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Over a year after Vogt launched The Bot Company, and with no publicly unveiled prototype, the startup is valued at $3 billion.

Chris Painter explores connectivity challenges in rural areas and how CNHI is overcoming them in autonomous systems for precision farming.

The latest layoffs at Cruise extended all the way to top leadership, as GM prioritizes engineering talent moving forward.

The Robot Report’s top trends of 2024 highlight some of the industry’s biggest highs and lows from the past year.

The Robot Report Podcast reflects on the successes and challenges that defined the robotics industry in 2024.

Ben Wolff takes us through the reincarnation of Sarcos into an pure software and AI-based solution called Palladyne AI.

Since acquiring the self-driving startup in 2016, GM has poured more than $10 billion of funding into Cruise.

ABB Robotics is leveraging AI to help make robotics smarter and easier to setup and program across all of the industries served by ABB.

IDTechEx released a report that provides outlooks for the next twenty years in the autonomous driving market.

Waymo currently runs commercial, fully autonomous robotaxi operations in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles.

To date, General Motors has invested more than $8 billion into Cruise, and in 2023 alone, the company lost $3.48 billion.

Vogt said that the company has already raised $150 million but didn’t give many details on plans for service robots.

Cruise is taking its first steps towards restarting its robotaxi operations after it paused all operations nationwide in October 2023.

The crash happened around 3 P.M., and the cyclist was able to leave the scene on their own, according to a statement from Waymo.

The DMV’s annual reports summarize when vehicles disengaged from autonomous mode during testing, based on the companies’ self-reported data.

GM-backed Cruise will see its budget cut by $1 billion and one of Motional’s two leading backers will no longer fund the company.

The lawsuit could result in Waymo losing its final permit from the CPUC and in stricter regulations for robotaxis moving forward.

Autotech including sensors and data for training self-driving vehicles will be important in 2024 after the past year’s setbacks.

Self-driving vehicle developers say different approaches to AI are safer than human drivers, but critics are skeptical after accidents.

2023 was full of highlights and lowlights. In this year in review episode, we discuss the top robotics stories with our special guests.

Cruise said in the email that these layoffs would primarily be affecting commercial operations and related corporate functions.

In this episode, we discuss the possible fate of Cruise and catch up with Vicarious Surgical co-founder and CEO Adam Sachs.