Mar 25, 2021 | Detroit, Electric Vehicles
In the summer of 2018, when Tesla needed to quickly ramp up production at its Fremont, Calif., factory, the company erected a big top the size of two football fields in the parking lot. The strategy brought into stark relief the difficulty of taking a...
Mar 25, 2021 | Drones, Smart Manufacturing
Many parcel delivery drones of the future are expected to handle packages weighing five pounds or less, a restriction that would allow small, standardized UAVs to handle a large percentage of the deliveries now done by ground vehicles. But will that relegate heavier...
Mar 25, 2021 | Drones, Law Enforcement, Robots
The department’s Special Operations Unit (SOU) used a robot and drone with cameras to find Hall hiding underneath insulation in the attic of the townhome. Captain Cary Gensemer said the technology gives responding officers an added layer of safety that wouldn’t...
Mar 25, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Testing
Yandex, Russia’s multi-hyphenate internet giant, began testing its autonomous cars on Moscow’s icy winter roads over three years ago. The goal was to create a “universal” self-driving vehicle that could safely maneuver...
Mar 25, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business
Self-driving vehicles should ideally accomplish a few things: convenience for operators/owners of vehicles, cost reduction for commercial vehicles (no driver), and safer roads (fewer and less severe crashes). This last item, if true, will significantly lower the risks...
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