Source: caixinglobal.com Chinese autonomous vehicle startup Pony.ai said Wednesday that it has received a $400 million investment from Japanese automaker Toyota, upping the ante in its push to develop automated vehicles. The Guangzhou-based company will use the fresh capital to boost the development and commercialization of driverless cars, which will mainly feature what’s called “Level Read More
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Source: thespoon.tech With e-commerce consumer expectations constantly rising with the ubiquity of same-day delivery, startups and established corporations alike are focusing on developing and investing in efficient last-mile delivery and e-commerce fulfillment solutions. Specifically, online grocery retail is one of the most rapidly growing e-commerce sectors for home delivery, with a projected 70 percent of consumers purchasing Read More
Source: syfy.com See Spot walk. See Spot sit. See Spot roll over. See Spot run onto a Norwegian oil rig to sniff out lethal gas leaks! Boston Dynamics’ next-generation robotic device, affectionately nicknamed Spot, will soon be embarking on a new test mission aboard an offshore oil rig for petroleum product producer Aker BP and Read More
Source: venturebeat.com Facebook AI Research (FAIR) today unveiled PyTorch3D, a library that enables researchers and developers to combine deep learning and 3D objects. As part of the release, Facebook is also open-sourcing Mesh R-CNN, a model introduced last year capable of rendering 3D objects from 2D shapes in images of interior spaces. PyTorch3D was inspired by Mesh Read More
Source: newswise.com Newswise — The future of commuter traffic probably looks something like this: ride-hailing companies operating fleets of autonomous electric vehicles alongside an increasing number of semi-autonomous EVs co-piloted by humans, all supported by a large infrastructure of charging stations. This scenario is particularly likely in California, which has committed to reducing carbon emissions Read More
Source: i-hls.com Situational awareness and battlefield intelligence is often the most crucial part of warfare. Aircraft carriers, jets, tanks, and the most advanced technologies mean close to nothing if lacking solid intelligence and enemy detection capabilities. The United States Army is now planning to utilize artificial intelligence, machine learning, target recognition, and drones to predict Read More
Source: therobotreport.com The Robot Report spoke with the following executives at robotics and artificial intelligence companies about their observations of 2019’s trends, as well as their expectations for the new year: Sudhir Jha, senior vice president and head of Brighterion Inc., a Mastercard company that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide mission-critical business Read More
Source: therobotreport.com StradVision Inc. last week said it had raised $27 million in Series B funding. The Seoul, South Korea-based company makes vision processing technology for autonomous vehicles and advanced driver assistance systems, or ADAS. Posco Capital led the round, which included investment from IDG Capital, Industrial Bank of Korea, Lighthouse Combined Investment, LSS Private Equity, Read More
Source: dbta.com Processing big data in real-time for artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the Internet of Things poses significant infrastructure challenges. Whether it is for autonomous vehicles, connected devices, or scientific research, legacy NoSQL solutions often struggle at hyperscale. They’ve been built on top of existing RDBMs and tend to strain when looking to analyze Read More
Source: e3zine.com Some insurance companies are using AI-based chatbots in customer service and continuously improving them through machine learning. Major companies like Bosch and Siemens as well as energy and utility companies are making big strides in predictive maintenance and field services. Additionally, financial advisors have developed robotic counterparts. Conversations with software providers, consultancies and Read More
Source: itproportal.com In recent years, UK businesses have invested billions in large scale digital transformation initiatives with a view to becoming more automated, efficient and agile. But in reality, not all of these digital bets have paid off. According to one study, 1 in 4 UK businesses have had a digital transformation project fail. As Read More
Source: asiaone.com With the growing trend of artificial intelligence (AI) disrupting industries across all sectors, it is inevitable that this technology has found its way to one of the world’s foremost proponents of automotive innovation – Formula 1. Michael Shearer OBE, McLaren Applied Technologies’ Asia-Pacific managing director, has not ruled out the possibility of the Read More