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Denso acquires 50% of ADASENS, German driver-assistance company

Denso acquires 50% of German driver-assistance company

Toyota-affiliated supplier Denso Corp. is acquiring a 50 percent stake in ADASENS Automotive, a German producer of driver assistance systems.

Nissan announces autonomous car production by 2020

Nissan announces autonomous car production by 2020

Nissan announces unprecedented autonomous drive benchmarks and shows off self-driving Leaf models at a former U.S. military base in Irvine.

Justin could help improve vehicle communications, Ford says

Professor Vladimir Mulukha of the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University shakes hands with the mobile humanoid “Justin,” one type of robot used in Ford’s space robots research project.

Ford surveillance system has got police officers’ backs

Ford Motor Co. has developed technology to give police officers more protection against someone sneaking up behind their vehicle.

Toyota’s Kirobo booked for first chat with human in space

Toyota's Kirobo booked for first chat with human in space

Kirobo is set to blast off from Japan for the International Space Station in August, then wait for Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata to arrive in November or December and take part in the first robot-human conversation in space.Photo credit: BLOOMBERG