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Nuro brings autonomous vehicle test fleet to Japan for data collection

Robotics Business Review

The effort will allow the company to improve its artificial intelligence model by deepening its understanding of local traffic dynamics. Japan’s aging population has resulted in a serious driver shortage, both in passenger transportation and in freight transportation. cities last year, according to Nuro.

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Contoro picks up $12M to scale container unloading robots

Robotics Business Review

Contoro Robotics today said it has raised $12 million in Series A funding to scale its artificial intelligence-powered robots. Contoro claimed that its technologies enable highly reliable unloading, even in unpredictable freight logistics environments that are typically challenging for robots.

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Wandlebots on the future of robot programming

Robotics Business Review

News of the week Google DeepMind introduces two Gemini-based models to bring AI to the real world Google DeepMind has unveiled two cutting-edge artificial intelligence models, Gemini Robotics and Gemini Robotics-ER, marking a significant step in bringing advanced AI capabilities into the physical world.

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Ford blazes New Trail with Artificial Intelligence-driven Functionality that Helps Hitch Truck to Trailer

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

The system leverages advanced artificial intelligence (AI), including computer vision and machine learning, to facilitate the automatic reversing of the truck and the alignment of its hitch ball to the trailer’s coupler. One of the components of improved TCO is payload optimization.

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Autonomous trucking developer Kodiak Robotics to go public via SPAC

Robotics Business Review

Kodiak delivers freight daily for its customers across the southern United States using its autonomous technology. The company’s single-platform automated driving system, the Kodiak Driver, combines advanced artificial intelligence software with modular hardware. Source: Kodiak Robotics Kodiak Robotics Inc.

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Wayve announces strategic partnership with and investment from Uber

Robotics Business Review

Wayve and Uber plan for self-driving fleets at scale Unlike traditional AV approaches, Wayve has focused on “mapless, end-to-end” artificial intelligence. The company has an ongoing partnership with Uber Freight. The company designed this technology to allow automated vehicles to operate without geofenced limits.

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Waabi raises $200M from Uber, NVIDIA, and others on the road to self-driving trucks

Robotics Business Review

The company claimed that it has been able to advance quickly toward that goal because of its use of generative artificial intelligence in the physical world. Waabi said that it “is on the verge of Level 4 autonomy” and that it expects to deploy fully autonomous trucks in Texas next year.