Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.06
January 13, 2023
…have announced layoffs in the past six months include Amazon Robotics, Pudu Robotics, Shopify (parent of 6 River Systems), Nuro Inc., and Starship Technologies.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.90
November 28, 2022
…to go fully autonomous for the middle mile, and Nuro is going for local deliveries, despite recent setbacks. We have to choose our battles, and each company is honing its technology to a specific area. Ottobot operates in snow, as well as indoors What is Ottonomy learning from its tests in Norway? Vijay: Oslo is one of the best testbeds for autonomous vehicles, and relatively few companies are testing there. Posten Group is one of the largest, oldest postal services in Europe. We're testing Ottobot's robustness in different weather. Our robots are delivering every day in the Oslo environs, even…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.35
October 07, 2022
…U.S. The market for last-mile delivery robots is certainly a competitive space, with players such as Starship Technologies Inc., Nuro, Coco, and Kiwibot continuing to expand into new locations. While Starship let go of 11% of its team in June, Stratis Research has predicted that the market will be worth $123 billion by 2030.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 53.42
September 09, 2022
Uber Technologies Inc. and Nuro, an autonomous vehicle company, today announced a multi-year partnership to use Nuro's autonomous, electric vehicles for food deliveries in the U.S. Uber Eats consumers will be able to order meals and goods delivered by Nuro's zero-occupant autonomous delivery vehicles, which run on public roads and are built specifically to carry food and other goods. The partnership will kick off this fall with deliveries in Houston and Mountain View, Calif. San Francisco-based Uber and Mountain View, Calif.-based Nuro said they plan to expand the service to the greater Bay Area. “Nuro and Uber share a vision…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.05
July 15, 2022
…with their own teams,” CEO Avi Jacoby told TechCrunch. Nuro Inc.—The Mountain View, Calif.-based company, which we named a “delivery robot company worth watching” back in March, raised $600 million in Series D funding in November 2021. Yesterday, Nuro laid off 10 people in its offices in Phoenix, Houston, and Mountain View, Calif. It's closing its Phoenix office but will continue to operate out of Tempe, Ariz., as it shifts from on-road operations to teleoperated vehicles. Pudu Technology Inc.—Pudu Robotics, which makes mobile robots for indoor deliveries in restaurants, disinfection, and hospitality, raised close to $155 million last year. The…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.76
May 10, 2022
…next two to five years, based on progress that Nuro and Amazon have made with RB5. RB5 AMR Reference Design supports new apps Qualcomm claimed that its RB5 AMR Reference Design “is the world’s first AMR reference design to offer tightly integrated enhanced AI and 5G capabilities.” It could help with management of mobile robots in widening delivery, manufacturing, and warehouse applications, said the company. Singh said the RB5 AMR Reference Design joins Qualcomm's SDK and its RB5 drone reference design. It provides support for deep learning, 360-degree simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), GPS-denied indoor navigation, high-resolution 4K imagery, and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 22.59
March 12, 2022
…top players are based in the U.S., including Starship, Nuro, and Kiwibot. But there is also plenty of activity overseas. Within one year of launch, Alibaba’s XIaomanlv last-mile delivery robots reportedly completed more than 1 million deliveries. And the company has plans to develop 10,000 robots within the next few years. Legacy players such as Amazon, FedEx, and Postmates are also investing in autonomous vehicles and mobile robots, bringing their systems into more cities and countries regularly. Among the challenges for both sidewalk and street-based systems is a lack of unified regulations across jurisdictions. Delivery challenges Many of these robots…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 49.42
February 18, 2022
…Autoliv Inc. today said that it is collaborating with Nuro Inc. to provide safety systems for Nuro's third-generation, production-grade autonomous delivery vehicles. “In the coming years, we intend to go from an industry leader to a true industry transformer, not just by leading, but also by setting the trends in our industry,” stated Mikael Bratt, president and CEO of Autoliv. “The airbag technology developed for Nuro's autonomous delivery vehicles illustrate a new generation of traffic safety, designed to protect vulnerable road users.” Stockholm, Sweden-based Autoliv develops, manufactures, and markets protective systems such as airbags, seatbelts, and steering wheels for all…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.50
February 11, 2022
…out its robotic food delivery service at Southern Methodist University. Other California robotics companies such as Serve Robotics and Nuro also announced innovations in the delivery robot space last month. Serve Robotics launched its line of Level 4 autonomous robots for sidewalk deliveries, and Nuro unveiled the third-generation of its electric delivery vehicle.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.96
February 02, 2022
…B, C 6/23/2021 Embark San Francisco 614 SPAC 6/23/2021 Nuro Mountain View, Calif. 600 Series D 11/2/2021 Public rides now available GM and Cruise employees have been testing the autonomous vehicles, which have individual names like Sourdough, Tostada, Poppy, and Disco. While people were excited to be riding in self-driving cars, they quickly became bored—as they should, Vogt noted. “I work on these cars every day, and I’ve seen every inch of progress,” he wrote in a blog post. “Just three months ago, I took the first-ever fully driverless ride in a major U.S. city, and it was incredible.” “When…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.37
January 26, 2022
…teamed up with Neolix to test an autonomous delivery vehicle in China, and it is testing similar vehicles with Nuro LLC in Houston. The company is also testing FedEx SameDay Bot, Roxo, in the AMEA region to explore the future of contactless, last-mile delivery. FedEx is working with Aurora Innovation Inc. on autonomous long-haul trucks and with Future Mobility Campus Ireland (FMCI) Air on drone deliveries. In addition, it launched the SenseAwareID sensor-based logistics device, which is designed to enhance tracking precision, reliability, and timely delivery of critical shipments such as pharmaceuticals and emergency medical supplies.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.95
January 14, 2022
…its self-driving division to Toyota, and delivery robot firm Nuro acquired self-driving trucking firm Ike. Waymo, which is owned by Google parent Alphabet, and Cruise, which spun out of General Motors, have pumped billions of dollars into self-driving car research and development. Cruise acquired Voyage in March 2021. Also this week, Magna International acquired the employees and assets of Boston-based Optimus Ride Inc. Former Local Motors executives expressed optimism, however, about the industry's potential. “As with most adventures, they must come to an end. Local Motors has closed its doors,” wrote Jeff Hollowell, senior vice president of information technology at…
