The driverless truck is no longer a fanciful idea that will materialise in some future world. The technology has advanced rapidly over recent years, and I believe that we’ll see these automated vehicles on our highways in the near ...
Tags: driverless truck, automated vehicles, weather-related delays
Bedfordshire-based Mechelec Automation has developed a new trolley collation and packing system for the dairy industry. The TP1002 Trolley Packer is designed to provide fully automated, cost-effective trolley loading, at faster operating ...
Tags: Mechelec, Trolley Packer, Dairy Industry
India based global flexible packaging firm Uflex has launched the EL-1300 extrusion lamination machine designed to efficiently laminate very thin LDPE substrates to woven polypropylene and also to paper/any packaging film. Capable of ...
The next generation of the BMW 5 Series Sedan will be the first car to benefit from the company's new 3D data modelling technology. According to the German automaker, a set of freely moving robotic arms with sensors are used for ...
Tags: BMW 5, 3D Data Modelling
Acura announced the first serial production 2017 Acura NSX at the new Performance Manufacturing Center (PMC) in Marysville, Ohio. The PMC is the exclusive manufacturing home to Acura's next-generation NSX, the only supercar made in ...
German luxury automaker Mercedes-Benz has announced that it will invest €170m for expansion and modernisation of its Kuppenheim press shop. The investment will also create 200 additional jobs at the press shop. Kuppenheim press ...
Tags: Mercedes-Benz, Investment, Kuppenheim press shop, Expansion
Acura, the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Honda has announced to start production of 2017 Acura NSX at its plant in Ohio, US. The production will begin in late April at Acura's Performance Manufacturing Center (PMC) in ...
Ford announced that its new 2017 Escape will feature driver-assist technology which can help in keeping drivers in their respective lanes, maintain speed limit and distance on the highway and helps to park in tight spaces. The new Escape, ...
Tags: Ford, Driver-assist technology, SYNC 3, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto
Like a growing number of jobs, pizza delivery has finally been replaced by our chip-powered brethren. Domino’s is about to start trialing pizza delivery robots in New Zealand, driving fear into the hearts of fast-food workers ...
Tags: Domino, Pizza delivery, DRU, Robot
The Miitomo launch trailer has given us a chance to see what Nintendo’s first smartphone app can do. The app allows you to create and dress up your own in-game avatar, or Mii, and then answer random questions asked to you, to ...
Tags: Miitomo, Trailer, Smartphone, App
Combi Packaging System, a US based manufacturer of end-of-line packaging equipment, has developed a packaging machine designed specifically for the craft brewery industry. The new machine, BrewPack, is expected to allow brewers to ...
A quadruped robot in the southwestern municipality of Chongqing walked its way on to the pages of the Guinness World Records book on Sunday. "Xingzhe No. 1" was developed by Li Qingdu, a professor with the college of automation under the ...
The International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday received its first U.S. shipment, including food and Christmas presents, since two private U.S. space firms each recently suffered a failure on their cargo delivery missions, U.S. space ...
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According to ABI Research, the consumer robotics market is set to close out 2015 at 33 million shipments with total revenues of US$3.5 billion. By 2025, both shipments and revenues are expected to dramatically increase, with ABI Research ...
Tags: Consumer Robotics, Robotic Toys
Google has received new patents from the US Patent and Trademark Office for a technology which will help the cars to interact with pedestrians and make the roads safer. The company has received patent for "pedestrian notifications" that ...