Know What's Happening in Autonomy
Know What's Happening in Autonomy
ClassNK certifies first autonomous container ship navigation system
ClassNK has granted its AUTO-Nav2 (All) notation to the container ship Genbu, marking the world’s first certification for autonomous navigation on medium‑ to long‑distance routes. The vessel, built by Kyokuyo Shipyard and operated by Suzuyo Marine, is part of the Nippon Foundation’s MEGURI2040 fully autonomous program.
Amazon-owned Zoox announced that its purpose‑built robotaxi fleet will begin rides in Austin, Texas and Miami, Florida later this year, adding to expanded service zones in San Francisco and Las Vegas. The move follows nearly two million autonomous miles driven and more than 350,000 riders, marking the company’s first commercial rollout beyond its original test cities.
General Motors has rolled out 200 test vehicles equipped with a next‑generation Super Cruise system on public highways in California and Michigan. The supervised trials, which feature trained drivers in the front seat, aim to validate an eyes‑off, hands‑free driving...
General Motors has deployed 200 test vehicles equipped with a next‑generation hands‑free driver‑assist platform on public highways in Michigan and California. The rollout marks a step toward the company’s goal of eyes‑free driving by 2028 and signals a shift from...
In this episode of Motley Fool Money, hosts discuss the rapid acceleration of the autonomy economy in 2026, covering AI developments at OpenAI and the broader push toward autonomous vehicles and delivery. They critique OpenAI's unclear monetization strategy and its...
Amazon confirmed the acquisition of Fauna Robotics, a startup that builds approachable humanoid robots, though financial terms were undisclosed. Fauna’s flagship Sprout robot sells for about $50,000, stands 3 ft 6 in tall, and targets developers and enterprise customers such as Disney and...
Exotec has launched the Skyfleet program, rolling out standardized robotic warehouse solutions to seven Decathlon logistics sites across five European countries. Each site features 150‑200 Skypod robots, up to 200,000 items processed daily, and full automation of inbound and outbound...
Australia’s CSIRO has adapted mining‑grade robots into an autonomous platform called Bear to patrol large‑scale solar farms. In initial trials the robot mapped terrain, identified panel defects and compared its findings with human inspections. Equipped with LiDAR, RGB and thermal...
Geekplus unveiled the RoboShuttle V5 at LogiMAT 2026, upgrading its tote‑to‑person system with a native Robot Arm Picking Station for fully autonomous warehouse picking. The solution claims 99.99% accuracy, up to 700 units per hour, and a plug‑and‑play rollout in as...
ResilienX, Inc. received an FAA Certificate of Waiver allowing routine beyond‑visual‑line‑of‑sight (BVLOS) drone flights without visual observers, using NUAIR’s FAA‑accepted surveillance network. The waiver, effective through September 30 2029, covers a 1,900‑square‑mile area in Central New York and lifts restrictions under 14 CFR...
Stevens Institute of Technology researchers unveiled AURA‑GreeN, a coordinated drone swarm that functions as temporary aerial cell towers. The system plugs into an Open‑RAN controller as an xApp, dynamically allocating spectrum, routing data, and managing power in real time. Field...
Brinc, a Seattle‑based drone startup founded in 2017 by Blake Resnick, showcased its tactical Lemur 2 drone in a live demo that highlighted glass‑breaching, LiDAR mapping, and two‑way communication capabilities. The demonstration featured the drone navigating obstacles, colliding with a wall...
Holy moly, these guys never stop shipping. 🚨 @AnthropicAI just pushed a major update to Claude Code, moving closer to true autonomous execution. Meet 'Auto Mode' This drop effectively patches the primary bottleneck in CLI-based AI agents: the constant need for human-in-the-loop authorization...
AtomBite.AI launched its first commercial robot, the M1 Takeout Packing Robot, to automate the chaotic "last meter" of food‑delivery fulfillment in restaurants. The system runs on a proprietary dual‑model AI brain that lets existing hardware manipulate unpredictable items like crushed...
Silicon Valley are really hyping up Humanoids, because you know, China is ahead. According to Morgan Stanley, the humanoid robot market is set to exceed $5 trillion by 2050. So the U.S. is throwing capital at it. New robotics companies...
Bot Auto’s VP of Engineering and AI, Tete Xiao—co‑author of the seminal Segment Anything paper—explains how the company is shifting from virtual AI models to physical AI for autonomous trucking. By leveraging foundation models that generalize across data, Bot Auto...
Tesla is being sued in Australia after selling its Full Self‑Driving (FSD) software for about AU$10,100 (≈US$6,600) to owners of Model 3 and Y vehicles equipped with older HW3 hardware that cannot access the feature’s full capabilities. Owner Andy Young filed...
MSI Defense Solutions and South Korea’s Nearthlab have signed an MOU to embed the KAiDEN autonomous interceptor drone into MSI’s EAGLS counter‑UAS platform. The integration adds a kinetic, hard‑kill layer to an otherwise detection‑and‑tracking focused system, expanding its ability to...
I’m proud to share @KodiakRobotics, @epirus and @GD_LandSystems are leading the way in showcasing what Physical AI looks like on the front lines. We unveiled the Leonidas autonomous ground vehicle this morning at AUSA’s Global Force. This is a defining moment...
The article highlights growing concerns over robotaxis blocking streets while waiting for passengers, noting that San Francisco issued 589 parking tickets to Waymo in 2024. Cities are creating dedicated pick‑up and drop‑off (PUDO) zones, yet curb‑side rules remain impractical. The piece...
Circa Resort & Casino in downtown Las Vegas has partnered with VenHub to install a 66‑by‑10‑by‑10‑foot autonomous smart store. The robot‑powered kiosk will let guests browse and buy food, snacks, alcohol and smokeless‑tobacco around the clock, eliminating checkout lines and...
High Lander and Dimetor have signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement to embed cellular intelligence into uncrewed traffic management (UTM) and beyond‑visual‑line‑of‑sight (BVLOS) drone operations. The deal upgrades their earlier partnership, merging High Lander’s Vega UTM with Dimetor’s AirborneRF, NAVSentry and...
Eberspaecher Vecture, a Toronto‑based developer of battery management systems, has joined Unmanned Systems Technology’s supplier ecosystem as a Silver partner. The company offers commercial‑off‑the‑shelf, custom and build‑to‑print BMS solutions for drones, robotics and autonomous vehicles, covering voltage ranges from 12 V...
Cheap drones, using mobile phone components, commercial off-the-shelf electronics, guidance sensors and a cheap 550cc two-stroke petrol engine, have literally defeated the entire might of US defence spending. When cheap cameras, and more autonomous scalable AI capabilities emerge, we're in real...
Czech firm TRL Drones has launched a Ground Control Station (GCS) that fuses sensor data, AI analysis and autonomous interceptor drones to provide a kinetic, hard‑kill layer against unmanned aerial threats. The system can shift from electronic jamming to physical...
cuVSLAM: Accelerating Real-Time Visual SLAM With GPU Power In this episode of Artificial Intelligence: Papers and Concepts, we explore cuVSLAM, NVIDIA’s GPU-accelerated solution for visual simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). Designed for real-time applications like robotics, AR/VR, and autonomous systems, cuVSLAM...
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits has expanded its partnership with Corvus Robotics, deploying more than 40 Corvus One autonomous drones across nine distribution centers nationwide. The drones have completed roughly 5,000 flights, uncovering over 35,000 inventory discrepancies and shifting cycle...
Agile Robots and Google DeepMind have announced a strategic research partnership to embed DeepMind's Gemini Robotics foundation models into Agile's scalable industrial hardware. The collaboration will create adaptable, reasoning robots for high‑value manufacturing tasks, leveraging a data‑driven feedback loop that...
Dexory has teamed with Multipowr to embed high‑power wireless charging into its next‑generation autonomous warehouse robots, allowing longer run times and flexible battery management. The integrated system supports a wide power range and multiple battery configurations, making it adaptable to...
Rivian announced a $1.25 billion investment from Uber that includes a commitment to field as many as 50,000 autonomous R2 trucks on Uber’s platform. The rollout will begin in San Francisco and Miami in 2028 and could expand to 25 cities by...
A new study cited by Electrek finds that advanced driver‑assistance systems, including Tesla’s Full Self‑Driving (FSD) mode, can create a “supervision trap” that distracts drivers and gives a false sense of security. The research, referencing data from the Insurance Institute...
Irish drone logistics firm Manna Aero, founded in 2018, now operates in Dublin, Finnish cities, Dallas and Oklahoma, delivering items up to 8.5 pounds within three minutes of order. The company has logged 300,000 flights and aims for two million by year‑end,...
Lang Technik UK will unveil the RoboTrex Compact at the MACH 2026 trade show in Birmingham, marking the system’s UK debut. The compact automation cell occupies just 2 square‑metres, handles workpieces up to 95 mm and 7 kg, and incorporates a Fanuc M‑10iD‑16s robot...
Truly impressive video of the Figure 03 humanoid autonomously sorting deformable packages and placing them labels-down for the scanner down the line. It is far better than the Unitree G1 version humanoid that I currently have at home. And they are...
HAGAMOSphere: The Japanese #Drone That Rolls on Ground and Soars in Air by @tweetciiiim #EmergingTech #Technology #Innovation https://t.co/OhJQAQIya3
AVL Mobility Technologies and Ansible Motion have teamed up to fuse AVL’s VSM real‑time vehicle simulation platform with Ansible’s driver‑in‑the‑loop simulators. The integrated solution lets manufacturers model components, systems and full vehicles, then immediately test chassis dynamics, power‑train behavior, ADAS...
How a robot named Bear is making solar farm maintenance safer and more efficient #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/5z48f9XCz1 https://t.co/wNTefJNvMl
17-minute wait for UberX Human. Pass. Canceled and tried again. Attempt 2: 4-minute wait for an autonomous ride with Avride. #Winning https://t.co/x56PePHReH
Xpeng has launched a standalone robotaxi business unit that will coordinate product definition, integration, R&D testing and daily operations. The division aims to begin real‑world passenger trials in the second half of 2026, with fully autonomous, safety‑operator‑free rides expected by...
Apollo: The Humanoid #Robot Built on Apptronik’s Legacy and NASA’s Valkyrie Expertise by @Apptronik #Robotics #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML #Innovation https://t.co/8gVtUWzkLT
Meet KNOWIN’s #AI-Powered Home Humanoid #Robot Built for Real-Life Messy Homes by @CyberRobooo #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/4q1SSfRuip
The African Drone Forum (ADF) announced the debut of an Africa Pavilion at XPONENTIAL Europe 2026, the continent’s first unified presence at the premier uncrewed systems exhibition. The pavilion, running March 24‑26 in Düsseldorf, is backed by Germany’s BMZ and...
A #Robot That Sees the Terrain and Predicts Its Future—5 Seconds Ahead by @IlirAliu_ #Robotics #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #MI #ML #Innovation https://t.co/iEzsHMgVkF
How Han’s #Robot Uses Vision #AI to Inspect #Automobile Chassis via @WevolverApp #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/Y77DaMYQ0a
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has broadened its investigation of Tesla's Full Self-Driving software to 3.2 million vehicles, intensifying safety concerns that could delay the company's robotaxi rollout. Analysts warn a forced recall could erode the premium investors have...
Deployed Episode 1 is live. @jeffawilke scaled Amazon’s operations from a billion to a trillion dollars. We got into things he's rarely talked about publicly -- drones, lights-out factories, the future of Physical AI. Link below. https://t.co/BLWpc9TdvS
108-Armed Cotton Picking #Robot Harvests 120× Faster Than Humans via @ZappyZappy7 #AgriTech #Robotics #Innovation #Technology #TechForGood https://t.co/TzDi7FfyrZ
China Unveils High-Speed Spherical Police #Robot Capable of Netting Criminals Autonomously by @Rainmaker1973 #Innovation #EmergingTech #TechForGood #Technology https://t.co/xA0m1PRrQv
Zurich-Based Startup Builds Physical #AI to Teach #Robots Human Skills by @mimicrobotics #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/gVymMFNGjp
