Hyundai, Motional Transform Ioniq 5 into Electric Robotaxi
Although customers who buy the new Hyundai Ioniq 5 EV will need to do their own driving, another version of this vehicle will soon be launched as a fully self-driving robotaxi. Hyundai’s Newest Model: Learn about the impressive Ioniq 5 EV Hyundai Motor Group and Motional have partnered to turn the Ioniq 5 into an […]
Ford Using Robot Test Drivers at Weather Factory
Robots are coming for all of our jobs, and Ford is giving them the keys and putting them in the driver’s seat — literally. At Ford’s Weather Factory in Cologne, Germany, a pair of robot test drivers are doing arduous work that should be reserved for human flesh. Speaking of Human Flesh: The 2021 Ford […]
Toyota’s Home Robots Are Getting Smarter
TRI released a video of the robot performing various tasks, such as wiping a table clean while carefully removing objects in the way
VW and OhmniLabs Create CHAMP Robot for Young Fans
A tradition in the U.S. Soccer community is when children get an opportunity to walk onto the field with the players before a match begins. Sadly, some kids don’t get to participate in this exciting pre-game ceremony due to certain unfortunate circumstances. As the Presenting Partner of U.S. Soccer, Volkswagen — in a partnership with […]
Hyundai to Invest Billions in U.S. for EVs, Hydrogen, and Robotics
Through 2025, Hyundai plans to invest $7.4 billion in electric vehicle production, hydrogen energy, and a variety of other future mobility initiatives for the U.S. market. The New 2022 Hyundai Tucson Is Here: See photos, specs, and more for this redesigned SUV “This investment demonstrates our deep commitment to the U.S. market, our dealers, and […]
U-M Opens Ford Motor Company Robotics Building
Earlier this month, the University of Michigan officially opened its four-story, $75-million Ford Motor Company Robotics Building. Set on the north side of the campus, the 134,000-square-foot-complex provides advanced facilities and tools for students as well as Ford researchers and engineers. Top Honors: 2021 Ford F-150, Mustang Mach-E win NACTOY Awards The Ford Motor Company […]
Toyota Invests in Robotic Kitchen Startup
Toyota AI Ventures has invested in YPC Technologies, a robotic kitchen startup whose solutions will be implemented in Woven City.
New Hyundai Team to Develop Walking Robotic Car
Hyundai’s vision for the future of transportation extends far beyond the traditional machines we’re used to seeing on the road. A new team formed by the automaker is developing an imagination-expanding car that can walk or roll on robotic legs and go where today’s vehicles can’t. Stay Connected on the Go: Learn about the advantages […]
Ford Has Robot Dogs Now, Cool, Cool, Cool
Anybody have the merciful start of the robot apocalypse on their 2020 bingo card? Ford started using a pair of four-legged robot dogs at its Van Dyke Transmission Plant this month, which seems like a very bad idea in perhaps the most cursed year on record. Doesn’t even matter a little bit that these robopups […]
Ford Buys Two Digit Robots from Agility Robotics and the End is Nigh
With the announcement that Agility Robotics is selling two Digit robots to Ford, we are now that much closer to our inevitable destruction. Ford is the first customer to purchase Digit, Agility Robotics’ humanoid robot, with the intention of using it for commercial purposes. Ford plans to leverage Digit in its push to explore smart […]
Toyota to Unveil Humanoid Robot at 2020 CES
Toyota has announced it will appear at the 2020 CES convention in Las Vegas on January 6, where it will present information and cool concepts that are part of the company’s “mobility ecosystem strategy,” including a humanoid robot. Dubbed the T-HR3, the robot is an interest take on future mobility. It is not powered by […]
Ford Collaborative Robots Help Finish Fiestas in Europe
Welp, this is how it begins: Ford is having robots work together for common goal, which is now the completion of Ford Fiestas at the automaker’s Cologne, Germany, production facility but will almost certainly evolve into the destruction of the human race. Six Ford collaborative robots — cobots, as it were — team up to […]
Ford Acquires Robotics Defense Contractor Quantum Signal
Ford on Tuesday announced the acquisition of Quantum Signal, a Michigan-based defense contractor key in the development of software that allows the military to remotely control robotic vehicles over great distances. Quantum Signal will now aid Ford in its efforts to commercialize autonomous vehicles at scale by 2021. The move was announced by Ford Autonomous […]
Toyota Research Institute Discusses Development of Human-Assist Robot
The Toyota Research Institute is hard at work on developing robots that can assist you in daily tasks, such as putting away the groceries and the dishes, folding the laundry, and tidying up before guests come over. Dr. Russ Tedrake, TRI Vice President of Robotics Research, says that this kind of technology is important because […]
New IVObility Robot Can Drive Every Vehicle
After years of discussing the possibility of self-driving cars, car manufacturers have recently been developing self-driving cars. However, IVObility takes this innovation to a whole new level with the creation of a robot that can drive any vehicle. The Future is Now: Self-driving Chrysler vehicles A #robot system developed by Ivobility is driving this #cart […]
Digit, Ford’s New Delivery Robot, Spells the End of Mankind
Look, let’s just face facts: One of these days, the robots are going to rise up and overrun the human race. This is just going to happen, and we might as well prepare for it mentally as best we can before it happens. Having said that, we can see some of the first steps toward […]
Ford-Backed Springbots Earn Honors at FIRST Robotics World Championships
The Springbots, a team consisting on eight South African youngsters aged 15-18, nabbed the Rookie Inspiration Award at the FIRST Robotics World Championships in Detroit last month. The team is funded in part by Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa, who helped pay the way for the team to make it to the United States […]
Meet Ford’s Survival: The Robot from the Future is Here
If you thought Judgment Day would never happen, think again. It’s our fate. via GIPHY Relax: Ford has got you covered with its certified pre-owned inventory Ford’s Survival, a self-driving robot at its manufacturing plants in Europe, is a reminder to us that the future is now. Survival comes with an automated shelf with […]