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After fatality, autonomous car development may speed up

  • Written by William Messner, John R. Beaver Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University
imageAs problems occur, rapid design adjustment will advance autonomous cars' abilities.Image of car with sensors via shutterstock.com

The world has witnessed enormous advances in autonomous passenger vehicle technologies over the last dozen years. The performance of microprocessors, memory chips and sensors needed for autonomous driving has greatly...

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