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U.S., Japanese Insurers Back AV Firm May Mobility

Jul 14, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Insurance

U.S. auto insurer State Farm and Japanese insurance company Tokio Marine (8766.T) have joined in a $111 million funding round for autonomous vehicle technology startup May Mobility, the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based company said on Tuesday. The funding will allow...

Wing Working on Larger Drones Handling Heavier Deliveries

Jul 14, 2022 | Delivery, Drones

Wing, the drone delivery company operated by Google parent Alphabet, unveiled a series of new prototype aircraft designed to handle a variety of payloads. The company said the new drones will share the same underlying components with the aircraft currently in use...

New E-Skin Lets Robots ‘See’ More Color Than Human Vision

Jul 14, 2022 | Robots

One day, all robots might be able to see in technicolor—but not through their eyes. Instead, they’ll be able to see through their skin. In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Advanced Materials Technologies, a team of researchers at the...

Digital Twins in Cybersecurity: Reducing Industry 4.0 Risks

Jul 14, 2022 | Cyber Security, Digital Twins, Featured, Industry 4.0

Large-scale digital transformation initiatives over the last decade mean that cyber-physical systems are now intertwined with many manufacturing and industrial processes. These intelligent systems use computing, networking and sensors to help monitor, control and...

GM, Partners to Build 500 EV Charging Stations

Jul 14, 2022 | Charging, Electric Vehicles, Featured

A major automaker, large truck stop chain and an electric vehicle charging company are proposing a network that would put charging plugs at 50-mile intervals along U.S. highways. General Motors, Pilot Travel Centers and EVgo said Thursday they will build 2,000...