Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2024

At the height of its success, Cruise was running robotaxi services in San Francisco, Austin, Houston, and Phoenix. Source: Cruise General Motors Co. today announced that it will no longer fund Cruise LLC’s robotaxi deployment work. billion in 2023.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2024

At the height of its success, Cruise was running robotaxi services in San Francisco, Austin, Houston, and Phoenix. Source: Cruise General Motors (GM) today announced that it will no longer fund Cruise LLC’s robotaxi deployment work. billion in 2023.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

The road continues to be bumpy for robotaxi developers. Earlier this week, Cruise and Motional , two leading U.S.-based based robotaxi companies, lost major funding sources that could significantly alter their futures. Let’s start with Cruise. billion on Cruise since 2017. .”

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Ben recognizing the immediate market potential for the software and AI algorithms developed by the company, pivoted from hardware development to a software-centric approach. Palladyne AI has developed software capable of teaching robots complex tasks in under 20 minutes. billion in 2023.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Through its new fleet partnership with Moove, the company’s Waymo One robotaxi service will be open to riders in Miami in 2026. The self-driving unit of Alphabet spent 2024 expanding its robotaxi service across multiple cities, including San Francisco , Phoenix , and Los Angeles.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Waymo’s 6th generation robotaxis have 13 cameras, 4 lidar, 6 radar, and an array of external audio receivers. First, Waymos robotaxis are currently only available in urban areas. Waymo, the self-driving unit of Alphabet, has been expanding its robotaxi operations this year.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

When Cruise was most successful, it was running services in three cities, and it planned to expand to a dozen more in 2024. Source: Cruise Yesterday, Cruise LLC began laying off more employees, the company confirmed to The Robot Report. These recent layoffs likely aren’t surprising to Cruise employees.

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