The Industry Innovation Report
Automakers Delay EV Spending as Demand Slows
But when the number of electric vehicles sold in the United States grew that much during the third quarter from a year earlier, it was a disappointment. Carmakers and analysts had expected more. Instead of celebrating, auto executives worried that demand for electric...
NASA Astronauts Complete 4th-Ever All-Female Spacewalk Outside ISS
Two NASA astronauts completed their first spacewalk together outside of the International Space Station, the fourth all-female EVA (extravehicular activity) in history. Expedition 70 crewmates Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara replaced a bearing to keep the...
White House Tackles AI With New Executive Order
The White House rolled out a sweeping executive order Monday that aims to monitor and regulate the risks of artificial intelligence while also harnessing its potential, marking the latest effort to address a rapidly evolving technology that has...
U.S. Marines Test Robot Dog Armed With A Rocket Launcher
Marines with the Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group recently conducted a proof-of-concept test of a quadruped robot firing an M72 rocket launcher, according to a Marine Corps news release. Last year a St Petersburg company offered a rocket-armed...
Cleveland Clinic Hopes To Deploy Autonomous Drones To Deliver Medicine By 2025
Cleveland Clinic hopes to fly high by 2025. In two years, the health system aims to send autonomous drones soaring through the skies of Northeast Ohio to deliver certain medications directly to patients' homes, according to a news release. If this comes to pass, the...
Boston Dynamics Turned Its Robot Dog Into A Talking Tour Guide With ChatGPT
We saw Spot run, jump, and even dance... but now we can see Spot talk. In a somewhat unsettling video posted by Boston Dynamics, we see its robot dog outfitted with a top hat, mustache, and googly eyes as it chats with staff members in a...
Autonomous Shuttles Offer A New Form Of Campus Mobility
An autonomous shuttle project in North Carolina is demonstrating the possibilities for connecting the small vehicles with transit stations, and serving dense communities like a university campus.The project is a partnership among UNC, autonomous shuttle...
Japan’s First Fully Autonomous Vehicle Suspended
Japan's first pilot project of a fully autonomous self-driving vehicle has been suspended after a minor accident with a parked bicycle, officials said Monday. It is the latest blow to efforts worldwide to promote driverless vehicles, a technology with particular...
Cruise Temporarily Pulls Plug On AV Operations
The General Motors-owned driverless vehicle startup, Cruise, stopped its operations across all of its fleets on Thursday after numerous issues with collisions and growing regulations. Cruise announced the decision in a statement on social media, saying it would...
Applications For Illinois Electric Vehicle Rebates Now Open
Planning on getting an electric passenger vehicle or motorcycle in Illinois? You could get a rebate of up to $4,000. Governor JB Pritzker and Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Director John J. Kim announced Wednesday the opening of the next...
