The Innovation Report
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...
Zipline Drones Start Delivering Medicine In Utah
Zipline and Intermountain Healthcare teamed up to begin delivering prescriptions and medical products to patients in the Salt Lake Valley area of Utah using drones. The partnership(Opens in a new window) aims to make healthcare more accessible, convenient,...
Forget About 5G Phones — Here Comes 6G
We are less than five years into the era of 5G wireless and already researchers are developing the next generation of over-the-air connectivity. Spoiler alert: They’re calling it 6G. At Northeastern University, which has been at the forefront of earlier wireless...
Uber Will Offer Rides In Autonomous Ioniq 5 Taxis Powered by Motional
Uber has signed a 10-year agreement to use autonomous Ioniq 5 EVs from Hyundai's Motional for ride-hailing and deliveries, the companies announced. The vehicles will be "strategically deployed" in cities around the US and start offering passenger rides later this...
How Robots and AI are Helping Develop Better Batteries
Around the start of the year, Carnegie Mellon researchers used a robotic system to run dozens of experiments designed to generate electrolytes that could enable lithium-ion batteries to charge faster, addressing one of the major obstacles to the widespread adoption of...
Chipotle Testing AI Solutions to Improve Operations
During Chipotle’s Q2 earnings call in late July, executives made it clear the system needed to refine some of its operational processes as dine-in business returns while off-premise business remains elevated. In doing so, Chief Restaurant Officer Scott Boatwright...
VW’s Driverless Car Prototype Will Put You to Sleep
Riding in the car can be extremely conducive to sleep for people, sometimes even when they’re driving. Falling asleep while driving though is not recommended. However, in Volkswagen’s new autonomous, self-driving prototype, there’s no driving necessary and the vehicle...
Rivian’s Sustainability Chief on Responsible Mining
A massive shift to electric vehicles is underway among consumers and companies with large fleets for rentals, delivery, and other services. The shift is driven by a push to reduce tailpipe pollution and slow climate change. But that doesn't mean electric vehicle...
AI-powered Robots Now Necessity for Warehousing Automation
Robots have come a long way from their origination to today where they are capable of doing almost any task. Robotics technology has changed the picture of the current world. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has come a long way, and now robots are more evolved than ever....
NASA Crashes DART Spacecraft into Asteroid in World’s 1st Planetary Defense Test
For the first time in history, a spacecraft from Earth has crashed into an asteroid to test a way to save our planet from extinction. The spacecraft, NASA's Double Asteroid Rendezvous Test (DART) probe, slammed into a small asteroid 7 million miles (11...
