Self-Driving Vehicles

OpenMind says its OM1 open-source operating system is hardware-agnostic and enables autonomy and developer collaboration.

Bot Auto completes its first fully humanless truck validation run in Houston, demonstrating technology maturity two years after founding.

Zoox is opening its purpose-built robotaxis to the public for the first time with its deployment on the Las Vegas Strip.

The Voysys platform-agnostic video streaming and data connectivity will strengthen Serve’s technology stack and enhance reliability at scale.

Zoox aims to produce up to 10,000 custom-made robotaxis a year at its new serial production facility in Hayward, Calif.

Waymo can operate eight autonomous vehicles, with safety drivers, in NYC until late September, when it can apply for another permit.

Nuro has reached a valuation of $6 billion with investments from Uber and NVIDIA as it commercializes the Nuro Driver.

Kodiak is integrating NXP technology into its Kodiak Actuation Control Engine, which manages vehicle actuation.

Torc said the partnership with Edge Case will prove its commitment to safety and independent validation for its self-driving, long-haul trucks.

DigiKey’s Shawn Luke and onsemi’s Bob Card and Theo Kersjes recently dove into physical AI and robotics in a Q&A. 

Lyft plans to deploy Baidu Apollo Go’s RT6 robotaxis in Germany and the U.K. starting next year, pending regulatory approvals.

FORT Robotics plans to use its latest funding to continue innovating in safety for robotics and physical AI.

OpenMind has developed the OM1 operating system and FABRIC communications protocol to be robot-agnostic and scalable.

DiffuseDrive says its physical AI system can build photorealistic data based on existing domain knowledge to speed physical AI performance.

Gatik has partnered with NVIDIA to build Arena, a simulation platform for testing, training, and validation of its self-driving software.

PoliMove MSU won the Indy Autonomous Challenge at Laguna Seca, showcasing AI advancements in self-driving racecar technology on a challenging road course.

Adverse weather isn’t just an edge case, but it’s also a core challenge for AV developers, according to Digital Divide Data.

Glīd Technologies secured $3.1M pre-seed funding to change freight operations with autonomous road-to-rail solutions.

As part of a deepening relationship with each partner, Uber plans to make multi-hundred-million dollar investments in both Nuro and Lucid.

Waymo currently operates fully autonomous robotaxi services in Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Austin.

Bedrock said its technology bridges the expanding gap between rapidly rising domestic infrastructure needs and shrinking workforce capacity.

MOTOR Ai is scaling its Level 4 autonomous driving software to be deployed in German public transport this year.