This year’s edition of AUVSI in San Francisco gathered a large crowd comprised of industry experts, OEMs, automobile suppliers, startup companies, government officials, regulators, lawyers, insurance professionals, academics and researchers.

Transportation Secretary Anthony R. Foxx addressing the conference during the opening session.

Phil Lebeau from CNBC commenting live on the cable network.

Nissan presentation on the status of their autonomous driving efforts and their research on social human behaviors while driving. The company conducted research in the US, Iran and the Netherlands where they faced very different driving behaviors…

… and met some familiar situations….

… leading to the concept of audio visual advance warnings.
All the while, Ford is spending time testing their own autonomous driving technology under many different circumstances of places, weather and road conditions.