dankeelan | Global Auto Mobility

Irvine Deploys Robots To Scout Sidewalks For Accessibility Issues

Sep 4, 2025 | Accessibility, Robots

If Pixar’s Wall-E and Eve had a kid, it might look a lot like Smokey and Turbo — two white, tread-wheeled service robots with big blue eyes that can light up into smiles or even heart shapes. Aim a camera at them, and they cock their heads as if they’re posing. The...

Calfire Partners With Sikorsky To Evaluate Autonomous Capabilities For S-70i Firehawk Firefighting Operations

Sep 4, 2025 | Aerial Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles, First Responders

The California state fire agency is partnering with rotorcraft manufacturer Sikorsky to explore how autonomous vertical-lift solutions can improve wildfire response. Under a five-year initiative announced on 3 September, Sikorsky and CalFire plan to test the...

37 To Lose Jobs As Holland Battery Plant Closes

Sep 4, 2025 | Batteries, Jobs, Michigan

In a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification letter filed with the state, Natron Energy, Inc. said it is closing both its manufacturing plant at 70 W. 48th St. near I-196 in Holland and its facility in California. A total of 95 employees, including 37 in...

Joby Logs 7,000 Autonomous Miles in Military Exercise

Sep 4, 2025 | Aerial Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles

Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi developer Joby Aviation has now logged thousands of autonomous flight miles as it seeks to field a self-flying aircraft. The company on Wednesday revealed it participated in the Defense Department’s Resolute...

Autonomous Rideshare Expanding To Seattle, Waymo Announces

Sep 4, 2025 | Rideshare

The autonomous rideshare company Waymo announced that it’s expanding its fleet of self-driving vehicles to the cities of Seattle and Denver. “We’re heading North – the Pacific Northwest to be exact! Today, we’re returning to Washington State as we lay the groundwork...