Inside Voyage’s plan to deliver a driverless future In the autonomous vehicle space, startups have taken radically different strategies to building our AV future. Some companies like Waymo have driven all across different types of environments in order to rack up the datasets that they believe will be needed to effectively maneuver without a human… Continue reading Voyage’s driverless future, ghost work, B2B growth strategies, and Black Hat takeaways – TechCrunch
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Ford Gets Serious About Gaming, Launches Motor Racing Teams to Compete in Increasingly Popular World of Esports
Ford is to launch its first ever esports teams to build on its real-world racing heritage by competing at the very highest level on the virtual racing stage Recruitment for national teams – under the Fordzilla name – begins at Gamescom, in Germany. Star players will also be selected for a crack European team Ford… Continue reading Ford Gets Serious About Gaming, Launches Motor Racing Teams to Compete in Increasingly Popular World of Esports
5G-assisted unmanned delivery car supports smart retail in eastern Chinese city
NANJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — An unmanned delivery car with 5G wireless technology hit the roads in the city of Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province over the weekend.
The white mini car, with a height of about 0.5 meters, was launched in Jiangbei New Area by Suning Logistics, a subsidiary of Chinese e-commerce giant Suning to support the company's smart retail service.
A customer surnamed Shi, placed an order over his mobile phone. Then, Sun Rongrong, a shop assistant at a convenience store of Suning, put the drinks Shi ordered in the unmanned car and created a password for the customer before the delivery.
Taking only five minutes, the 5G-assisted delivery car sent the drinks to Shi's company and sent a short message letting him know it had arrived. After Shi got his drinks, the car also issued a voice message to him: “Goodbye, remember to miss me!”
Ling Yunfei, director of Suning Logistics Group Logistics Research Institute, said the unmanned delivery car w..
Continental Focuses More Closely on Agricultural Business, Concentrating on Smart Farming
Executive Board member Hans-Jürgen Duensing: “Smart farming is the feedstock for the field of the future.” Precision farming: Drones and robotic systems for efficient field operations Agricultural sector continues move toward connectivity: Smart solutions for sustainable production measures Hanover, August 19, 2019. Technology company Continental is furthering its agricultural operations, providing new solutions and impetus,… Continue reading Continental Focuses More Closely on Agricultural Business, Concentrating on Smart Farming
UPDATE 2-China’s Ninebot unveils scooters that drive themselves to charging stations
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Segway-Ninebot Group, a Beijing-based electric scooter maker, on Friday unveiled a scooter that can return itself to charging stations without a driver, a potential boon for the burgeoning scooter-sharing industry. Ninebot President Wang Ye unveils semi-autonomous scooter KickScooter T60 that can return itself to charging stations without a driver, at a… Continue reading UPDATE 2-China’s Ninebot unveils scooters that drive themselves to charging stations
Powering the Next Revolution in Transportation
August 16, 2019 An Interview with Chris Urmson, Co-founder and CEO at Aurora Chris Urmson, Co-founder and CEO at Aurora Chris Urmson has 20 years of experience developing self-driving and robotics technology. He helped found, lead, and later served as CTO for self-driving cars at Alphabet. Before that, Chris was a faculty member at Carnegie… Continue reading Powering the Next Revolution in Transportation
Now, Next, and Future: Tara Stentz
A profile series that introduces our team and showcases what we’re working on. My name is Tara Stentz, and I am a Software Engineer on the Prediction Team! I graduated in 2018 from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a minor in Computer Science. For the summer of 2017,… Continue reading Now, Next, and Future: Tara Stentz
Segway-Ninebot new e-scooter can drive itself to a charger
Sponsored Links Florence Lo / Reuters Beijing-based e-scooter manufacturer Segway-Ninebot has launched a semi-autonomous model that can drive itself to charging stations. According to Reuters, the company already has customers lined up for the vehicle, including Uber and Lyft. Ninebot chief Gao Lufeng explained that the model, called KickScooter T60, will be controlled remotely from… Continue reading Segway-Ninebot new e-scooter can drive itself to a charger
Canoo’s CEO steps away as the startup shows off EV designs
Automotive startup Canoo (formerly known as Evelozcity) is teasing the designs of its planned electric vehicles, and it has spent the last few months staffing up as it moves closer to production in 2021. But the startup will take the next few steps in that process without its CEO, the company tells The Verge. Stefan… Continue reading Canoo’s CEO steps away as the startup shows off EV designs
No more touchscreens for the US Navy
In spe the US Navy wants to give up touchscreens and return to the well-known controls. The US Navy will again integrate conventional controls into its destroyer and remove the installed touch screens. The process should start from next year. The reason for this is the collision, which resulted in deaths. A destroyer rammed an… Continue reading No more touchscreens for the US Navy