Autonomous Vehicles

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Monday, 24 August 2026

Self-Driving Cars Could Someday Take Requests

IEEE Spectrum 1 month ago 16

Researchers at TU Delft developed a system that lets a passenger backseat-drive an autonomous car by turning natural-language requests into parameter changes for a safety-aware motion planner. In simulation on nuPlan across 8 prompts, the system adjusted speed and steering smoothness to match user intent. The work shifts control from direct driving decisions to an LLM-mediated tuning of planner criteria with a confirmation step and safety baselines.

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Robotaxis are real now — so is the pushback

The Verge 1 month ago 36

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul withdrew a proposal that would have allowed driverless robotaxis outside New York City, and lawmakers and labor groups continued pushing back against legalization efforts. Six months later, commercial driverless service remains illegal in the state. In Washington, D.C., unions oppose a legalization bill while lawmakers consider a 200-vehicle cap and a 15-cent-per-mile fee to fund Metro upgrades and support displaced workers.

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