Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 19.61
June 07, 2023
…At Innovation Endeavors, Singh led investments including those in Gatik, which is developing self-driving trucks for urban logistics, and Viaduct, a machine learning platform to empower automakers and their partners to make safer, personalized, and reliable vehicles. Singh earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science at IIT-BHU in Varanasi, India. He earned an MS in computer science from Indiana University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business./p> Robotics 24/7 recently spoke with Singh about why autonomous vehicle and robotics startups should keep their focus on success. A serial entrepreneur provides perspective How did your background prepare you for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 54.57
March 27, 2023
Transportation logistics company Gatik earlier this month announced a multi-year commercial collaboration to transport customer orders within Kroger’s Dallas distribution network. Under the collaboration, Gatik’s medium-duty autonomous box trucks will transport fresh, customer-favorite products from a Kroger Customer Fulfillment Center (CFC) in Dallas, Texas, to multiple retail locations. Gatik said its delivers goods safely and efficiently using its fleet of light and medium-duty trucks. The company focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 customers including Kroger, Walmart, Loblaw, and Georgia-Pacifi. Gatik’s Class 3-6 autonomous box trucks are commercially deployed in multiple markets including Texas, Arkansas, and Ontario. Gatik’s autonomous…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.44
November 28, 2022
…own challenges, such as transitions between indoors and outdoors. Gatik is attempting 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…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 56.58
August 23, 2022
Transportation logistics company Gatik announced today that it is working with motor vehicle engineering company Cummins Inc. to upgrade its fleet of autonomous medium duty trucks. Under the collaboration, Cummins will use its software to integrate its power train system to enable drive-by-wire for Gatik’s Isuzu FTR fleet with the Cummins B6.7 engine. “As we commercialize our product offerings at scale across North America, ensuring that we integrate our technology with the world’s leading Tier 1 companies is critical to meeting intensifying demand for our solution safely and quickly,” said Arjun Narang, CTO and co-founder, Gatik. “Cummins’ technological leadership in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.74
February 17, 2022
…Texas with J.B. Hunt and UPS. Other autonomous trucking developers testing in Texas include Aurora and Uber Freight, TuSimple, Gatik, Kodiak Robotics, and Embark.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.48
January 17, 2022
…on autonomous trucks include TuSimple and DHL Supply Chain, Gatik and Walmart, Aurora Innovation and Uber Freight, Embark Trucks and Texas A&M, and Locomation and Wilson Logistics. Mountain View, Calif.-based Waymo Via is also working with UPS. In addition to J.B. Hunt being Waymo's first customer for self-driving trucks, the companies plan to explore innovations in autonomous driving technology and the digital marketplace. J.B. Hunt claimed that its J.B. Hunt 360° platform is an industry leader in digital freight matching and was responsible for processing 1.2 million loads in 2020. Waymo said its technology has autonomously driven over 20 million…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.15
December 10, 2021
…self-driving truck developers operating in Texas include Waymo Via, Gatik, Kodiak Robotics, TuSimple, and Aurora. Map of the RELLIS Campus. Source: Texas A&M Embark partners with Texas A&M To support its expansion, Embark announced a partnership with the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) to use its test track. The company plans to work closely with the Center for Autonomous Vehicles and Sensor Systems (CANVASS) and faculty in the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. It said it intends to achieve remaining technology milestones and develop new autonomous vehicle capabilities. These milestones represent the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.61
December 09, 2021
…recent transactions involving autonomous trucks include FJ Dynamics Technology's $70 million Series B, Kodiak Robotics' $125 million Series B, Gatik's $85 million Series B, and DeepRoute.ai's $300 million Series B.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.34
November 24, 2021
…Earlier this month, Kodiak Robotics raised $125 million in Series B funding. In September, tire maker Goodyear participated in Gatik's $85 million Series B round, and medium-duty driverless truck developer DeepRoute.ai closed $300 million in Series B funding. Inceptio raised $270 million in its Series B in August. In July, Aurora Innovation announced a $1 billion SPAC merger, and in June, Embark Trucks said it expected to raise $614 million in a SPAC deal. Waymo raised $2.4 billion in funding in June as it continues to develop the Waymo Driver for autonomous vehicles ranging from ride-hailing cars to vans and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.89
November 23, 2021
…population. Walmart has also invested and worked with Zipline, Gatik, Argo AI, and Cruise for autonomous deliveries. DroneUp said its airport “Hubs” house convenient on-site operations where FAA-certified flight engineers can conduct multiple and simultaneous deliveries. “Teaming up with Walmart to launch three delivery hubs marks a significant leap forward in the broader use of UAS [unmanned aerial systems] to provide last-mile consumer delivery services and supply chain efficiency options,” said Tom Walker, founder and CEO of DroneUp. “Walmart and DroneUp provide an unrivaled ability to pick, pack, and deliver via drones directly from the store to consumers offering efficiencies…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 49.84
November 12, 2021
Walmart Inc. and Gatik announced this week that Gatik has been operating autonomous trucks without a safety driver behind the wheel in a delivery route for Walmart in Bentonville, Ark. The driverless deliveries are moving customer orders between a Walmart “dark store” and a Neighborhood Market with a fleet of multi-temperature autonomous box trucks. “Through our work with Gatik, we’ve identified that autonomous box trucks offer an efficient, safe, and sustainable solution for transporting goods on repeatable routes between our stores,” said Tom Ward, senior vice president of last mile at Walmart U.S. “We’re thrilled to be working with Gatik…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 53.73
September 28, 2021
…only partners. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Gatik today announced a multi-year collaboration to develop mobility offerings for the autonomous business-to-business, short-haul logistics industry. The companies said they intend to contribute to safer, more sustainable goods movement while reducing costs for Gatik’s customers nationwide. “The benefits of Goodyear’s tire intelligence technology are grounded in enhancing safety, increasing efficiency, and reducing costs – principles which are absolutely fundamental to Gatik’s mission and success,” stated Arjun Narang, co-founder and chief technology officer of Gatik. Founded in 2017, Gatik claimed that it established the first autonomous middle-mile logistics network in North…
