Autonomous

If you're preparing food on an automated production line, then that line had better be clean. A new autonomous robot was designed with this in mind, as it actually learns how to clean better over time.

The California-based firm TuSimple has today revealed an ambitious plan to begin piecing together a network of autonomous trucking routes in US, with plans to scale up and service the entire contiguous US by 2023.

Waymo already has a number of partnerships in place with household names like Walmart and Jaguar. It can now add Volvo to that list, with the two forming an agreement to develop electric vehicles that can drive autonomously.

Elbit Systems UK's autonomous Seagull Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) has completed Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) sea trials off the British coast in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence, with the USA's L3Harris providing sonar systems.

Self-driving startup Nuro has announced a new partnership with CVS, which will see its driverless vehicles deliver prescription medicines to customers home addresses in Texas within three hours of purchase.

In a significant step forward for the autonomous vehicle industry, the US Department of Transport (DOT) has granted its first ever self-driving vehicle exemption to startup Nuro, meaning its autonomous delivery pod can now push ahead on public roads.

While underwater remotely-operated vehicles (ROVs) certainly are useful, manually controlling the things via a console can be quite a painstaking task. That's why researchers have now enabled one to autonomously gather samples from the ocean floor.

BMW has hit the CES concept car scene with an imaginative duo of chauffeured vehicles that ride like living rooms, taking care of passengers' every whim and need. Forgive the clunky names, and you see an attractive vision of future commuting.

After a few years worth of tinkering, Stanford researchers have now equipped their autonomous DeLorean with some serious driving chops, sending it sideways around a kilometer-long drifting course all on its own.

If you've heard of SoftBank Robotics, it's likely been in regards to the company's Pepper and NAO humanoid robots. This Tuesday, however, SoftBank announced North American availability of its new Whiz robotic vacuum sweeper.

MIT engineers have developed a system that looks at shadows on the ground to help autonomous vehicles avoid collisions with objects like cars or pedestrians appearing from around corners or behind buildings.

After showing off an early developmental version back in 2017, Piaggio Fast Forward has wheeled out a consumer-ready courier robot built to carry up to 40 lb of everyday items for folks traveling on foot.