Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.11
July 13, 2023
…fleet manager collaborates with human pickers and works like Uber—it tells pickers where to go next through PDAs [personal digital assistants]. How much localization have you had to do coming to the U.S. or Australia and New Zealand? Guan: We found it interesting. In China, we have a lot of U.S. brands, and the warehouse aisles and layout are similar. The main thing to change is the language interface, which not only includes English, but also Spanish in the U.S. We're moving to being a global solutions provider serving clients locally. Our demonstration centers will open in Melbourne and Chicago,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.97
July 31, 2021
…Greycraft, much like users call for a Lyft or Uber. This opens a path for future autonomous ferry and water taxi companies such as the Future Mobility Network (FMN) to service the public, Buffalo Automation said. Autonomous water robotaxi leaving dock with Dutch passengers. Source: Buffalo Automation Officials welcome autonomous Greycraft “From its inception, Buffalo Automation's goals have been to improve safety and decarbonize the water through the use of our technology,” explained Thiru Vikram, CEO of Buffalo Automation. “This project was made possible because of like-minded local community and business leaders who are open to exploring alternative transport models.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.89
June 05, 2019
…significant impact on the overall efficiency of the supply chain. Download Now! More PINC Resources Latest Drone Delivery News Uber Seeks Approval for San Diego Drone Deliveries Google Spinoff’s Drone Delivery Business First to Get FAA Approval
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 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 5.42
November 19, 2021
…from agriculture and logistics to life sciences, transportation, and more. Its investments include AlphaSense, Blue River Technology, Fabric, Formlabs, Uber, and Vicarious Surgical. Machina Labs is looking to expand its team in Los Angeles. Its employees have worked at organizations including SpaceX, Microsoft, Google, Northrop Grumman, and Stratasys. For a current list of job openings at Machina Labs, visit www.machinalabs.ai/careers.
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 5.24
January 25, 2019
…to crashes and accidents.” A self-driving car owned by Uber struck and killed a pedestrian earlier this year (Jenkins 2018). However, a police investigation found that the woman appeared from the shadows and crossed the street outside of a crosswalk, even though a well-lit crosswalk was available approximately 100 yards away. In fact, the local police chief reported that it would have been difficult for a human driver to avoid such a collision. Preparing for Change Technology is changing rapidly, and humans need to accept their robot counterparts. Richards (2017) adds that the modern factory must quickly align itself to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.95
December 13, 2021
…as Aurora, AutoStore, Berkshire Gray, DiDi, DoorDash, JD Logistics, Uber, and WeWork. More transaction details The minimum cash of the transaction is fully covered by the $405 million of committed equity capital that Symbotic and SVFC have raised, reducing potential transaction uncertainty. Symbotic also expects to receive an additional $174 million in cash from Walmart by the end of December to be used for general corporate purposes as a result of Walmart gross exercising warrants it holds in the Company. At closing, assuming no SVFC public shareholders exercise their redemption rights, existing Symbotic equity holders are expected to own 88%…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.81
May 19, 2022
…of 17.31%, according to Astute Analytica. With Motional and Uber Eats starting testing of autonomous vehicle deliveries in Santa Monica, Calif.; Cleveron beginning last-mile deliveries in Estonia; and Teksbotics and Alshrouk piloting robot deliveries in Saudi Arabia, interest is growing worldwide. Coco recently expanded service using its COCO 1 robots from Los Angeles to Houston and Austin, Texas. Joey Simons, senior vice president of operations at C3, shared insights on the growing food-on-demand market with Robotics 24/7. C3 and Coco expanding nationwide Given the rapid growth in interest in food-service robotics, how is Coco scaling up to meet demand? How…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.77
January 24, 2022
…Systems' staff includes about 25 engineers from Google, Tesla, Uber, SpaceX, and more. Startup promises more flexible freight Although the U.S. has the world’s most expansive railroad system, with over 140,000 miles of track, less than 3% of that network is occupied by active trains at any given moment, estimated Parallel Systems. To make freight deliveries economical, today’s railroads typically focus on moving shipping containers more than 500 miles. Parallel said it has identified an opportunity to bring more business to rail by improving the unit economics over shorter distances. A more flexible system would alleviate pressure on highway infrastructure…
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,…
