Over a year after Vogt launched The Bot Company, and with no publicly unveiled prototype, the startup is valued at $3 billion.
Precision farming: Bridging the connectivity gap
Chris Painter explores connectivity challenges in rural areas and how CNHI is overcoming them in autonomous systems for precision farming.
Cruise cuts nearly half of staff as GM focuses on consumer AVs
The latest layoffs at Cruise extended all the way to top leadership, as GM prioritizes engineering talent moving forward.
5 biggest robotics trends of 2024
The Robot Report’s top trends of 2024 highlight some of the industry’s biggest highs and lows from the past year.
From AI to humanoids: top robotics trends of 2024
The Robot Report Podcast reflects on the successes and challenges that defined the robotics industry in 2024.
Unleashing the potential of AI in robotics
Ben Wolff takes us through the reincarnation of Sarcos into an pure software and AI-based solution called Palladyne AI.
GM will no longer fund Cruise’s robotaxi development
Since acquiring the self-driving startup in 2016, GM has poured more than $10 billion of funding into Cruise.
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.
IDTechEx gives autonomous vehicle market outlook for the next 20 years
IDTechEx released a report that provides outlooks for the next twenty years in the autonomous driving market.
Alphabet commits to $5B multi-year investment into Waymo
Waymo currently runs commercial, fully autonomous robotaxi operations in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles.
GM invests another $850M into Cruise as it expands manual operations
To date, General Motors has invested more than $8 billion into Cruise, and in 2023 alone, the company lost $3.48 billion.
Former Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt launches new venture
Vogt said that the company has already raised $150 million but didn’t give many details on plans for service robots.
Cruise resumes manual robotaxi operations in Phoenix
Cruise is taking its first steps towards restarting its robotaxi operations after it paused all operations nationwide in October 2023.
Driverless Waymo AV collides with bicyclist in SF accident
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.
Autonomous vehicles drove more than 9M miles in California in 2023
The DMV’s annual reports summarize when vehicles disengaged from autonomous mode during testing, based on the companies’ self-reported data.
Cruise and Motional backers slash robotaxi funding
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.
San Francisco files lawsuit to pump brakes on robotaxis
The lawsuit could result in Waymo losing its final permit from the CPUC and in stricter regulations for robotaxis moving forward.
Will autotech ventures race east in 2024?
Autotech including sensors and data for training self-driving vehicles will be important in 2024 after the past year’s setbacks.
Is using AI for full self-driving a good idea? Musk says yes, but AI watchdog says no
Self-driving vehicle developers say different approaches to AI are safer than human drivers, but critics are skeptical after accidents.
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.
Cruise lays off 900 employees, 24% of robotaxi workforce
Cruise said in the email that these layoffs would primarily be affecting commercial operations and related corporate functions.
The future of robotic surgery with Adam Sachs from Vicarious Surgical
In this episode, we discuss the possible fate of Cruise and catch up with Vicarious Surgical co-founder and CEO Adam Sachs.