The Innovation Report
EVs Too Heavy For Roads, Bridges, Car Parks?
Cars have a weight problem. Consider the Mini, designed to save precious fuel during rationing; it has ballooned in size. It is not alone. Cars have got bigger and bigger, with the rise of the SUV only accelerating the trend. Electric cars might look the same...
MU Receives $3.3M Army Grant To Develop Autonomous Drones Using AI
One day, autonomous drones using artificial intelligence could survey scenes like the Baltimore bridge collapse to search for survivors, or even inspect bridges to detect maintenance needs. Those are some of the potential future benefits of a $3.3...
Study: AVs Could Save Hundreds Of Lives
Had they been more widely deployed between 2020 and 2022, autonomous vehicles, also known as AVs, self-driving cars or robotaxis, could have prevented more than 1,300 traffic fatalities, according to a report published Tuesday by the Chamber of...
Autonomous Robots Help Farmers Prepare For World’s Largest Tulip Bloom
Starting in early March, dozens of large, futuristic-looking white machines started slowly trolling through farmland in The Netherlands. At first glance, the machines look like a cross between a tractor and World War I-era track-based tank, albeit with a distinctly...
Ford Cutting Hourly Workforce At Dearborn F-150 Lightning Plant
Ford Motor Co. is dramatically cutting the hourly workforce at the factory that builds the Ford F-150 Lightning starting next week, as the automaker slashes product targets of its all-electric pickup. Of the 2,100 workers who make up three work crews at the Rouge...
Whitmer, Granholm: $1.5B Loan To Restart Palisades Nuclear Plant
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm toured the Holtec Palisades Training Center on Thursday before announcing the federal government’s commitment to offer a $1.5 billion conditional loan to restart the Palisades nuclear plant. ...
Hamburger Delivery By Drone: DoorDash, Google, Wendy’s
DoorDash (NASDAQ:DASH) and Wing announced on Thursday the launch of their drone delivery partnership in the U.S. The partnership will start in Christiansburg, Virginia, where select local consumers will be able to order eligible menu items from Wendy's (WEN)...
Coming: Robots That Learn From Watching You
Humans, like primates, are one of only a few species on Earth that can look at someone doing something and then learn from it — monkey see, monkey do. But just because that skill is somewhat unique in the animal kingdom doesn’t mean it has to be in the robotic one,...
American Farms May Put AI-Powered Drones And Robots To Work
The fruits and vegetables you eat may soon be cultivated and processed by an army of drones and robots, some powered by artificial intelligence. In fact, it's already happening on farms across America. Hylio, a Houston-based tech company, was granted an...
Sustainability-Tech Companies Using AI To Improve Ocean Health
Marine plastic pollution is one of the most troubling environmental issues. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, about 14 million metric tons of plastic enter the ocean annually, accounting for 80% of ocean debris. CleanHub, a...
