Nicholas Roy, who is an associate professor at MIT for astronautics and aeronautics and his team of students are in the process of developing robots, which will have the ability to navigate through unknown territory.
AutoNOMOs Labs, a German Federal Ministry of Education and Research funded university project, has developed the first fully autonomous car, ‘MadeInGermany,’ for driving on the highways and streets of Brandenburg and Berlin states.
Start up robotic company Rep Invariant Systems has renamed itself Jaybridge Robotics. The company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts is still focused on autonomous vehicle motion, navigation, perception and systems integration.
Car manufacturers are developing a technology, by which one can build cars that are electrically operated and are autonomous like robots. This new generation of cars called electric network vehicles (EN-V), would be capable of self-driving and could be sent off to schools for pick up or even do weekly shopping.
The Robotics Club from the University Of Central Florida (UCF) has designed the Automaton robot, which is capable of communicating, evaluating and navigating.
Pacepacker announced that it will exhibit a series of automation devices with swift payback at the PPMA trade show. The company will showcase the FANUC pick and place M-3iA/6A solution and the Blu-Robot palletising solution.
Edwardo Moreno, an electrical and mechanical engineering student from the University of Arizona, is developing a cost-efficient underwater robot that is used for exploring closed spaces and shallow waters.
The state of Nevada has passed a bill approving driverless cars on its roads. The Assembly Bill 511 is the first such legislation in the country. The Department of Transportation in the state is to now draw up rules to authorize driverless cars.
President Obama has announced a $70 million initiative to accelerate the development and use of robots in the United States that work beside, or co-operatively with people. The proposal has been called the National Robotics Initiative and is backed by a number of government run agencies including the National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Ford Motors intends to invest an amount of 100 million dollars worldwide for implementing the robotic laser inspection technology to ensure perfect fitting of automotive parts.
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