Before today, Waymo has welcomed new riders incrementally in the city, and now it’s opening it up to everyone.
Waabi raises $200M from Uber, NVIDIA, and others on the road to self-driving trucks
Waabi, which has been developing self-driving trucks using generative AI, plans to put its systems on Texas roads in 2025.
At CVPR, NVIDIA offers Omniverse microservices, shows advances in visual generative AI
Omniverse Cloud Sensor RTX can generate synthetic data for robotics, says NVIDIA, which is presenting over 50 research papers at CVPR.
Beep deploys autonomous shuttles at Honolulu airport with partners
Beep discusses its pilot of Miki shuttles with Sustainability Partners and the Honolulu DoT at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.
RBR50 Spotlight: Opteran Mind reverse-engineers natural brain algorithms for mobile robot autonomy
Opteran commercialized its vision-based approach to autonomy by releasing Opteran Mind.
RBR50 Spotlight: Capra Robotics bridges gap between VELUX’s indoor, outdoor logistics
In 2024, Capra Robotics introduced the Capra Hircus, an unique autonomous mobile robot (AMR) designed to navigate challenging terrain with ease.
Webinar: Get your mobile robots moving with the right motion control
Applied Motion Products will explain the importance of selecting the right motors and drives for demanding mobile robot applications.
Syslogic adds RTK capability to AI computer for localization
Syslogic developed the Rugged Computer RPC RS A4NA to include RTK navigation features that keep ag and construction robots localized.
Calian cuts time to market for its Smart Antenna by two-thirds with Point One Navigation
Point One Navigation provides precise positioning for a wide range of autonomous applications, from agriculture to delivery vehicles.
Agility Robotics announces executive moves to strengthen Digit commercialization
Agility Robotics has added Daniel Diez as chief strategy officer, named Melonee Wise chief product officer, and appointed Pras Velagapudi as CTO.
From the barn to the bar: AI powered robots
Matt Casella from Richtech Robotics introduces the Adam AI-powered robot, and Chris Padwick from John Deere discusses training machine learning for perception.
Electric Sheep wins 2024 RBR50 Startup of the Year
Electric Sheep has a novel business model and agile development team that make it first winner of the RBR50 Startup of the Year.
Autopicker wins 2024 RBR50 Application of the Year for Brightpick
Autopicker combines AI, vision-guided picking, and a mobile base to be the first winner of the RBR50 Application of the Year.
Kiwibot acquires AUTO to strengthen delivery robot security
Kiwibot and AUTO Mobility Solutions say their merger will advance data protection and robotic services globally.
OmniOn looks to power, network next-gen delivery robots
OmniOn Power says that mobile robots, AI, and self-driving vehicles need more power and networking innovation.
Zoox gets ready to launch robotaxi service in Las Vegas
Zoox is expanding its area of robotaxi operations in Las Vegas as it prepares to launch a public service later this year.
Northeastern University Mars Rover Team wins Winter Canadian International Challenge
Northeastern University students won a contest in which four teams’ rovers completed tasks in simulated Martian environments.
Opteran to bring natural intelligence to SAFELOG mobile robots
By working with Opteran, SAFELOG says it is developing a new generation of mobile robots with robust and efficient navigation.
Slamcore Aware provides visual spatial intelligence for intralogistics fleets
Slamcore Aware combines the Slamcore SDK with industrial-grade hardware to provide robot-like localization for manually driven vehicles.
Afara launches autonomous picker to clean up after cotton harvest
AFARA-COTTON uses a variety of sensors to autonomously detect and pick up cotton dropped during mechanical harvest.
Electric Sheep Verdie robot uses large world models for autonomous landscaping
Electric Sheep Robotics said its latest robot, Verdie, uses AI and large-world models to work alongside landscaping crews.
Locus Lock promises to protect autonomous systems from GPS spoofing
Locus Lock has developed software-defined radio to overcome GPS spoofing for more secure autonomous navigation.