Dec 7, 2023 | Featured, Jobs, Robots
Amazon recently began testing a new robot in its warehouse operations — meet Digit, a humanoid bipedal robot with a turquoise torso and smiley eyes. Designed by Agility Robotics, which Amazon has invested in as part of its Industrial Innovation Fund, Digit is only the...
Dec 7, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Featured, Michigan
All state government vehicles in Michigan will be electric by 2040 after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive directive mandating the state fleet be converted to zero-emission on Dec. 5. Departments across the state have more than 8,000...
Dec 7, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Featured, US Economy
Americans purchased one million fully electric vehicles in 2023, the first time that many EVs have ever been sold in this country in a single year. More than 960,000 purely electric vehicles had been sold through October, according to a report from Bloomberg New...
Dec 7, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Ships, Climate
The International Maritime Organization has committed to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. But a recent analysis suggests the industry is struggling to take steps toward that goal, including using zero-emission options for 5% of its fuels by 2030....
Dec 7, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles
Researchers have developed a new experiment to better understand what people view as moral and immoral decisions related to driving vehicles, with the goal of collecting data to train autonomous vehicles how to make “good” decisions. The work is designed...
Dec 7, 2023 | Auto Industry, Autonomous Vehicles, Trucks
When TuSimple went public in 2021 it was flying high as the leading self-driving trucks developer in the United States. Now — after a string of internal controversies and the loss of a critical partnership with truck manufacturer Navistar — TuSimple is exiting the...
Nov 30, 2023 | 3D Printing, Robots
Scientists now have the ability to create a complex robot hand with bones, tendons and ligaments using 3D printers … just like the android hosts use in Westworld! Now that 3D printing is capable of creating objects using slow-curing plastics, the most...
Nov 30, 2023 | Climate, Oceanography, Robots
Scientists in Scotland are using robotic subsea gliders to check ocean currents for signs of climate collapse. They are monitoring the “conveyor belt” which carries warm and cool water between the Caribbean and the Arctic. Scientists fear a weakening of...
Nov 30, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Robots
An autonomous system that combines robotics with artificial intelligence (AI) to create entirely new materials has released its first trove of discoveries. The system, known as the A-Lab, devises recipes for materials, including some that might find uses in batteries...
Nov 30, 2023 | Charging, Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured
Crews have installed what’s billed as the nation’s first wireless-charging public roadway for electric vehicles beneath a street just west of downtown Detroit. Copper inductive charging coils allow vehicles equipped with receivers to charge up their...
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