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British AI and autonomous driving tech company Wayve has claimed that its algorithm is learning to drive like a human being – using just cameras and a satnav, rather than an onboard sensor suite and hand-coded rules.

British sensors and other core technologies are critical parts of the European Space Agency’s ExoMars mission, which currently has a craft in orbit around Mars, with a rover due to land on the planet in two years’ time.

British artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous shared transport company FiveAI is testing autonomous cars in south London.

Eligible passengers from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, and the United States will be able to use the ePassport gates at UK airports, and at Brussels and Paris Eurostar terminals, according to a government announcement.

Public support for autonomous cars remains at historic lows, a year on from a spate of fatal accidents. Chris Middleton reports

The global medical robotics market is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.5 percent to be worth $12.6 billion in 2025 – up from just under $4 billion in 2018, according to a recent report from Ameco Research.