The Innovation Report
Industrial Project In Chile Threatens Earth’s Darkest Sky
German Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Reinhard Genzel has penned a letter urging the government of Chile to halt the development of a green hydrogen plant in the vicinity of one of the world's top astronomical observatories. In the letter, Genzel and 30 other...
Autolane Is Building ‘Air Traffic Control’ For Autonomous Vehicles
The rapid succession of robotaxi deployments from companies like Waymo and Zoox have people in the industry, once again, dreaming about how autonomous vehicles might change our daily lives. That includes driverless taxi rides, sure, but also headier ideas like sending...
The Surprising Advantages Of Autonomous Driving Beyond Technology
Like many working to advance driver assistance systems, Doug Wellman has a variety of personal reasons in addition to professional ones on why he wants to get it right. Wellman, the man responsible for Stellantis’ system, helped construct each tier of the current...
When Supply Chains Become Autonomous
For a decade, supply chain leaders have raced to automate processes by deploying robots, building digital twins, and designing optimized data-driven, inventory-management policies. This wave of automation has enabled faster operations, reduced errors, and led to...
Robocrop: Teaching Robots How To Pick Tomatoes
In the agricultural sector, labor shortages are increasing the need for automated harvesting using robots. However, some fruits, like tomatoes, are tricky to harvest. Tomatoes typically bear fruit in clusters, requiring robots to pick the ripe ones while leaving the...
Giving AI A Body: Why Robots Are Evolving So Quickly Today
A few short months ago, almost every robot made by the hundreds of companies working on humanoid robots could charitably be described as slow, topping out at around three mph. Walking was on the edge of plodding, and arm movements bordered on sluggish and...
AI’s Expanding Role in Law Enforcement
Artificial intelligence has steadily expanded its influence in law enforcement, moving from experimental tools to systems that are actively reshaping police work. The recent collaboration between Axon, the U.S. company known for Tasers and body cameras, and the...
AI-Driven Motion Control: How Machine Learning Optimizes Motors, Reduces Downtime, Cuts Energy Costs
With so much focus on AI data analytics in manufacturing, ranging for executive dashboards to predictive maintenance, you may not be aware of how extensive the reach of AI into industry has become. Various kinds of AI are already at work enhancing motion control...
Are We Seeing The First Steps Toward AI Superintelligence?
The Matrix, The Terminator—so much of our science fiction is built around the dangers of superintelligent artificial intelligence: a system that exceeds the best humans across nearly all cognitive domains. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg have...
New Stoplight Technology To Improve Bus Reliability
An automated system that adjusts the timing of traffic signals when buses are running late is helping to improve transit reliability along Langston Blvd. Since late summer, county transportation officials have been using “transit signal priority” along the 5-mile...
