Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.21
January 17, 2017
…in a very real way. As the likes of Google and Apple pour resources into the development of driverless technology, the decreased price and improved performance of the vehicles are benefiting the makers of driverless industrial vehicles. Already, Amazon is poised to become one of the biggest users—and suppliers—of automatic guided vehicles in the warehousing and distribution space. But AGVs aren’t just for those with big budgets and massive operations. In fact, AGVs aren’t even always AGVs. The “guided” part of that acronym, familiar from decades of autonomous vehicles designed to follow magnetic tapes, wires and other fixed paths, is…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.71
December 04, 2016
…(FAST) Act. New entrants in the auto industry, like Google and others, are not granted the same right under the FAST Act. The Cupertino company argues that the best way to maximize safety benefits for autonomous vehicles, ensure fair competition and encourage innovation is for the NHTSA to amend policy to state that seeking exemptions isn't necessary for internal development vehicles on public roads. The other half of the letter, which is dated November 22, addresses the Federal Automated Vehicles policy and a proposed data sharing program. “Apple agrees that companies should share de-identified scenario and dynamics data from crashes…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.67
October 27, 2016
…report, some of the world’s biggest corporations - Apple, Google, Daimler-Benz and countless others - are behind the fast-moving technology that is pushing driverless vehicles. Read: Possibility of Driverless Trucks Offers Hope for Truck Driver Crisis Currently now well beyond the initial testing phase, driverless trucks hold promising technology that can increase highway safety, reduce human error and perhaps ease the chronic driver shortage plaguing the trucking industry. “I do not think driverless trucks are a pie in the sky”John White, chief marketing officer for U.S. Xpress But that also comes with some built-in obstacles, too. And as with other…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.78
October 17, 2016
…place to introduce self-driving vehicles at scale. Companies like Google, Tesla and Uber are still testing, whereas our self-driving vehicles are commercially available today.” Companies including GE and John Deere have deployed OTTO’s material handling equipment in their facilities. “The market for self-driving passenger vehicles will be over $80 billion by 2030,” Rendall said. “We believe the market for self-driving materials handling vehicles will be equally significant. Clearpath has a big head start, and this new funding will allow us to further accelerate the development of the best self-driving software in the industry – and bring more OTTOs into the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.51
September 22, 2016
…to come up with a uniform set of policies. Google and Ford are among the top companies pushing driverless car innovations. The 15-point federal checklist, intended to serve as a benchmark for all autonomous vehicles to meet before they go to market, hits on a variety of safety expectations. Among them: Sharing driving data with regulators so they can do root cause analysis on crashes or system breakdowns; the ability for vehicles to respond safely in the event of crashes or system malfunctions; and the need for safeguards to ensure security and prevent online attacks. Also outlined in the checklist…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.69
March 19, 2016
…its own self-driving technology, using engineers it poached from Google and Carnegie Mellon University. The company recently announced plans to expand its Pittsburgh facility to include a test track for driverless cars. “Uber isn’t valued at more than $50 billion because it’s a ‘taxi app,’ but because investors see Uber as a logistics company.” - Adrian Gonzalez, Adelante SCM Still, purchasing a fleet of cars, especially one of such size, has not been part of Uber’s playbook so far. The company’s business model relies heavily on drivers using their own personal vehicles, or ones leased from for-hire vehicle companies. If…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.33
March 11, 2016
…shared vehicle world, or will be displaced by rivals more adept at digital technology strategy, such as Alphabet Inc’s Google or ride-sharing services Uber Technologies Inc. GM is using profits from selling large sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks to buy hedges against that risk. Source: Reuters Related: Making the Leap to Uber Trucking Download the Report: The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be
