The University of Tulsa is the latest campus to offer robot delivery service, adding to a Grubhub partnership announced in October for the pioneer that “invented the delivery robot in 2014.”
Kevin Jost
Kevin Jost
Kevin Jost is the Executive Editor of Autonomous Media’s Inside Autonomous Vehicles and a contributing editor to Inside Unmanned Systems and Inside GNSS. He is also Editorial Director, Founder & CEO of Futurride covering sustainable mobility. Previously, he was the Editorial Director of BNP Media’s Autonomous Vehicle Technology, and before that the long-time Editorial Director & Content Strategist at SAE International.
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Driverless CarsFleets and TrucksMachine Control & RoboticsOff RoadOn RoadPublic Transportation
Phlux Technology gets funding boost to bring high-performance lidar to the mass market
by Kevin Jostby Kevin JostFunding will support the Sheffield University spin-out’s radical new approach using Antimony to dramatically improve performance over silicon-based sensors, the new architecture being ten times more sensitive and with 50% more range compared to equivalent sensors.
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ADASDriverless CarsOn Road
Ambarella unveils ‘world first’ centrally processed 4D imaging radar architecture
by Kevin Jostby Kevin JostIntended for autonomous mobility systems, the company’s Oculii adaptive AI radar software and efficient 5-nm CV3 AI domain control SoC are said to enable central processing and fusion of raw 4D imaging radar data for the first time.
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AgricultureMachine Control & RoboticsOff Road
Monarch launches production of ‘first commercially available’ electric, driver-optional smart tractor
by Kevin Jostby Kevin JostConstellation Brands is purchasing the first six units of Monarch Tractors’ Founder Series MK-V with Nvidia AI at its headquarters and manufacturing facility in Livermore, CA, with contract manufacturing to come at Foxconn’s Lordstown, OH, facility in 2023.
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ADASDriverless CarsOn Road
Honda unveils next-gen assist technologies for Sensing family
by Kevin Jostby Kevin JostNew functions to be added to Honda Sensing 360 began in China in 2022 and will be standard on all U.S. models by 2030, while the next-generation higher-level Honda Sensing Elite will use the company’s original artificial intelligence technologies for even greater autonomy.
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Canatu partners with Covestro for better lidar deicing
by Kevin Jostby Kevin JostAt CES 2023, carbon nanomaterial developer Canatu and Covestro will showcase a joint lidar heater demonstrator using flexible transparent film heaters, thermoplastic polymers, and film insert molding processing.
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Last Mile Delivery
Ottonomy refines autonomous delivery tech in Pittsburgh and Oslo
by Kevin Jostby Kevin JostThe startup is using its Ottobot autonomous robots with Pittsburgh International Airport’s xBridge innovation unit for a contactless delivery robot pilot project for staff and passengers and on first-mile supply chain automation with Posten Norge for the future of the logistics delivery.
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AgricultureMachine Control & Robotics
John Deere wins two CES 2023 awards for 8R autonomous tractor
by Kevin Jostby Kevin JostThe Innovation Awards in Robotics and Vehicle Tech & Advanced Mobility Categories are for the company’s tractor that integrates technology such as cameras, artificial intelligence, other sensors, and ultra-fast GPU processors to navigate through a field without an operator in the cab.
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ADASDriverless CarsFleets and TrucksSelf-Driving Trucks
Continental is latest Ambarella AI system-on-chip customer
by Kevin Jostby Kevin JostMore power and less energy consumption are benefits cited Continental for its assisted driving using Ambarella’s CV3 system-on-chip technology, with the announced selection following others from AI chip company from Inceptio and Invo Tech.
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Driverless CarsOn RoadTaxis and Ride Sharing
Waymo transportation-as-a-service vehicle underpinned by Zeekr SEA-M platform
by Kevin Jostby Kevin JostWaymo showcased its Zeekr vehicle integrated with its autonomous vehicle technology at a reveal event in Los Angeles earlier this week, with execs weighing in on the significance of the vehicle and partnership significance.