changing policy landscapes, the high rate of scaling with robotaxis, and that robotics companies, industrial and humanoid, […]

The talk about how do jurisdictions issue traffic violations to a driverless robotaxis continues.  We started talking about this when San Francisco was grappling with a robotaxi defying the rules of the road.  California Department of Motor Vehicles is seeking comment on newly proposed driverless vehicle rules that cover how to enforce traffic laws when there […]