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TuSimple expands autonomous service routes for UPS from Arizona to Texas

March 6, 2020
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TuSimple has announced that it has not only expanded service for current customer UPS to 20 trips per week, but it has also added another route between Phoenix, Arizona, and El Paso, Texas.

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Union Robotics Offers New UAV Factory Training Program

March 4, 2020
News

Robotics company Union Robotics is now offering a factory training certification program called R.A.F.T (Remote Aircraft Factory Training) to accompany its UAS. According to Union Robotics, the new program is the “most comprehensive training and certification instruction offered by a manufacturer in the industry.” Through the program, industrial drone pilots will be prepared on how... Continue reading

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Waymo raises $2.25 billion in first external investment round

March 3, 2020
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Waymo raised $2.25 billion in its first external investment round.

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U.S. Air Force orders 180-plus FLIR Systems Centaur UGVs

March 2, 2020
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Through a $23 million contract sourced through the Dept. of Defense Man Transportable Robotic System Increment II (MTRS Inc II) program, the United States Air Force has ordered more than 180 of FLIR Systems’ Centaur UGVs, plus spares.

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Swarming robots avoid crashes, jams using algorithm developed by Northwestern University researchers

February 26, 2020
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Northwestern University researchers have developed what they are calling the “first decentralized algorithm with a collision-free, deadlock-free guarantee.”

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Daimler Trucks, Torc Robotics expanding testing of automated truck technology to new public routes in the U.S.

February 19, 2020
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After completing initial mapping of additional routes, Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics have announced plans to expand their testing of automated truck technology to new public routes in the U.S.

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Persistent Systems to develop Protected Communications for Manned-Unmanned Teams for U.S. Army

February 11, 2020
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The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command C5ISR Center has awarded Persistent Systems LLC a $5.4M contract to develop Protected Communications for Manned-Unmanned Teams (MUM-T).

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WMG at University of Warwick, partners develop autonomous pods capable of swarming

January 31, 2020
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WMG at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, Aurrigo and Milton Keynes council have conducted research that has made the concept of swarming autonomous pods a reality.

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UPS, Waymo partner to begin picking up packages using autonomous vehicles in Phoenix

January 30, 2020
News

UPS and Waymo have partnered to test picking up packages using an autonomous vehicle in the Metro Phoenix area.

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DARPA’s OFFSET program deploys swarms of autonomous air and ground vehicles during third field experiment

January 30, 2020
News

DARPA’s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program deployed swarms of autonomous air and ground vehicles to demonstrate a raid in an urban area during the agency's third field experiment.

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