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Xwing and U.S. Air Force demonstrate fully autonomous cargo aircraft

Robotics Business Review

has demonstrated fixed-wing cargo-carrying capability in a point-to-point flight between two airbases using a specially modified Cessna 208B Grand Caravan. In air freight alone, just under 16 million metric tons of cargo was flown worldwide in 2023. For many airlines, cargo represents up to one-third of revenue. kg) payload.

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Virtual Incision’s mini surgical robot arrives at ISS

Robotics Business Review

A screen grab from a NASA broadcast shows a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station on Jan. The company said its spaceMIRA device sat aboard a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft carried by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. 30, 2024 with the spaceMIRA from Virtual Incision onboard.

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Five minutes with… Paul Philpott, President and CEO of Kia UK

SMMT

The PV5 will be available in five main forms; a cargo van, a crew van, a chassis cab, a passenger vehicle, and a wheelchair accessible vehicle, with a choice of battery sizes and payloads to suit various customer requirements. Our PBVs were first announced as a core part of our global business strategy, Plan S, in January 2020.

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Vayu Robotics puts delivery robot using AI foundation models on the road

Robotics Business Review

Vayu says the automatic cargo-unloading mechanism in its delivery robots is the first of its kind. Gopalan was CEO of Velodyne and took that leading lidar supplier public in 2020. “Our software is robot form-factor-agnostic, and we have already deployed it across several wheeled form factors,” Gopalan said.

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Electric Boat & Ship Markets Sail Past 1GWH in 2023, Reports IDTechEx

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The new IDTechEx report, “ Electric Boats & Ships 2024-2044 “, provides granular 20-year forecasts in unit sales, battery demand (GWh) & battery market value ($ bn) for electric ferry, electric cargo/container, electric Ro-Ro, electric cruise, electric OSV, electric tugboat and electric recreational boats by power class (25kW).

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Nature-inspired tech to move transport towards net-zero

E&T

To drive down harmful emissions, engineers are taking inspiration from nature to come up with greener technologies, including helping current forms of transport, from cars to planes, evolve and move towards net-zero. million in 2020 to 11.2 Electric car sales are accelerating. Deloitte forecasts their numbers will grow from 2.5

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Could Battery Quality Issues Derail the Prospects of Europe’s First Electric Commercial Vehicle Model Built on a Dedicated Electric Platform?

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Buzz Cargo on July 4 at its Hanover (Germany) plant. CAGR for e-LCVs over the 2020-2030 period. Schedule your Growth Pipeline Dialog™ with the Frost & Sullivan team to form a strategy and act upon growth opportunities: [link]. Buzz, and its commercial counterpart, the ID. Source: Frost & Sullivan, 2022.

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