Jun 10, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Detroit, Featured, Mobility
A new platform named ZebraT has been developed for outdoor delivery research and education at Detroit’s Wayne State University. Together with the HydraOne indoor platform and Hydra highway platform, the CAR lab has now developed a full spectrum of research and...
Jun 10, 2021 | Robots, Work
Machines already pick about 90% of the grapes used to make wine in the U.S., but full adoption of machine use for the growing, pruning and harvesting process hasn’t yet occurred. But the COVID-19 pandemic and a continuing labor shortage has accelerated the move...
Jun 3, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Entertainment
The 2020 Indy 500 had no fans in the stands. But imagine a race with no drivers in the cars? That’s going to happen at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this fall. The IMS and Energy Systems Network have partnered up for the Indy Autonomous Challenge: a 50-mile...
Jun 3, 2021 | Electric Vehicles
There’s a famous quip attributed to Henry Ford: his customers could have a Model T in any color, as long as it was black. On one small Greek island in the coming years, people will have their choice of any set of wheels they like, so long as it’s...
Jun 3, 2021 | Featured, Hydrogen, Transportation
Siemens Mobility has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Germany-based organization to undertake joint research into the use of liquid organic hydrogen carrier technology in the railway sector. In a statement earlier this week Siemens Mobility’s CEO of...
Jun 3, 2021 | Featured, Robots, Weather
A seafaring drone can sail where people can’t: straight into a hurricane. During the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season (it’s predicted to be busy), that’s exactly what scientists will do: send marine robots into the heart of churning cyclones. The...
Jun 3, 2021 | Healthcare, Robots
Researchers have demonstrated “giant flexoelectricity” in soft elastomers that could improve robot movement range and make self-powered pacemakers a real possibility. In a paper published this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...
Jun 3, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence
The European Commission recently published a proposal for a regulation on artificial intelligence (AI). This is the first document of its kind to attempt to tame the multi-tentacled beast that is artificial intelligence. “The sun is starting to set on the Wild...
Jun 3, 2021 | Autonomous Ships, Featured
Electric cars, meet your competition. Electric boats are on the way. Amsterdam didn’t have to look very far when searching for a way to ease traffic on its congested streets. The Dutch capital’s canals were used for transport long before cars and trucks powered by...
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