Transportation

Artificial Intelligence Automation Transportation 

Tesla Sets to Launch Robotaxis in 2020, Says CEO Elon Musk

May 4, 2019June 1, 2019 Ellen Red Automation, cars, taxis, tesla

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed during the company’s “Autonomy Investor Day” that beginning next year, in 2020, the company

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Artificial Intelligence Transportation 

A³ Airbus’ Self-Flying Vehicles Aim to Answer Congestion and Commute

May 31, 2017June 2, 2017 Ellen Red AI, airbus, artificial intelligence, transportation

A³ – Airbus’ Silicon Valley unit – is developing the first certified electric, self-piloted vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) passenger

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Research Robots Transportation 

Ben-Gurion University Researchers Develop a Portable Robot that Can Autonomously Drive Your Car

May 6, 2017May 13, 2017 Ellen Red israel, research, robots, transportation

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel have developed a portable robot that can autonomously drive your car. The

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Artificial Intelligence Startups Transportation 

Startup Luminar Claims Its Lidar – Autonomous Car’s Eyes – Sees Better

April 14, 2017April 29, 2017 Ellen Red autonomous car, startups, vision

Luminar Technologies, a startup based in Silicon Valley, announced that it has developed a lidar that is more powerful than

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Artificial Intelligence Cars Startups Transportation 

Ford Invests $1 Billion in an AI Startup to Build Fully Autonomous Vehicles

February 14, 2017March 7, 2017 Ellen Red autonomous car, ford, investment, startup, transportation, vehicles

Ford announced that it plans to invest $1 billion in the next five years in Argo AI, a new artificial

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Drones Retail Transportation 

Amazon Makes Its First Package Delivery Using a Drone

December 17, 2016April 25, 2017 Ellen Red amazon, drones, retail, shipping, transportation

Amazon announced that it has completed its first package delivery to a bonafide customer using an unmanned aerial vehicle or

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Artificial Intelligence Transportation 

IBM Joins Forces with BMW to Develop an In-Car AI

December 16, 2016December 18, 2016 Ellen Red BMW, cars, IBM, Watson

IBM announced that it has partnered with the BMW Group to develop an AI solution for cars. IBM, in a

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Artificial Intelligence Transportation 

Google’s Self-Driving Car Project is Now a New Company Called Waymo

December 13, 2016December 14, 2016 Ellen Red alphabet, cars, google, transportation, waymo

Google’s self-driving car project has transformed itself into a new company called Waymo. Similar to  Google itself, the new company will

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Artificial Intelligence Startups Transportation 

San Francisco Startup Open Sources Its Self-Driving Software

December 4, 2016December 11, 2016 Ellen Red artificial intelligence, comma.ai, open source, software, transportation, uber

Comma.ai, a San Francisco startup founded by George Hotz, publicly shared the source code of its self-driving software. Comma’s software

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Artificial Intelligence Government Transportation 

Gov’t of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University Join Forces to Test Self-Driving Buses

October 24, 2016October 25, 2016 Endroid artificial intelligence, government, public transport, transportation

The Government of Singapore, through the Land Transport Authority (LTA), and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have joined forces to

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