Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.58
May 01, 2019
…can react.” While testing its large animal detection system, Volvo discovered the program didn’t know how to deal with kangaroos (“Volvo admits its self-driving cars are confused by kangaroos,” The Guardian, June 2017). A fully autonomous Level 5 vehicle, in Zarola’s view, is still in the far future. “We still have some way to go in terms of data collection to improve sensor fusion and using AI to recognize objects,” he says. Retrofitted IoT For many manufacturers, replacing legacy machines with a new batch of costly connected devices is not practical. Therefore, the solution rests with retrofitting—placing sensors on old…
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 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,…
