The Innovation Report
Marathon EU Talks Fail To Reach Deal On Artificial Intelligence Act
The negotiations began on Wednesday afternoon, went into the entire night, continued during the morning and concluded on Thursday afternoon, with an agenda that reportedly featured over 23 items, reflecting the extreme technicality of the issue at hand. The Act...
Amazon’s Humanoid Warehouse Robots Will Eventually Cost Only $3 Per Hour To Operate
Amazon recently began testing a new robot in its warehouse operations — meet Digit, a humanoid bipedal robot with a turquoise torso and smiley eyes. Designed by Agility Robotics, which Amazon has invested in as part of its Industrial Innovation Fund, Digit is only the...
Michigan: Whitmer Signs Directive To Make State Government Vehicles Electric By 2040
All state government vehicles in Michigan will be electric by 2040 after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive directive mandating the state fleet be converted to zero-emission on Dec. 5. Departments across the state have more than 8,000...
Americans Bought More Than A Million EVs This Year
Americans purchased one million fully electric vehicles in 2023, the first time that many EVs have ever been sold in this country in a single year. More than 960,000 purely electric vehicles had been sold through October, according to a report from Bloomberg New...
AI, Autonomous Systems, And Digital Connectivity Could Help Ships Cut Emissions
The International Maritime Organization has committed to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. But a recent analysis suggests the industry is struggling to take steps toward that goal, including using zero-emission options for 5% of its fuels by 2030....
To Help AVs Make Moral Decisions, Researchers Ditch The ‘Trolley Problem’
Researchers have developed a new experiment to better understand what people view as moral and immoral decisions related to driving vehicles, with the goal of collecting data to train autonomous vehicles how to make "good" decisions. The work is designed to capture a...
Another Blow For Self-Driving Trucks As Former Industry Leader Abandons The US
When TuSimple went public in 2021 it was flying high as the leading self-driving trucks developer in the United States. Now — after a string of internal controversies and the loss of a critical partnership with truck manufacturer Navistar — TuSimple is exiting the...
Scientists Can Now Make Robots With Bones, Ligaments And Tendons
Scientists now have the ability to create a complex robot hand with bones, tendons and ligaments using 3D printers … just like the android hosts use in Westworld! Now that 3D printing is capable of creating objects using slow-curing plastics, the most...
The Robots Checking For Climate Collapse In Our Oceans
Scientists in Scotland are using robotic subsea gliders to check ocean currents for signs of climate collapse. They are monitoring the "conveyor belt" which carries warm and cool water between the Caribbean and the Arctic. Scientists fear a weakening of the system...
AI And Robots Join Forces To Build New Materials
An autonomous system that combines robotics with artificial intelligence (AI) to create entirely new materials has released its first trove of discoveries. The system, known as the A-Lab, devises recipes for materials, including some that might find uses in batteries...
