The Innovation Report
BALLU, the Bipedal Balloon Robot Can Walk on Water or a Tightrope
BALLU is a bipedal balloon robot that cannot fall down, according to its inventor, however it is not suitable for outdoor use because of wind. Watch Video at USA Today
First AV Demonstration in Luxembourg Traffic
The University of Luxembourg's Interdisciplinary Center for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) demonstrated its autonomous car in live traffic on Kirchberg today, Thursday, November 3, 2022. This represents the first time a single-family autonomous car has joined...
How AI Drives Gains in Healthcare, AVs – and Beyond
G42 is a technology holding company with multiple vertical businesses under sectors including smart cities, oil and gas and healthcare. Xiao has a vision for how AI will become truly transformative: “Today we live in the age of artificial narrow intelligence. Many of...
Australian EV Conversion Startup Merges with UK Firm to Turn Classic Cars Electric
An Australian startup adding modern technology to classic Land Rovers will become part of one of the biggest electric vehicle conversion companies in the world this week after merging with a British firm. Melbourne-based Jaunt Motors will partner with Zero EV to...
Defeating Drones: Most Promising Weapons Non-Kinetic
The current pattern of conflict in Ukraine suggests that the age of drone warfare has arrived. The U.S. Army, which leads joint efforts to counter the threat posed by unmanned air systems, anticipated this development years ago and has identified means for tracking...
Pentagon: Most UFOs are Clutter and Chinese Surveillance Drones
The U.S. government has officially started to explain some of the most infamous UFO encounters of the last decade, with China and weather balloons as top offenders. Intelligence agencies in the U.S. have spent the last few years analyzing footage of hundreds of recent...
There’s Still Green in Climate Robots
Kicking things off with a big funding round for AMP Robotics this week for a couple of reasons, but when push comes to shove, it comes down to something really simple: There are a lot of great reasons to be bullish on automation and there are a lot of...
Einride Establishes Charging Station Network and Next-gen Autonomous Electric Truck
Autonomous and EV freight technology company Einride shared a myriad of updates during its November Release Event streamed live this week. In addition to announcing plans for a network of charging stations beginning in Sweden and Los Angeles, Einride...
Robotics Plus Unveils Modular AV to Alleviate Agriculture Labor Shortages
Robotics Plus, a New Zealand-based agritech company, today launched its autonomous multi-use, modular vehicle platform for agriculture designed to carry out a variety of orchard and vineyard machine tasks - to alleviate ongoing labor shortages and transform the...
Researchers Using AI to Predict Florida Winter COVID Surge
New COVID cases are picking up again in Florida, triggering concern the state will get hit with a winter wave like it has the last two years. Previously, cases picked up right after Thanksgiving and surged to a peak in mid-January. Now, Florida researchers believe...
