A police officer in Mountain View, California, stopped one of Google's autonomous vehicles for driving too slowly, despite the car not breaking any laws.
The Japanese automaker plans to invest $1 billion in artificial intelligence and robotics, establishing centers of excellence in Silicon Valley and at MIT.
Researchers cautioned driverless cars still have a long way to go before full safety ramifications are understood.
"As long as you got people out there doing stupid things, it requires more regulation,” a drone hobbyist in Kentucky said.
The city-state renowned for planning is preparing for technology that carmakers are racing to put to market.
As drones go mainstream, there’s been an uptick in police responding to drone-related incidents.
Drone operator Howard Solomon III said he was trying to photograph the Washington Monument.
The cars could be ready by the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and may be a blessing in a nation with a large ageing population.
"I think we should pause and reflect how our system of criminal justice could be made more human, more just and more cost-effective."
Latest in the Roomba range builds up maps of the home to navigate around objects. It can even withstand an interested cat.
A high-profile U.S. sports event was disrupted by a drone for the second time in a week, after a UAV crashed into the University of Kentucky stadium.
Officials said the drone, named "Rainbow 5," was designed to compete with advanced versions like the U.S. Reaper drone.
“Basically, Russia trades accuracy for throwing a mother-loving hell of a lot of shells in the general director of the enemy,” wrote one analyst.
Apple has had its eye on GoMentum Station, a former military base that spans 2,100 acres outside San Francisco, as a testing facility.
"There will be no surveillance, and San Jose will not be partnering with the NSA," the city's mayor told reporters.
The UAV records its exact GPS location at all times.
Unmanned aerial devices were involved in at least two foiled plots against the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security said.
The drone is lightweight but can withstand winds up to 33.5 miles per hour.
Austin Haughwout, 18, allegedly kicked at police officers serving an arrest warrant.
The car was involved in its first injury accident, causing minor whiplash for three people aboard.
Boeing unveiled a new anti-drone laser tracker as other international defense contractors seek to do the same.
The penalty for shooting down an unmanned aerial vehicle could someday be as much as 20 years behind bars.