Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.13
June 29, 2021
…and it is home to Aurora, which recently acquired Uber’s Advanced Technology Group (ATG). “As a longstanding center of innovation, we are proud to call Pittsburgh home and to work alongside the region’s diverse talent and technology industry leaders to create real value for everyday applications, including mobility and transportation,” said Peter Rander, co-founder and president of Argo AI, which is working with Ford and Volkswagen to launch autonomous ride-hailing and delivery services. The autonomous vehicle company has grown its team to more than 500 in Pittsburgh and 1,300 worldwide since it was founded in 2016. “In addition to leading…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.49
June 16, 2021
…Other companies that have obtained billions in investment include Uber, Didi Chuxing, Tesla, and Cruise. The global market for autonomous vehicles will experience a 64.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2020 and 2027, said Precedence Research. Similarly, Grand View Research predicted a 63.1% CAGR, from about 6,700 units in 2020. “Experience has taught us so much, and we agree with those experts who say there’s no greater challenge in artificial intelligence than building and deploying fully autonomous technology at scale,” said Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov, co-CEOs of Waymo. “But we love a challenge and—thanks to the unmatched talent…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.55
April 27, 2021
…Amazon.com bought Zoox for $1.2 billion. Lyft ride-hailing rival Uber Inc. sold its Advanced Technologies Group to Aurora Innovation Inc. for $4 billion in equity in December 2020. Recent partnership examples include AutoX and Honda China collaborating on testing in China, Aurora and Volvo partnering on autonomous trucks, and Siemens Digital Industries Software working with the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto. Race to autonomous driving is a marathon, not a sprint Toyota has said that it plans to offer next-generation mobility services rather than fully autonomous vehicles. Both Woven Planet and Lyft acknowledged that the quest for SAE Level 5…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.52
April 06, 2021
…numerous technology and robotics companies, including Aldebaran, Cruise, Nuro, Uber Advanced Technology Group, and Berkshire Grey. In December 2020, the company sold its interest in Boston Dynamics to Hyundai Motor Group. SoftBank Robotics, which includes the former Aldebaran, makes the Pepper humanoid service robot and BrainOS-powered commercial cleaning and disinfection robots. SoftBank supports cube storage approach AutoStore said its automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) can provide supply chains with high throughput, enhanced configurability, and high levels of flexibility. The company added that its cube storage can enable customers to store four times the inventory in the same space or…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.53
April 04, 2021
…mobility, logistics, and fleet management partners including Hyundai and Uber. Its goal is to accelerate the adoption of driverless vehicles to safely move goods and people. The Aurora Drive includes hardware and software, and the company is testing vehicles in the Bay Area, Pittsburgh, and Dallas. Aurora has also partnered with PACCAR on autonomous truck production and acquired lidar startups Blackmore and OURS Technology. Volvo is working with partners to develop autonomous on-road trucks. Source: Volvo Autonomous Solutions Aurora, Volvo collaborate on 'Transport as a Service' Aurora and Volvo said their partnership will integrate the Aurora Driver into Volvo’s trucks…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.29
March 11, 2021
…aren’t likely to become a household name like an Uber. “It’s all these factors in combination, sort of blending together like ingredients in a Crockpot, that gets us to what we see today with all the startup activity,” Schultz says. Working with startups For end user organizations, funding momentum for startups indicates investor confidence, but the real concerns are: Does a startup’s technology address pain points like faster order fulfillment without the struggle to add labor? And does the new tech integrate easily with existing systems? IAM Robotics expanded its headquarters to include its own test facility with a working…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.64
February 19, 2021
…is much larger than point-to-point companies like DoorDash or Uber and they work in a parcel-like fashion, offering predetermined delivery and pickup schedules, for instance. Special Services For Fragile and Oversized items Suppose your product portfolio contains fragile or big and bulky items. In that case, you’ll need to coordinate with white-glove carriers that have vehicles equipped for, and staff who specialize in, full-service deliveries. They typically employ box trucks with liftgates facilitating the delivery of large bulky items to residences - either to the front door or sometimes inside if installation or setup is involved. Back-office staff should also…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.86
October 09, 2020
…self-driving trucks cross the continent in 2016. In 2016 Uber bought the self-driving truck company, Otto, for $680 million and now employs 500 engineers to perfect the technology. Google spun off its self-driving car company Waymo, which is working on self-driving trucks with the big truck manufacturers Daimler and Volvo. Switching to automated drivers will not only save billions, but it also has the potential to save thousands of lives. Crashes involving large trucks killed 3,903 people in the US in 2014, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and a further 110,000 people were injured. More than 90%…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.05
September 15, 2020
…March, when the outbreak began, Venture Beat reported, “Waymo, Uber, GM’s Cruise, Aurora, Argo AI and Pony.ai are among the companies that have suspended driverless vehicle programs in the hopes of limiting contact between drivers and riders” (“Coronavirus fears halt autonomous vehicle testing”). In theory, the significantly lighter traffic during the shutdown seems to offer an opportunity to ramp up road testing, but in practice, the 6-feet-apart social-distancing requirements make it difficult to run tests even with the smallest possible team—two people. “Near-empty roads create an abnormal condition,” notes Sovani. “This is not ideal for testing, because you don’t want…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.39
May 22, 2020
…leaving Carnegie Mellon to work on self-driving vehicles for Uber. Galluzzo answered that question with an article I published in the May 2015 issue of Supply Chain Management Review, Robotics at a Tipping Point. If you get a chance, give it a read and notice how much of what he predicted has come to pass. We’ve kept in touch over the years. I’ve watched as the company evolved from a Frankenrobot to a still young solution provider with a $20 million investment from the venture capital firm KCK Ltd. and a significant DC project with A.S. Watson Group, the world’s…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.48
September 26, 2019
…is still required, customers can get their orders via Uber-style delivery services, or by new types of transport such as drones, or even old-fashioned ones, like bicycles. Demand for Instant Fulfillment Thanks in large part to Amazon's ever-accelerating fulfillment speed, e-commerce has become a race to the front door. Same-day delivery for urban customers has become simply table stakes, and the bar is moving higher with even shorter delivery windows on offer. Customers are growing used to faster fulfillment, with close to half expecting delivery speeds to continue increasing, according to a recent survey.[9] As same-day delivery becomes too slow,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.13
September 04, 2019
…intent to deliver food from the Amazon platform. Finally, Uber Eats is testing the first-ever commercial application of drone food delivery in high-density urban areas. The initial customer tests will showcase what the future of food logistics may look like for millions of consumers worldwide. Ryan Hammer, corporate vice president and president of Golden State Foods, was also on hand for the discussion. He notes that his logistics operation recently partnered with IBM to pilot a solution that combines radio-frequency identification (RFID) to automatically track fresh beef’s movement. “Thanks to some innovative planning with IBM, we’re using Internet of Things…
