May 28, 2026 | Autonomous Ships, Featured, Weather
Long-running partnership with Saildrone aims to improve hurricane forecasting and rapid intensification models. The company announced plans to deploy 10 Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) during the 2026 hurricane season in partnership with National...
May 28, 2026 | Batteries, Detroit, Featured, Space
General Motors Co. will help develop batteries for new manned rovers to be driven by NASA astronauts on the moon. NASA awarded private space startup Lunar Outpost $220 million on Tuesday to build the Pegasus vehicle with help from GM, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co....
May 28, 2026 | Autonomous Vehicles, Detroit, Featured
Stellantis and Wayve announced a partnership that will enable scalable driver-assistance features and, eventually, autonomous self-driving vehicles. According to a recent joint press release, Stellantis will integrate Wayve’s artificial intelligence (AI) into its...
May 28, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Events, Featured, Manufacturing
Artificial Intelligence, and questions about how it can be harnessed in measurably beneficial ways, is a topic we hear and read about frequently. For AI to deliver value in manufacturing, it must be treated as more than an IT upgrade. It should be treated as an...
May 21, 2026 | Airports, Aviation, Featured, Robots
Southwest Airlines, a major US airline, has banned ‘human-like’ and ‘animal-like’ robots from its flights, citing safety concerns tied to the lithium-ion batteries that power these devices. The Dallas-based carrier updated its safety guidelines to keep such robots out...
May 21, 2026 | Featured, Robots
In a conversation about humanoid robotics RJ Scaringe references Rosie, the robotic house cleaner in the 60’s animated TV show “The Jetsons,” and C3PO and R2D2, the “Star Wars” saga droids, and personal digital assistants Siri and Alexa. To the founder and CEO of...
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