Will autonomous cars create more jobs?
One of the most popular questions when it comes to discussing robotics is the jobs question. Will robots create more jobs, or replace them? Recently, we've seen a lot of discussions on the topic of job and robots, including four videos that
How do you feel about “Swarm of Autonomous Cars”?
A few of days ago, WIRED and Robohub covered a story about “Largest Swarm of Robots” and how self-organizing algorithms can be used by robots to form certain shapes. This inspired us to see what this networked, swarm of robots could mean for autonomous cars. As stated
Should an autonomous car be able to drive around by itself?
A couple of months ago, we asked our readers whether a child under the legal driving age, a senior who is no longer licensed to drive, and a legally blind person should be allowed to ride in autonomous cars alone. We
Will you miss driving your non-autonomous car?
A few weeks ago, one of our readers, Javier Lopez, submitted a number of questions to the ORi team. He brought up many interesting points, and we won't attempt to cover them all in one poll. But one of them had
How should an autonomous car optimize crashes?
A couple of months ago Dr. Patrick Lin, director of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytechnic State University, wrote an article on autonomous cars. The article, titled "The Robot Car of Tomorrow May Just Be Programmed to Hit You",
How would you like to interface with your autonomous car?
We interact with so many gadgets and devices everyday. Some have blinking lights, some play sound, and some can even decipher our voice commands. When it comes to a device as exciting, and possibly very complicated, as an autonomous car, we will need to
If a death by an autonomous car is unavoidable, who should die?
There may be times when an accident or a death is unavoidable while an autonomous car is controlling the wheel. What should an autonomous car do when such situation arises? How should the designers of the cars program autonomous cars to respond? This
Should autonomous cars be allowed to speed?
The Open Roboethics initiative and Robohub conducted two polls the last month to get a sense of what people think about autonomous cars. Our polls started some interesting discussions around the topic of the emerging technology. To go a step further,