Apr 10, 2025 | Featured, Smart Cities
South Africa has broken ground on an ambitious smart city project named Westown, a multi-million-dollar development aimed at reshaping urban life in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, according to a recent report from CoinGeek. The project, which began its first phase of...
Apr 10, 2025 | China, Featured, Robots
Beijing has postponed a half marathon originally scheduled for Sunday in which humanoid robots will race alongside human runners, a milestone designed to showcase China’s advances in a frontier industry the country is intent on dominating. The 2025...
Apr 10, 2025 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Trucks
The autonomous trucks are expected to start operating on public roads in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona in 2025, adhering to speed limits ranging from 25 miles per hour to 75 miles per hour. Aurora said in January that it plans to launch the service in Texas in April....
Apr 10, 2025 | Auto Industry, Featured, Michigan, Tariffs
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) voiced agreement with some of President Trump’s trade policies during a Wednesday speech from Washington, but she warned against his use of sweeping tariffs. “These last few days have been tough for Michigan,” Whitmer said,...
Apr 3, 2025 | Autonomous Ships, Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Oceanography
A new paper from an international team of more than 50 researchers, including four from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, proposes the creation of a global observing network of AVs roving the ocean surface. Such a network of so-called uncrewed...
Apr 3, 2025 | Featured, Robots
Elon Musk said Tesla will build at least 5,000 Optimus robots this year, and maybe as many as 10,000. The company will build another 50,000 Optimus robots in 2026, and will work its way up from there. It may eventually build 10 million robots a year or more, he...
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