Starting this week, Gatik’s autonomous trucks will operate on predetermined short-haul routes to move products from plant to storage facilities.
Gatik to start deliveries with Kroger in Texas
Gatik’s medium-duty autonomous box trucks will be transporting products from a Kroger CFC in Dallas, Texas to multiple retail locations.
Microsoft to invest more than $10M in Gatik
Microsoft plans to invest $10 million into the autonomous trucking startup as part of a funding round that would value Gatik at more than $700 million.
Gatik disrupts class 8 short-haul market with new customers
Gatik, Georgia-Pacific and KBX announce multi-year commercial partnership to disrupt class 8 short-haul market.
Dexterity founder Samir Menon; SPAC falls apart due to China’s tech crackdown
Samir Menon, founder and CEO of Dexterity, joined The Robot Report Podcast to discuss the company’s full-stack robotic picking systems. The show also discussed how China’s new regulations killed an autonomous vehicle SPAC.
Gatik autonomous box trucks hit new milestone with Walmart
Gatik no longer has a human safety driver behind the wheel of two Level 4 autonomous box trucks operating for Walmart in Bentonville, Arkansas. But the box trucks aren’t completely driverless just yet, however.
Gatik raises $85M for autonomous box trucks
Gatik has raised a total of $114.5 million since it was founded in 2017. It also announced new autonomous box truck operations in Texas.
How the U.S. election could affect the future of autonomous driving, China relations
Pär-Olof Johannesson, CEO of TerraNet AB, offers his perspective on how the U.S. presidential election will affect the development of autonomous and electric vehicles worldwide, as well as relations with China.
Gatik raises $25M for Level 4 autonomous delivery vehicles
Gatik, the RBR50 company developing Level 4 autonomous vehicles for B2B short-haul, middle-mile logistics, raised $25 million in Series A funding. Founded in 2017, Gatik has raised a total of $29.5 million. Gatik will use the funding to expand its operations across North America, its team in Silicon Valley and its growing presence in Canada.…
Demystifying China’s robotics industry, Motional talks robotaxis, TRI previews kitchen robot
In this week’s episode of The Robot Report Podcast, we learn about industrial automation in China, self-driving taxis and trucks, and robots for household and commercial kitchens,
Gatik’s Apeksha Kumavat to discuss faster time to market with autonomous vehicles
In her RoboBusiness Direct session, Gatik’s Chief Engineer Apeksha Kumavat will examine how a constrained operational design domain can bring middle-mile autonomous delivery to market more quickly.
Gatik turns right on middle-mile approach to autonomy
Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup Gatik introduced Level 4 autonomous box trucks for middle-mile logistics. The trucks drive on fixed, repeatable routes and only make right turns.
Robotics investments recap: June 2019
Reported robotics investments in June 2019 focused on transportation, AI and software, manufacturing, and healthcare.