Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 45.14
December 21, 2023
ABB is strengthening its long-standing partnership with Volvo Cars to supply more than 1,300 robots and functional packages to build the next generation of electric vehicles while helping the Swedish car manufacturer achieve its ambitious sustainability targets. This agreement includes functional packages covering various production tasks, from spot-welding, riveting, and dispensing to flow drilling and ultrasonic weld inspection. Each package is a ready-to-use, customer-proven combination of hardware, software, and services and will be implemented at Volvo Cars’ facilities in Torslanda, Sweden, and Daqing, China. Alongside the hardware and functional packages, ABB’s latest range of OmniCore robot controllers will help deliver…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 44.38
April 04, 2021
Volvo Autonomous Solutions last week said it has entered a strategic partnership with self-driving vehicle company Aurora to jointly develop on-highway autonomous trucks. The companies said their multi-year partnership will initially focus on creating hub-to-hub applications for customers in North America. Volvo Autonomous Solutions is a business unit of Volvo Group working to develop, commercialize, and sell autonomous vehicles for specific on-road and off-road applications. Göteborg, Sweden-based Volvo Autonomous Solutions said such systeems can improve flexibility, delivery precision, and productivity for customers. The unit recently partnered with Tel Aviv, Israel-based Foretellix Ltd. to address large-scale verification of autonomous vehicles on…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 32.39
December 19, 2022
Uber Freight and Volvo Autonomous Solutions, or V.A.S., have announced a multi-phase commercial and technology partnership to deploy Volvo’s autonomous transport solution on the Uber Freight network. Uber Freight will be one of V.A.S.’s first customers to pilot their hub-to-hub autonomous offering. As a part of the partnership, V.A.S. will offer autonomous freight capacity to Uber Freight shippers on select routes, starting in Texas. The news marks the beginning of a strategic partnership, which will leverage Uber Freight’s expansive network and V.A.S.’s autonomous transport solution, the companies said. Via the Uber Freight platform, shippers will be able to tap into…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.10
July 16, 2021
…Atlas HD mapping system. The company has partnered with Volvo Group (including Volvo Autonomous Solutions) and PACCAR (including the Peterbilt and Kenworth brands), which together represent about 50% of the Class 8 trucks sold in the U.S. market. They will help it develop, validate, and deploy self-driving trucks. Aurora also said it plans to rapidly scale passenger mobility with partner Toyota, the world's No. 1 OEM supplier, and Uber, the world's largest ride-hailing network by market cap. Late last year, Aurora acquired Uber's Advanced Technologies Group for $400 million, and it acquired lidar startup OURS Technology in February. The company…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.87
April 01, 2021
…four major U.S. truck makers: Freightliner, International, Peterbilt, and Volvo. Embark was founded in 2016 and said it has developed self-driving technology with the goals of making highways safer and the transport of goods more efficient. The company said its autonomous trucks have been moving freight for Fortune 500 companies using its purpose-built transfer hubs. Embark takes a different approach to integration The Embark Universal Interface, or EUI, is a set of standardized self-driving components and the flexible interfaces. Instead of designing to one platform, the EUI will work with all of industry leaders, said the company. That decision required…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.18
June 01, 2021
…three California cities, and recently partnered with lidar provider Luminar Technologies Inc. DiDi Autonomous Driving has also partnered with Volvo Cars, which will provide XC90 cars for its self-driving test fleet. The cars will include backup systems for steering and braking in addition to DiDi's autonomy equipment and software. In April, DiDi released a video that it claimed showed five consecutive hours of autonomous vehicle operation without human intervention.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.26
February 06, 2017
…technology, including Daimler and its Freightliner truck division and Volvo. Daimler has piloted semi-autonomous trucks on highways in Nevada and Germany while Volvo recently demonstrated a fully autonomous construction truck in an underground Swedish mine. Carter says he expects to see “significant implementations” of automated vehicles in the shipping industry within 10 years, but declined to specify when FedEx might adopt semi- or fully autonomous trucks. “FedEx are focused and deploying technology in areas where they see a payoff from a cost point of view”Satish Jindel, president of SJ Consulting Group FedEx is considering automating package delivery to some extent,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.88
March 12, 2017
…is funded in part by Swedish heavy truck maker Volvo AB and logistics giant United Parcel Service. Those startups could wind up competing with Tesla Inc, whose Chief Executive Elon Musk has said he plans to expand Tesla's product range to include self-driving trucks and buses. Last week, another self-driving truck startup was at the center of a lawsuit filed by Google parent Alphabet Inc, whose Waymo self-driving car unit accused ride services startup Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] and its autonomous trucking subsidiary Otto of trade theft. Uber acquired Otto, founded by two former Google executives, last summer. Related: Self-Driving…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.43
December 15, 2021
…in 2017, Aurora has worked with PACCAR, FedEx, and Volvo on autonomous trucks. It acquired Uber's Advanced Technology Group in December 2020. In July, the Pittsburgh-based company announced its plan to merge with special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Reinvent Technology Partners Y for $1 billion and be publicly traded. It released a beta version of its Aurora Driver autonomy platform in October. San Francisco-based Uber Freight said it is a logistics broker “that connects shippers with one of the world's largest digitally-enabled carrier networks.” It is a unit of Uber Technologies Inc., which has operations in more than 900 metropolitan areas…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.36
January 20, 2022
…than 50 industry partners and investors, including automotive manufacturers Volvo Cars for consumer vehicles and Daimler Truck AG for commercial trucks. The company has also partnered with NVIDIA and Intel’s Mobileye unit as it builds next-generation safety and autonomous capabilities for production vehicles. Mercedes to use Luminar lidar in production Mercedes-Benz said it has developed “active and passive vehicle safety measures for almost 70 years, not only for the benefit of Mercedes drivers, but also for that of other road users.” Its technologies include advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) for cruise control, distance control, steering, and changing lanes. With DRIVE PILOT,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.87
May 10, 2021
…signed a production deal for autonomous consumer vehicles with Volvo Cars last year. Luminar has also partnered with Daimler Truck AG, and it has nearly 400 employees. Pony.ai to integrate Luminar sensors Pony.ai said it plans to deploy automotive-grade production autonomous fleets in 2023 globally. The next-generation fleet will integrate Luminar’s Iris and feature a multi-sensor 360-degree configuration and a profile of 10cm (3.9 in.) off of the vehicle roof. The partners said their goal is to increase safe, autonomous driving in complex urban environments with an integrated sensor design that leads advanced development to production scale. The partnership followed…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.67
January 04, 2023
…systems production for a wide range of customers, mainly Volvo, Daimler and PSA. The site in Písek has been in operation since 2006 and currently employs around 500 people. The company said it focuses on three key areas: electrification and energy management, safe and automated driving, and digital and sustainable cockpit experiences. How are they using the AMRs Seven of FORVIA’s heavy duty MiR robots, mainly MiR600s, work in finished goods, bringing empty pallets to the assembly lines and picking up full pallets to transport to the logistics area. MiR250 robots are also being used to move components from the…
