Jan 7, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Industrial Automation
While the world continues to await the arrival of safe, reliable and cost-effective self-driving cars, one of the pioneers in the world of autonomous vehicle software has raised some substantial funding to double down on what it sees as a more immediate opportunity:...
Jan 7, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured
There have long been arguments over whether vehicles should be classified as self-driving, mostly because the technology is closer to driver assistance features that require regular intervention from humans. Waymo believes the label gives consumers a false impression...
Dec 17, 2020 | Healthcare, Robots
One of the biggest challenges and heartbreaks of the coronavirus pandemic comes when a COVID infected person is, by necessity, cut off from their family. Hospitals and long-term care facilities are restricting or in some cases prohibiting visitors in efforts to reduce...
Dec 17, 2020 | Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Featured
Battery packs for electric cars checked off a milestone this year — just an ever-so-slight ray of sunshine on what’s been a pretty gloomy 2020. For the first time, prices slid under $100 per kilowatt hour, and thorough analysis shows prices fell...
Dec 17, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Defense
The Air Force allowed an artificial-intelligence algorithm to control sensor and navigation systems on a U2 Dragon Lady spy plane in a training flight Tuesday, officials said, marking what is believed to be the first known use of AI onboard a U.S. military aircraft....
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