Cruise hit a big milestone on Wednesday night when it began charging for public robotaxi rides in San Francisco, CA.
MIT CSAIL releases open-source simulator for autonomous vehicles
Researchers at MIT’s CSAIL released an open-source simulation engine that can construct environments to test autonomous vehicles.
Nvidia patent helps autonomous cars detect emergency vehicles
Nvidia recently filed a patent that would help self driving cars better identify and react to emergency vehicles.
Epson Robots GX Series launches a new generation of high-speed SCARA robots
New Epson GX4 and GX8 SCARA robots feature advanced technology to provide a breakthrough in productivity to meet high-end automation needs
Carnegie Mellon researchers gather data to train self-driving ATVs
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University drove an ATV aggressively through an off-road environment near Pittsburgh at 30 miles an hour.
Mercedes rolls out Level 3 autonomous driving tech in Germany
Mercedes-Benz’ Drive Pilot is able guide the vehicle within its lane, while also taking into account events occuring on the route.
AB Dynamics’ robots at use crash testing NASCAR cars
AB Dynamics and NASCAR have partnered to safely crash-test of NASCAR’s Next Gen race car using AB Dynamics’ robots.
Ruqi Mobility brings in $153M to scale robotaxi fleet
Ruqi Mobility’s funding round included participation from autonomous vehicle industry leaders Pony.ai and WeRide.
Pony.ai to launch robotaxi fleet in Guangzhou, China
Pony.ai will integrate its autonomous technology into GAC vehicles, which can be hailed using Ontime’s platform or Pony.ai’s PonyPilot+ app.
Bosch acquires autonomous vehicle company Five AI
Five’s development and testing platform for software used in AVs will be merged with Bosch’s software engineering environment.
Pony.ai agrees to recall 3 of its autonomous vehicles
Pony.ai has agreed to recall three of its robotaxis that had specific software involved in an October crash.
Mobileye files for IPO, company to spin out of Intel
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.
Cruise’s VP of robotics on SF robotaxi operations
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 using ABB robots in new battery assembly plant
Scania is investing more than $108 million into the Södertälje plant, which is expected to be fully operational by 2023.
OTTO Motors’ Matt Rendall discusses AMRs & simulation
The company invested in simulation functionality that enables it to help determine the optimal deployment of AMRs into material handling applications.
OTTO Motors future in automotive; Mars Perseverance anniversary
Matt Rendall, CEO of OTTO Motors, discusses the future of material handling in automotive and the importance of simulation for AMRs.
How 11 cobots help assemble the Fiat 500 electric car
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.
Nuro unveils third-generation autonomous delivery vehicle
Like R1 and R2, Nuro is completely passengerless and made for deliveries, but its 500 lb capacity is double what R2 can carry.
Aptiv acquiring Wind River for $4.3B
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.
ABB, HASCO drive smart manufacturing in China’s auto industry
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.
Ouster introduces DF series solid-state LiDAR sensors
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.
FlexLoader M family brings the power of modularity to machine tending
The FlexLoader M replaces ABB’s current family of FlexLoader cells, offering six different configurations based on piece size and count.