Mar 15, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Robots
Lowe’s is testing autonomous, 400-pound security robots from robotics company Knightscope to patrol parking lots at some of its stores to enhance safety, the company told Insider Monday. “Safety is more than a priority at Lowe’s — it’s a core...
Mar 9, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Robots
A University of Washington professor and expert in machine learning and robotics is leading a new company focused on off-road autonomous vehicle technology. Byron Boots is the CEO and co-founder of Overland AI, a Seattle startup aiming to help companies that...
Mar 9, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Climate
A recent paper by MIT researchers predicts that by 2050, the energy consumption and emissions of autonomous vehicles (AVs) will be comparable to that of data centers today, which is 1 percent of global energy consumption and 0.3 percent of global emissions. In order...
Mar 9, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Featured
Professor Weisong Shi this week announced the establishment of the five-year NSF eCAT Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) focusing on Electric, Connected, and Autonomous Technologies for Mobility, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). ...
Mar 2, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles
Autonomous vehicle technology company May Mobility has partnered with global transit technology company Via to deploy AVs across the United States and the world. Over the next three years, the partnership will launch thousands of AVs for public transit, according to a...
Mar 2, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Detroit, Featured
Ford is trying to patent technology that would allow cars to repossess themselves. As first spotted by The Drive, a Ford patent application titled “Systems and Methods to Repossess a Vehicle” was published by the United States Patent and Trademark...
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