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

Robotics Business Review

In air freight alone, just under 16 million metric tons of cargo was flown worldwide in 2023. It’s a lot of freight, requiring lots of airframes, engines, and, of course, pilots. Editor’s note: This article was syndicated from The Robot Report sibling site Engineering.com.

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UK commercial vehicle output continues growth with best July for six years

SMMT

Notes to editors. 4 However, to ensure current levels of output are sustained across the industry – which has an essential role to play both in UK decarbonisation and economic recovery – soaring inflation and business energy costs must be tackled urgently if Britain is to remain globally competitive. CV production July 2016: 8,794 units.

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CV Show 2024 unveils UK shadow minister and executives in expert seminar series

SMMT

Notes to editors The Commercial Vehicle Show is Britain’s largest and most comprehensive road freight transport, distribution, and logistics event, and runs 23-25 April 2024 at the NEC Birmingham. Find out more about The Road Ahead seminar programme here and book your free place for the Commercial Vehicle Show here.

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How DB Schenker used Feedly to create an “innovation hub” to detect new business opportunities

Canadian Metalworking Magazine

Jacek Pucher is a Global Innovation Manager for DB Schenker, one of the world’s leading logistics providers of land, air, and ocean freight. The Leo Web Alerts focused on topics like the supply chain industry, supply chain last mile deliveries, land transport, ocean freight, and warehousing. “It It was so simple,” he says.

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Will autotech ventures race east in 2024?

Robotics Business Review

They included Embark (a loss of $300 million), Uber Freight (a loss of $680 million), TuSimple (a loss of $775 million), and even Alphabet’s Waymo Via (losses undisclosed). Editor’s note: Going to Manifest ? “I just think public adoption takes a long time, and that’s going to be decades.”

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Top 10 robots seen at CES 2024

Robotics Business Review

The company had multiple large-scale booths showing autonomy concepts for the future, including autonomous mobility for both humans and freight, as well as a look at the future of autonomous construction vehicles. Gatik first demonstrated fully driverless, freight-only commercial deliveries on the middle mile with Walmart in 2021.

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Manufacturers using digital transformation to future-proof operations

Control Engineering

Many customers prefer to use their own freight carriers, so a B2B e-commerce platform must be able to accommodate third-party shipping. Anandan is contributing editor for the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) , a CFE Media content partner. Differences in payment terms and shipping methods are good examples.