Automotive

Cruise hit a big milestone on Wednesday night when it began charging for public robotaxi rides in San Francisco, CA.

Researchers at MIT’s CSAIL released an open-source simulation engine that can construct environments to test autonomous vehicles.

Nvidia recently filed a patent that would help self driving cars better identify and react to emergency vehicles.

New Epson GX4 and GX8 SCARA robots feature advanced technology to provide a breakthrough in productivity to meet high-end automation needs

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University drove an ATV aggressively through an off-road environment near Pittsburgh at 30 miles an hour.

Mercedes-Benz’ Drive Pilot is able guide the vehicle within its lane, while also taking into account events occuring on the route.

AB Dynamics and NASCAR have partnered to safely crash-test of NASCAR’s Next Gen race car using AB Dynamics’ robots.

Ruqi Mobility’s funding round included participation from autonomous vehicle industry leaders Pony.ai and WeRide.

Pony.ai will integrate its autonomous technology into GAC vehicles, which can be hailed using Ontime’s platform or Pony.ai’s PonyPilot+ app.

Five’s development and testing platform for software used in AVs will be merged with Bosch’s software engineering environment. 

Pony.ai has agreed to recall three of its robotaxis that had specific software involved in an October crash.

Mobileye recently shipped its 100 millionth EyeQ® system-on-chip, unveiled its production robotaxi, and scaled its autonomous vehicle testing across multiple cities around the world covering the U.S., Europe and Asia.

Rashed Haq, VP of Robotics at Cruise, talks about how to train, optimize and implement AI-based algorithms for the control of autonomous vehicles.

Scania is investing more than $108 million into the Södertälje plant, which is expected to be fully operational by 2023.

The company invested in simulation functionality that enables it to help determine the optimal deployment of AMRs into material handling applications.

Matt Rendall, CEO of OTTO Motors, discusses the future of material handling in automotive and the importance of simulation for AMRs.

On the Fiat 500 electric car production line, some of the assembly processes and quality controls required the introduction of specific automation technologies to ensure the quality and repeatability needed to meet product standards.

Like R1 and R2, Nuro is completely passengerless and made for deliveries, but its 500 lb capacity is double what R2 can carry.

Wind River’s software is used on more than two billion edge devices across the globe. Wind River generated approximately $400 million in revenue in 2021.

The partnership, which includes a 40% stake by ABB in the joint venture, will expand the use of smart technologies and artificial intelligence within the industry.

The Ouster DF series offers short, mid, and long-range LiDARs that create 3D point clouds up to 200 meters away on low reflective objects.

The FlexLoader M replaces ABB’s current family of FlexLoader cells, offering six different configurations based on piece size and count.