The Innovation Report
$300M Raised For Startup Building Robot Brains
Skild AI launched out of stealth mode Tuesday by announcing a $300 million funding round led by Jeff Bezos’ fund and Japan’s Softbank Group that will help the Pittsburgh-based startup build what it calls a “general-purpose brain” for a variety of robots. The company,...
Portland Startup Lands $2.7M For Autonomous Robots Designed To Disinfect Hotels And Hospitals
Haystack Robotics, a Portland, Ore.-based startup developing robotics technology for disinfection use cases, has raised $2.7 million from an investment entity associated with healthcare IT company Agadia Systems. Haystack’s robots roam around a room and use UV-C...
Smart Mobility Today: 15 July 2024
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Boeing Expanding Effort To Autonomously Inspect Aircraft
Using small third-party drones for high-resolution imaging and its own artificial intelligence-based software algorithms, Boeing is expanding an effort to speed the inspection of military aircraft exteriors and increase readiness while reducing costs and enhancing...
Biden Admin Announces $1.7B Plan To Boost US EVs
The White House on Thursday said it would hand out $1.7 billion to help convert closed-down or at-risk auto manufacturing and assembly facilities to make electric and hybrid vehicles. The funding comes as growth in new electric vehicle sales has slowed, even as...
New Program Teaches EV Tech
California has set a goal of having five million electric vehicles on the road in the next six years, and training is now underway to ensure there are enough people with the high-tech skills to maintain them. Charging stations are often a weak link in the new electric...
Pupil With Cancer Able To Attend School Using Robot
A south-west London pupil with cancer is being helped to keep up with school lessons by an interactive robot. Howard's school attendance had dropped below 50% after he started intensive weekly chemotherapy in January, following his diagnosis of a rare kind of arm...
Egg-Shaped Security Robot Now Roaming Hospitals
Hospital lobbies are an odd place to spend an afternoon. At any moment, the air hangs thick with collective anxiety and anticipation. It’s also incredibly busy. Clipboard-carrying healthcare workers in blue and purple smocks speed-walk their way through a maze of...
Paralysed Woman Inspires Mammogram Robot
A woman who is paralysed from the chest down is helping scientists in York develop a robot so people with mobility issues can receive breast screening. Jane Hudson, 53, from Harrogate, was unable to get an accurate mammogram because she could not get into the right...
Tech Turning Big Rigs, Trucks, Into AVs
Have you ever found yourself cruising down the highway, glancing at the big rigs beside you, and wondering, "What if these trucks could drive themselves?" Well, buckle up and get ready because that future is closer than you think, thanks to companies like Kodiak...
