Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 35.29
February 04, 2022
…€250 million ($285 million U.S.) from Aptiv PLC and Audi AG in its latest funding round. Aptiv is investing €200 million ($228 million), while Audi is increasing its existing stake by €50 million ($57 million). With this latest funding round and a valuation of more than $1 billion, TTTech Auto said it is part of a growing number of automotive technology unicorns. “The next few years will be critical for the entire industry in the transition from automation to semi-autonomous driving and the software-defined vehicle.” said Georg Kopetz, CEO of TTTech Auto. “With MotionWise, we are supporting this industry transformation…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.20
January 20, 2020
…products faster and more efficiently using the latest technologies and a global network of manufacturing partners. Companies such as Audi, ABB, NASA and German Orbital already use 3D hubs for both prototyping and end-part production. “Entering the German market further strengthens our position as the leading force behind digital manufacturing in Europe. With an experienced local team on the ground, we are excited to provide German companies with a platform that helps them compete with the biggest players in the industry,” explains Bram de Zwart, founder and CEO of 3D Hubs. Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.72
March 19, 2016
…with some autonomous features. Many German automakers, including Volkswagen’s Audi, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW, are working on their own autonomous vehicles. Earlier, Germany’s Manager Magazin reported that Uber had placed an order for 100,000 Mercedes S-Class series with Daimler, citing unnamed sources at both companies, but another source told Reuters that report was inaccurate. Manager speculated the order could cost Uber around 10 billion euros, or $11.3 billion. Uber declined comment on both stories. It’s no secret that Uber is pursuing its own self-driving technology, using engineers it poached from Google and Carnegie Mellon University. The company recently announced plans to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.15
April 18, 2023
…news, the company recently announced that it had partnered with automotive parts manufacturer Team LeMans to develop the DOBOT AUDI R8 LMS race car. The vehicle was used at the first qualifying round for the Super GT 2023 Series at the Okayama International Circuit. Featured on the car is a picture of Dobot's CR Series. The company said it partnered with the automotive maker to introduce the Dobot brand to the Japanese motorsports industry. Editor's note: This article has been updated with an additional photo of the CR20A.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.69
June 23, 2020
…partnership brings the two much closer. The GPU maker already has partnerships with a number of leading automakers, including Audi, Toyota Research, and Volkswagen. The latest one with Mercedes-Benz expands NVIDIA's territories in the automotive sector.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.26
March 25, 2024
…deploying its vision systems to automotive manufacturers including Toyota, Audi, and Suzuki, as well as chemical manufacturer Kao and consumer appliance manufacturer Electrolux. “Although in our factories we have a high level of automation, we still have an important quantity of flexible components and manual processes which add variability,” said Jaume Soriano of Electrolux Group. “Cambrian helps us keep moving toward a more automated manufacturing reality while being able to deal with variable scenarios.” Cambrian’s machine vision is also being deployed by appliance manufacturers globally for monitoring quality assurance and manufacturing defects that were previously unseen to the human eye.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.60
November 19, 2017
…recruiting talent from technology leaders including SpaceX, StanfordAI, and Audi's self-driving team. The team is backed by a multi-million dollar investment led by Maven Ventures. Maven’s previous investment in self-driving technology, Cruise Automation, sold to GM for $1B last year. Embark plans to quadruple its engineering team within the next year and aggressively expand its testing fleet to show their technology is ready for the nation’s highways. “We are committed to proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that this technology is safe and reliable,” said Rodrigues. “That means performing extensive tests and working with our partners in the government…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.64
March 18, 2021
…us all,” he added. Parkopedia said its parking services are used by millions of drivers and organizations such as Audi, Apple, BMW, Ford, Garmin, GM, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Peugeot, Sygic, TomTom, Toyota, and Volkswagen. Parkopedia is available in 15,000 cities across 89 countries globally, covering over 70 million parking spaces. Parkopedia said it helps drivers find the closest, cheapest, or available parking to their destination; pay in selected locations; and navigate directly to the parking space.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.24
June 14, 2022
…venues needing temporary charging. EV Safe Charge clients include Audi, Hertz, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Porsche, Stellantis, and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. A BRITE Energy Innovators portfolio company, EV Safe Charge said its technologies meet the needs of automakers, real estate developers, car dealerships, hotels, municipalities, and other entities. ZiGGY robot charger at its base in a parking garage. Source: EV Safe Charge Users, investors anticipate mobile EV charging ZiGGY is currently scheduled to enter production in 2023. EV Safe Charge is taking reservations for ZiGGY today. “We delight in finding opportunities to introduce our guests and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.42
May 23, 2019
…Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” you end up with this Audi parody commercial about drones (watch the video to the right). Ominous swarms of black octocopter drones descend on innocent bystanders, dropping packages on cars and slamming into glass windows. It’s laughable because of its absurdity, but is it a legitimate fear? Ironically, the video ends with the tagline, “Advanced technology doesn’t have to be intimidating.” However, people just don’t seem to like drones. That said, everyone loves what drones can actually do. Ordering in? You could get a pizza delivered to your door in ten minutes. Shopping online? Amazon’s 30-minute…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.31
November 22, 2018
…Mateo, Calif.-based company whose employees include alumni from SpaceX, Audi’s self-driving team and StanfordAl (artificial intelligence). Embark has built an autopilot system with a “central cortex” that uses a combination of sensors, radars, and cameras that not only assess the environment to prevent crashes but can learn and adapt what it has learned to new situations. Embark’s truck uses a combination of radars, cameras and depth sensors known as LiDARs to perceive the world around it. These millions of data points from these sensors are processed using a form of Artificial Intelligence known as Deep Neural Nets or DNNs. “Analyzing…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.06
October 30, 2020
…of products [for example, digital models of the latest Audi or a new jet engine], but in terms of full-scale plant-level digital twins, process and plant industries are in much better shape, because they usually work with a centralized control system,” Fraser reasons. Catalysts for Digital Twins Eric Green, VP and managing director for DELMIA at Dassault Systèmes, calls the pandemic another catalyst driving people to adopt more digital modeling and simulation tools. The need to enforce social distancing, install safety barriers on-site and analyze airflows to minimize pathogen transmission are among the top reasons, he observes. Automotive factory operations,…
