Autonomous trucks: Benefits for the trucking industry
Worth $9.6 trillion in 2018, according to Armstrong & Associates, the global logistics market currently represents approximately 12% of the world’s GDP. The trucking...
Pros and cons of autonomous weapons systems
Autonomous weapons systems first appeared in science fiction movies, but in recent years, they have entered engineering laboratories and the battlefield. These are weapons...
NVIDIA Isaac ROS adds new fleet management tools for Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs)
Robot Operating Systems (ROS) are extremely popular with roboticists and researchers everywhere, building intelligent robot applications in manufacturing and fulfillment centers that are constantly...
Six navigation techniques used in automated guided vehicles (AGV)
An automated guided vehicle (AGV) is a portable robot that follows marked lines or wires on the ground or uses radio waves, vision cameras,...
Automated guided vehicles (AGV) – Benefits and types
Automated guided vehicle systems (AGVS) or automatic guided vehicles (AGV), commonly known as driverless vehicles, are an important part of an automated manufacturing system...
Autonomous vehicle (AV) security – Risk mitigation strategies
Autonomous vehicle (AV) technology is set to revolutionize how people and goods move within communities and across the country. Over 80 companies are reportedly...
Overlooked societal impacts of autonomous cars
Self-driving vehicle manufacturers say their cars will change the world. They’re right, but not for the reasons they think. Autonomous driving seems like a...
Types of autonomous vehicles for last-mile delivery
The last mile is one of the decisive parts of logistics. The last segment of the delivery process constitutes a link between the logistic...
Impact of weather conditions on sensors in autonomous vehicles
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) use various sensor technologies to perceive their surroundings and make logical decisions based on the data gathered, much like humans do.
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Automated charging robots for electric vehicles (EVs)
The demand for customer-friendly and innovative charging infrastructure solutions steadily increases as the number of electric and hybrid vehicles grows. Furthermore, future autonomous driving...
Electric vehicle (EV) charging – Key emerging trends
Electric vehicles (EVs) represent a growing opportunity to capture new sources of demand flexibility while increasing revenue from a customer class that will grow...
Autonomous vehicles: Potential benefits, challenges, and risks
Optimists predict that by 2030, autonomous vehicles (AVs) will be reliable, affordable, and common enough to supplant most human driving, resulting in significant cost...
