Mobility / Navigation

Ubicept says its new toolkit uses SPAD sensors for low-light imaging and reduced motion blur in videos.

The ARM Institute will perform research, development, testing, and evaluation to advance dual-use robotics for the U.S. Air Force.

D3 Embedded and Advantech said their integrated vision systems can help autonomous mobile robots come to market faster.

Miniaturization offers robotics designers new levels of power efficiency, nimbleness, and precision for a range of applications.

Waymo plans to more than double the number of cities it will operate a commercial robotaxi service in next year.

Zoox is accepting its first public riders in San Francisco through its Explorer program, which gives riders early access.

Teradar claimed its terahertz chip technology is superior to lidar and radar for all-weather vision for autonomous vehicles.

Exwayz raised funding for its 3D SLAM navigation software for autonomous systems and has partnered with Embotech and Cyvl.ai.

Fareed Aljawhari shares his journey from creative director to robotics CEO, focusing on smart cities with Micropolis.

The second A2RL autonomous racing event in the United Arab Emirates is challenging university teams’ AI drivers.

Since it was founded in 2023, Partner Robotics has raised around RMB 100 million for building and tiling robots.

Physical world AI, or autonomous machines’ situational awareness, is improving thanks to data and cloud-edge systems, writes Wherobots’ CEO.

Waymo also gave a look at how it has fortified its autonomous driver for operations winter weather conditions.

Hospitals can use mobile robots and AI to improve internal logistics, working conditions, sustainability, and ultimately, the quality of care.

WPI researchers are enabling aerial robots, smaller than 100 mm and weighing less than 100 g, to navigate without relying on vision.

The TU Delft researchers said their algorithm enables drones to carry heavier payloads together, even in windy conditions.

Robotec.ai is using Liquid AI’s vision language models and AMD’s Ryzen processors for embodied autonomy in the warehouse.

Diligent Robotics’ Moxi helps nurses and pharmacy staff with routine tasks, such as delivering medications and lab samples.

International Motors is bringing trucks, PlusAI the self-driving software, and NVIDIA the processing for long-haul freight.

Starship plans to use its latest funding to expand robotic deliveries from campuses and European cities to U.S. urban areas.

Neolix, which has completed thousands of deliveries in China, has raised funding to deploy its RoboVan Level 4 autonomous vehicles worldwide.

Draganfly will integrate Palladyne AI’s Pilot edge-based software to give drones the ability to collaborate with an operator in the loop.