In the two-year, $50-million project, Kodiak will develop, test and deploy autonomous capabilities for reconnaissance, surveillance, and other high-risk missions.
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Cake to develop autonomous electric ATV for regenerative farming
by Kevin Jostby Kevin JostTargeted for production by 2025, the Kibb represents a product expansion for the Swedish maker of electric two-wheelers, with the semi-autonomous four-wheeler designed to handle light agricultural tasks autonomously with minimal impact to delicate ecosystems.
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Starship goes deep on college food deliveries
by Kevin Jostby Kevin JostThe 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.”
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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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The race towards autonomous road transport is gaining pace, with truck maker Scania and partner TuSimple now testing autonomous hub-to-hub transport in busy, open-road conditions.
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With Tesla in their cross-hairs, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Volkswagen look to create class-leading automated driving systems.
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Autonomous trucking pulling ahead
by Charles Choiby Charles ChoiDeep dive: A strong business case and less complex driving mean that self-driving trucks may have many market advantages over other autonomous vehicles.
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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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New Holland driverless tractor highlights autonomous farming applications
by Charles Choiby Charles ChoiNew Holland’s T8 series, the world’s most powerful conventional tractors, now possess Raven autonomy.
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Waymo tech transforms its vehicles into weather stations
by Charles Choiby Charles ChoiThe new advance helps Waymo determine weather conditions close to its autonomous vehicles to guide and improve performance.