Oct 19, 2023 | Featured, Robots
Some things come easy to humans but are vexing problems for machines. You can probably stack groceries in a trunk or set a table with little trouble, but a robot stumbles over the numerous constraints we process without hesitation. A team at MIT has created a...
Oct 19, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Safety
While General Motors’ autonomous vehicles subsidiary, Cruise, has been expanding to more and more regions, and gaining more legislative freedom, some have raised concerns. In particular, first responders have raised alarm bells after several awkward, disruptive, and...
Oct 19, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured
General Motors and Honda, along with Cruise — GM’s autonomous driving subsidiary — have agreed to create a driverless ride-hailing company in Japan. The company will use the Cruise Origin autonomous vehicle to give rides in Tokyo, Japan’s largest city. The companies...
Oct 19, 2023 | Electric Vehicles
Even as electric vehicles dominate headlines and hot new models hit the market, most Americans aren’t interested in giving up gasoline. In a recent poll conducted by Yahoo Finance and Ipsos, 57% of respondents said they were not likely to choose...
Oct 19, 2023 | Featured, Smart Cities
New York City has devised a new way to pilot emerging technologies. On Wednesday, the city’s Office of Technology and Innovation launched the “NYC Smart City Testbed Program,” an initiative allowing city agencies to collaborate with companies and academic institutions...
Oct 19, 2023 | Electric Vehicles
At least eight states, all but one controlled by Republicans, now require drivers of electric vehicles to pay a hefty annual registration fee of $200 or more. GOP lawmakers say it’s an effort to make up for lost gas tax revenue. EV advocates say it’s an effort to...
Oct 11, 2023 | Aeronautics
Electrically powered vertical-take-off-and-landing (evtol) aircraft—flying cars, to the layman—are an idea whose time has not quite yet come, but is fast approaching. Many firms are jostling with each other, offering designs that range from scaled-up multirotor...
Oct 11, 2023 | Industrial Automation, Internet of Things
We are a little tardy with this, but it is worth bookmarking in time for the upcoming RCR Wireless report and webinar on smart meters (October 19; sign-up here!), and memorialising for future IoT articles and reports. The GSMA’s new IoT SAFE standard, launched back in...
Oct 11, 2023 | Defense, Drones, Robots
On the second floor of the Walter E. Washington convention center in the District of Columbia sits a robot tanklet, designed to hunt drones. The uncrewed vehicle is the TRX SHORAD, and it is part of the display from defense giant General Dynamics Land Systems,...
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