Jan 18, 2024 | Delivery, Robots
A university is to become a testing ground for delivery robots so that the technology can encounter “real-world scenarios”. Cranfield University in Bedfordshire said the trial would be a “UK first for on-campus, last-mile robotic deliveries”....
Jan 18, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Tire Technology, Trucks
Gatik’s autonomous box trucks are going to be the first AVs on the road to roll on Goodyear’s ultra-intelligent data-collecting tires. Using its proprietary Sightline tech, the tires can measure their own air pressure, the amount of friction between the rubber and the...
Jan 18, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Trucks
Driverless trucks with no humans on board will soon cruise Texas highways if three startup firms have their way, despite objections from critics who say financial pressures, not safety, is behind the timetable. After years of testing, Aurora Innovation Inc., Kodiak...
Jan 18, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Industrial Automation
Amazon has spent nearly two years putting an undisclosed portion of its $1 billion industrial innovation fund to work with investments in nearly a dozen U.S. and Israeli startups focused on logistics, the supply chain and customer fulfillment. Now, Amazon is flexing a...
Jan 18, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured
German startup Vay on Wednesday launched its so-called “teledriving” solution in the U.S. for the first time, putting the company into direct competition with more richly funded and valuable American firms in the mobility technology space. The company,...
Jan 18, 2024 | Electric Vehicles
With a proliferation of electric vehicle choices, more Americans are considering purchasing an EV. But challenges with winter charging and range may be cooling interest for some consumers in the snowbelt. There are several reasons driving range goes...
Jan 18, 2024 | Electric Vehicles
China’s BYD, the world’s biggest electric vehicle maker, unveiled three battery EV models in Indonesia on Thursday as it seeks to become market leader in the segment in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. BYD overtook Tesla as the world’s top EV...
Jan 11, 2024 | Featured, Robots, Trucks
A Mountain View, Calif. company is taking the phrase “keep on truckin'” to the next level as it unveiled what it’s calling the world’s first driverless-ready semi-truck designed for scaled deployment. Kodiak Robotics, which debuted the vehicle at the...
Jan 11, 2024 | Featured, Space
NASA has awarded nearly $100 million in additional funding to commercial space station partners that are developing low Earth orbit destinations. With the International Space Station (ISS) set for retirement in 2030, NASA has Space Act Agreements...
Jan 11, 2024 | Featured, Healthcare, Robots
Robotic surgery is associated with improved outcomes over laparoscopic procedures for colon cancer patients undergoing colectomies, according to a new study by Dallas-based University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The study, published...
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