The Industry Innovation Report
These 2D Machines Can Shapeshift Into Moving 3D Robots
In order to keep costs low while maximizing utility, engineers are getting creative with their potential robotic cargo. As governments and private companies set their sights returning to the moon and,eventually, establishing a human presence on Mars, space-friendly...
Singapore To Put More Police Robots On The Streets
Singapore will "progressively deploy" more patrol robots across the city-state, police said Thursday, after more than five years of small-scale trials. Robots were deployed at Changi Airport's Terminal 4 starting in April "to augment frontline police officers in...
More Americans Want Electric Cars Than Ever Before: Study
The annual J.D. Power U.S. Electric Vehicle Consideration Study has revealed that more Americans are open to considering an electric vehicle (EV) purchase than ever before. The percentage of shoppers to say that they are "overall likely" to buy an battery-electric...
How AVs Could Fuel A Change In Ridesharing
Waymo, a software company owned by Google parent Alphabet Inc., has been testing out self-driving rideshare cars in Phoenix and San Francisco. The results have been promising so far, but many Americans are still wary of driverless vehicles and the tech may not expand...
IDTechEx Says Buying An Autonomous Electric Car Will Feel More Like Buying A Laptop Than A Car
Computer chips have been part of cars for a long time, but no one really cares about them until they stop working or they are late to the production line, grinding manufacturing to an industry-shaking halt. However, the research within IDTechEx's "Semiconductors for...
Training And Pilot Certification Rules For Air Taxis Proposed
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced on Wednesday its proposal for comprehensive training and pilot certification regulations for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL), commonly known as flying taxis. These innovative aircraft have...
Researcher Receives Grant To Enable Surgical Robots To Treat Disease by Focusing Energy on Tissues
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher Loris Fichera has been awarded $599,663 by the National Science Foundation for a five-year project that will enable a new class of surgical robots to treat disease through the focused delivery of...
“Ghost Driver” Study Tests Visual Prompts For Autonomous Vehicle Comms
With autonomous vehicles already rolling on public roads, researchers from the University of Nottingham in the UK have used a camouflaged driver to look at how pedestrians react to visual cues from oncoming cars without a human at the wheel. Folks trying to...
AVs May Soon Be Making Their Way To The Front Lines
The self-driving vehicle is now a reachable asset for travelers in major American cities, after a ton of researching and testing. The Army, however, has it own need for the autonomous vehicles. To help procure the complicated technology, the Army turned to the Defense...
GM CEO Stands By Her Bet On Autonomous Vehicles
General Motors Co Chief Executive Mary Barra had a message on Friday for investors and rivals who see no profitable future in autonomous vehicles: You're wrong. Barra told attendees at a Sanford Bernstein conference that she sees a "giant growth opportunity" in GM's...
