The Innovation Report
Amazon Is Reportedly Training Humanoid Robots To Deliver Packages
Future Amazon orders may be delivered to your door by a humanoid robot workforce. The Information reports that Amazon is developing AI software that will enable robots to operate as package delivery workers that are ferried around in Rivian electric...
Most New Cars In Norway Are EVs; How A Freezing Country Beat Range Anxiety
Norway has one of the world’s most ambitious climate targets. It is aiming to become carbon neutral by 2030, and cutting emissions from road traffic is an important part of that. While the push for EVs has played to people’s green sensibilities, the real driver,...
‘Danger Zone’: Top Companies Weather Uncertainty As Trump’s Tariffs Fluctuate
Executives at major corporations, including Target, Goldman Sachs and Pepsi, have invoked the same one-word boogeyman on recent earnings calls: "Uncertainty." Concern among companies big and small about the unsteady business environment has centered on President...
China’s Rare Earth Restrictions Halt First Auto Industry Production Lines
The auto industries in both the US and Europe could come to a standstill within weeks thanks to China’s ongoing restrictions on exports of rare earth minerals and magnets. Several European car part manufacturers have already halted production lines according to the...
The Pallet Shift Driving Next-Gen Warehouse Automation
The logistics industry has been sprinting toward automation for over a decade. Robotic pickers, AI-powered inventory systems, real-time tracking dashboards, all signs of a sector embracing the future. Yet despite all this progress, many warehouses still rely on the...
This Curb Looks Normal — Then It Starts Charging Your Car
The Curb Charger replaces a small portion of the curb along city streets, allowing the charger to take up effectively zero sidewalk real estate. It’s a neat and tidy Level 2 charger that’s much tidier than existing solutions, and that’s a massive deal when it comes to...
Forget Work-Life Balance—Whole Human Work Is The Future
Watching Severance on Apple TV+ got me thinking—why do we still treat work and life as two opposing forces? The show follows employees at a fictional biotechnology corporation that have undergone “severance,” a procedure that ensures they have no memories of...
Smart Mobility Today: 31 May 2025
We all know the times we are in are turbulent, and some of our stories touch on that turbulence as it relates to tech and research. It is part of our lives right now. But, science and research forge ahead and there are many exciting and relevant discoveries to learn...
Tiny Piece Of Tech Will Change How You Watch Racing
When you describe it in words, the Indianapolis 500 might seem like a boring watch: Cars go round and round an oval track 200 times, totaling 500 miles over the course of a few hours. But if you were a driver, you’d be having a hell of a different experience. Think...
Hyundai To Deploy AI-Powered EV Charging Robots
Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) has joined forces with Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC) to deploy artificial intelligence (AI)-based electric vehicle (EV) automatic charging robots (ACRs) at the airport as part of a pilot project. The two companies...
