Oct 26, 2023 | Auto Industry, Detroit, Featured, Unions
After more than six weeks of walkouts, picketing, and fractured negotiations, the United Automobile Workers (UAW) and Ford Motor Company have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract. The deal, announced yesterday (Oct. 25) includes a roughly 25% pay...
Oct 26, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Safety, Testing
California’s DMV is suspending Cruise’s permit to test self-driving cars in the state over concerns the vehicles pose a risk to public safety. The suspension occurs three weeks after a Cruise self-driving vehicle accidentally rolled over a pedestrian in San...
Oct 26, 2023 | Auto Industry, Detroit, Drones, Featured
Detroit’s Michigan Central Station, the once beautiful but now abandoned train station that Ford is rehabilitating into an innovation and technology hub, is about to be swarmed by drones. The Ford subsidiary that operates the train station, Michigan Central,...
Oct 26, 2023 | Featured, Robots, Work
It’s not uncommon for people to take their foot off the pedal at work if they know others will cover for them. And it turns out, the same might be true when people think robots have got their backs. While robots have been a fixture in the workplace for decades,...
Oct 19, 2023 | Aerial Vehicles, Aeronautics, China, Featured
EHang Holdings said last week that the Chinese government there issued it a certification to start actual passenger trials in the country. The company will be allowed to take passengers on aerial tours, which Bloomberg reported it will offer...
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...
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