Chris Painter explores connectivity challenges in rural areas and how CNHI is overcoming them in autonomous systems for precision farming.
The ABB Edge: Using AI and robotics to transform industries
ABB Robotics is leveraging AI to help make robotics smarter and easier to setup and program across all of the industries served by ABB.
Alphabet commits to $5B multi-year investment into Waymo
Waymo currently runs commercial, fully autonomous robotaxi operations in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles.
2023 year in review: GenAI, humanoids dominate robotics industry
2023 was full of highlights and lowlights. In this year in review episode, we discuss the top robotics stories with our special guests.
Agility Robotics’ Melonee Wise on how humanoids can fill automation gaps
Melonee Wise, Agility Robotics as CTO, joins the podcast to share her thoughts about the role humanoids will play in automation.
Cruise becomes first company authorized to test robotaxi service in California
Cruise becomes the first driverless passenger service to receive a permit to operate within California.
Robotics investments recap: May 2019
May 2019 might have been a slow month for robotics transactions, but investors are still bullish on robots, autonomous vehicles, and AI for supply chain, healthcare, and food applications.
GM Cruise raises $1.15B for self-driving cars
Cruise, the San Francisco-based autonomous vehicle division of General Motors (GM), raised another $1.15 billion in funding, which increased Cruise’s valuation to $19 billion. The investors in the round include T. Rowe Price Associates, Honda, Softbank Vision Fund and GM. Cruise says it has raised $7.25 billion in capital in the last year. In October 2018,…
Softbank Vision Fund to invest $2.25B in GM’s Cruise
The Softbank Vision Fund is investing $2.25 billion in GM Cruise Holdings LLC, which is primarily made up of Cruise Automation, the driverless car developer GM acquired in 2016 for nearly $1 billion. When the deal closes, Softbank Vision Fund, an affiliate of Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp., will own a 19.6 percent stake in GM…
GM’s purchase of Cruise fuels interest in self-driving car kits
Most car companies are remaking themselves into tech startups as they move toward offering fully autonomous self-driving vehicles. Yet thousands of tractors already use self-driving kits, as do hundreds of tugs, lifts and trucks. Self-driving aftermarket kits are beginning to be offered in multiple markets. What’s going on? Cruise Automation just got acquired by GM…