Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 26.49
November 13, 2024
…Helmbrecht as COO. Iagnemma brings CEO experience from nuTonomy, Motional Iagnemma is an entrepreneur and knowledgeable developer in the commercial robotics industry, with a career history that blends academic research and industry leadership. He co-founded and served as CEO of autonomous vehicle technology company nuTonomy, which was later acquired by Aptiv in 2017 for $450 million. Under Iagnemma’s leadership, nuTonomy launched public robotaxi pilots in Singapore. Iagnemma was also founding CEO of Motional, a $4 billion robotaxi joint venture between automaker Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv. Prior to his industry career, Iagnemma directed the Robotic Mobility Group research laboratory at…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.78
August 08, 2023
…and accurately plug the charger into an EV vehicle port (see video below). Hyundai Motor Group is also supporting Motional, an autonomous vehicle joint venture with Aptiv.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.14
December 05, 2022
…will safely become a reality,” he added. The news comes several months after Uber announced it was partnering with Motional as part of a 10-year deal to offer fully driverless rides using Motional’s new robotaxis.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.29
May 23, 2022
…to rapid paradigm shift in the automotive industry through Motional, a venture established in Boston jointly with the leading U.S. mobility technology firm Aptiv in 2020. Motional is currently testing its robotaxi service on U.S public roads and plans to begin commercial service in 2023. HMG said it will actively support Motional to make the driverless technology more safe, reliable, and accessible to customers in the U.S. and other parts of the world. HMG said it will cooperate with U.S. partners in areas to accelerate the efforts to bring driverless technology into reality. Supernal helps support advanced air mobility Hyundai…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.21
May 19, 2022
…rate (CAGR) 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…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.74
April 29, 2022
…autonomous vehicle developers such as Argo AI, Aurora, Locomation, Motional, and Waymo. Last week at the PRN’s “State of Our Autonomous Vehicle Industry” event, the organization released its “Pittsburgh Robotics Cluster Profile,” which focused on the region’s unique position for fostering growth and opportunity in global robotics and autonomy industries. “Regions who are able to build out their technology ecosystems to support this type of integration will be poised to realize major economic growth,” said Reed. “In the process of creating this Robotics Cluster Profile, we've identified over 100 robotics companies and over 40 supporting organizations, making the Pittsburgh region…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 44.66
February 25, 2022
…self-driving cars are hitting the roads as robotic taxicabs. Motional Inc. and Via Transportation Inc. yesterday announced that they have launched a free robotaxi service in downtown Las Vegas. The companies said they first partnered in 2020 with the goal of offering autonomous vehicles at scale to expand public access to transportation options. “Our partnership offers a new channel for members of the public to experience safe and convenient self-driving rides, with a focus on effectively integrating Motional's robotaxis with existing transit networks, “said Abe Ghabra, chief operating officer at Motional. “We look forward to learning from this service and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.02
January 11, 2022
…software-defined, electric vehicles.” In 2020, the company formed the Motional autonomous driving joint venture with Hyundai Motor Group. Wind River offers edge-to-cloud software Alameda, Calif.-based Wind River claimed that its software is used in more than 2 billion edge devices across more than 1,700 customers globally. The company said its portfolio enables the secure development, deployment, operations and servicing of mission-critical intelligent systems. It reportedly generated approximately $400 million in revenues in 2021. Wind River Studio is a platform that enables full product lifecycle management for edge-to-cloud use cases, it added. Wind River said it has served the aerospace, automotive,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.69
January 06, 2022
…wheels and legs. The company has also partnered with Motional Inc. on the IONIQ 5 robotaxi. Boston Dynamics, Hyundai envision collaborative future Boston Dynamics, which Hyundai acquired last year, demonstrated its Spot quadruped robot and Atlas humanoid robot at CES 2022. Spot can collect data for inspection, construction, and security, and Atlas has demonstrated human-level agility. Hyundai showed Spot working with Logistics Mobility for last-mile delivery. Waltham, Mass.-based Boston Dynamics is also developing the Stretch robotic arm for palletizing and depalletizing. Hyundai and Boston Dynamics are already taking mobility beyond human physical limitations, said Marc Raibert, founder and chairman of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.78
December 23, 2021
…June. It has also worked with autonomous vehicle developer Motional, which plans to provide robotaxi services with Lyft in Las Vegas in 2023. Hyundai to share vision of virtual world plus robots Under its theme of “Expanding Human Reach,” Hyundai Motor said it will share its vision of how robotics will “complete the metaverse by connecting the virtual world with reality as a medium and eventually overcome the physical limitations of movement regarding time and space.” The company will also exhibit its robot product lineup, including the recently announced Mobile Eccentric Droid (MobED), as well as Boston Dynamics' Spot quadruped…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 51.28
December 16, 2021
Motional Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. today announced a partnership to launch autonomous deliveries for Uber customers, starting in Santa Monica, Calif., in early 2022. Motional said its all-electric vehicles will deliver a curated set of meal kits from select restaurants on Uber Eats. The companies said their partnership is an industry first between an autonomous vehicle technology developer and an on-demand delivery provider. “Today, Motional enters the autonomous delivery market,” stated Karl Iagnemma, president and CEO of Motional. “We’re proud that our first delivery partner is Uber and are eager to begin using our trusted driverless technology to offer…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.07
November 18, 2021
…with local developers of self-driving vehicles, such as Aurora, Motional, TuSimple, and Uber? “I think competition is great—if there wasn't any, this would be an isolated industry,” replied Mitra. “We believe we're in the nascent phases of where technology can make an impact in healthcare. When it comes to talent acquisition, it comes down to where people want to apply their education and help others.” Smith+Nephew's “three pillars” at its Pittsburgh site. Source: Smith+Nephew Investing in the future of surgical robotics “In the past couple of years, Smith+Nephew has focused on its three cultural pillars: care, collaboration, and courage,” Mitra…
