The Innovation Report
After Perfecting 3-Pointers, Basketball Robot Learning to Dribble
At nearly seven feet tall and weighing 240 pounds, CUE has biometrics a lot like the average basketball player’s. But CUE isn’t a sports star in the conventional sense: it’s a hoop-shooting AI-powered robot. At the Olympic Games in Tokyo, in the Summer of 2021, it...
Beyond Autonomous Cars
As the automotive industry takes a more measured approach to self-driving cars and long-haul trucks for safety and security reasons, there is a renewed focus on other types of vehicles utilizing autonomous technology. The list is long and growing. It now includes...
Artificial Intelligence Not Trusted For Financial Advice
We trust Siri to give us directions, are happy to use a self-checkout at the supermarket, and the introduction of driverless cars is eagerly awaited by many, yet it seems bank customers are not ready to accept investment advice from artificial intelligence bots. Banks...
Boston Dynamics Pledges Not To Weaponize Robots
Several robotics companies, including Boston Dynamics, are pledging not to support the weaponization of their products and are calling for others in the industry to do the same, according to a letter shared first with Axios. Why it matters: Robots, like drones before...
Robots Making French Fries Faster, Better Than Humans
Fast-food French fries and onion rings are going high-tech, thanks to a company in Southern California. Miso Robotics Inc in Pasadena has started rolling out its Flippy 2 robot, which automates the process of deep frying potatoes, onions and other foods. A big robotic...
Global Tech Company Investing $2.36B into EV Battery Plant in Big Rapids
A global high-tech company has chosen a Michigan city as the site for its new electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility, and is investing billions of dollars into the project. Gotion -- a China-based company that was incorporated in California -- is...
Two EV Battery Plants to be Built in Michigan, Promising Nearly 4,500 Jobs
Two companies promise to create nearly 4,500 jobs and invest almost $4 billion to produce electric vehicle batteries as part of economic development projects slated to receive a combined $1 billion in incentives, tax breaks and other state assistance....
Volvo’s EX90 Electric SUV Will Have Bidirectional Charging Capabilities
The Swedish automaker is the latest to include bidirectional charging in its EVs. The feature will turn the EX90 into a mobile generator that can be used during blackouts. The upoming the EX90 SUV will feature bidirectional charging capabilities with enough battery...
Astronauts Fly Albert Einstein Doll to Demo Physicist’s ‘Happiest Thought’
Albert Einstein's "happiest thought" has been proven again by four international astronauts and a small doll made in his likeness(opens in new tab). Upon entering Earth orbit on Wednesday (Oct. 5), the crew members onboard SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft...
Waymo Pitted Its AVs against a Virtual Superhuman Driver — Which Was Safer?
Waymo’s latest effort to prove that autonomous vehicles are safer than silly, accident-prone humans involves creating a virtual representation of a hyper-attentive driver and then pitting this fake person against its own AVs in a series of simulated tests to see which...
