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Pittsburgh Robotics Network Passes 100 Members, Aims to Be ‘Robotics Capital of the World’

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…and it is home to Aurora, which recently acquired Uber’s Advanced Technology Group (ATG). “As a longstanding center of innovation, we are proud to call Pittsburgh home and to work alongside the region’s diverse talent and technology industry leaders to create real value for everyday applications, including mobility and transportation,” said Peter Rander, co-founder and president of Argo AI, which…


Zebra Technologies Expands Machine Vision, Scanning Offerings and Acquires Adaptive Vision

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…industrial scanners. Both use Zebra Aurora, a unified software platform that the company said is easy to set up, deploy, and run. Zebra claimed that its machine vision can help reduce defects as well as validate assembly and tracking information to improve productivity and quality. “Zebra Aurora is focused on entry-level and midlevel machine vision challenges, while Adaptive Vision is…


Toyota Unit Woven Planet to Acquire Lyft’s Level 5 Autonomous Driving Division for $550M

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…its Advanced Technologies Group to Aurora Innovation Inc. for $4 billion in equity in December 2020. Recent partnership examples include AutoX and Honda China collaborating on testing in China, Aurora and Volvo partnering on autonomous trucks, and Siemens Digital Industries Software working with the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto. Race to autonomous driving is a marathon, not a sprint Toyota…


Aurora and Volvo Partner to Accelerate the Deployment of Autonomous Trucks

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…partnership with self-driving vehicle company Aurora to jointly develop on-highway autonomous trucks. The companies said their multi-year partnership will initially focus on creating hub-to-hub applications for customers in North America. Volvo Autonomous Solutions is a business unit of Volvo Group working to develop, commercialize, and sell autonomous vehicles for specific on-road and off-road applications. Göteborg, Sweden-based Volvo Autonomous Solutions said…


Embark Universal Interface Designed to Add Self-Driving Tech to Existing Trucks

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…and Traton, Waymo and Daimler, Aurora and Volvo this week, and Plus and SF Express. Embark said it decided in early 2020 to pursue a different approach with its self-driving technology. Trucking OEMs have a long tradition of offering vehicles with key components sourced from multiple suppliers, including engines, transmissions, and braking systems, in response to carrier demand. By developing…


Aurora Labs Awarded CES 2021 Innovation Award

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…Technology Association (CTA), announced that Aurora Labs has won the CES Innovation Honoree Award for its Auto Validate solution. The panel of judges contributing to this recognition are executives—many from across the automotive ecosystem. Included are Tommy Cvetanovski, General Motors; Siddha Ganju, NVIDIA; and Maciej Ksiazek, Aptiv. Image courtesy of CES/Aurora Labs. Aurora Labs’ Auto Validate solution gives the automotive…


HP Improves 3D Print Management, Automation

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…of partners including Aconity3D, Aon3D, Aurora Labs, EOS, Essentium, ExOne, Open Additive, Photocentric, Plural AM, Renishaw, and SLM Solutions have committed to exploring ways for the HP Universal Build Manager to support their 3D print systems. The company says the open-architecture platform is designed to support interoperability with complementary solutions from leading independent software vendors (ISVs) including Ansys. New factory…


Autonomous Vehicles Take VR Test Drive

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…reported, “Waymo, Uber, GM’s Cruise, Aurora, Argo AI and Pony.ai are among the companies that have suspended driverless vehicle programs in the hopes of limiting contact between drivers and riders” (“Coronavirus fears halt autonomous vehicle testing”). In theory, the significantly lighter traffic during the shutdown seems to offer an opportunity to ramp up road testing, but in practice, the 6-feet-apart…


Dyndrite Developer Council Adds New Additive Manufacturing Vendors

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…Aconity3D, Altair Engineering, AON3D, ANSYS, Aurora Labs, Desktop Metal, EOS, ExOne, HP, Impossible Objects, NVIDIA, Plural, Renishaw and SLM Solutions. The Dyndrite Developer Council is a central component of the Dyndrite Developer Program, which provides tools, resources and community for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), independent software vendors (ISVs), service providers and educators developing on the Dyndrite platform. “Photocentric is excited…


HP Selects Dyndrite Kernel to Power Digital Manufacturing Solutions

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…software developers that include: 3D Systems, Aconity3D, Altair Engineering, ANSYS, AON3D, Aurora Labs, Desktop Metal, EOS, ExOne, HP, Impossible Objects, NVIDIA, Plural, Renishaw and SLM Solutions. Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.


Amazon Acquires Autonomous Technology Company Zoox

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…in a funding round for Aurora Innovation, an autonomous tech startup helmed by the former head of Google’s self-driving car project. Amazon has also invested in electric vehicle startup Rivian. As Brad Templeton mentions, the creation of a robotic delivery fleet by Amazon would be a blow to large shippers like FedEx and UPS. Amazon has become a huge shipper,…


Metal Short-Run 3D Printing on Rapid Growth Trajectory

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…stamping,” Myerberg adds. For example, Aurora Lab’s RMP1 machine, which launches soon for beta customers, could have a production rate of 30 kilos per hour. The company’s proposed Alpha 1 printer is supposed to be capable of printing 1,000 kg per day. Myerberg also expects an evolution in materials. “Customers want to print a lot of stainless steel, and other…


Aurora Flight Sciences’ Aircraft Takes Flight with 3D Printing

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Aurora Flight Sciences has been developing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for more than three decades. Aurora teamed with Stratasys to develop a notably complex 3D printed jet-powered UAV. Aurora Flight Sciences in Manassas, VA, has been developing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for both the civil and military markets for many years. However, with advancing customer needs and requirements, its research…


Why You Need to Think Twice About Flying Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Transportation

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…at Embraer, Bell Helicopter, Pipistrel, Aurora Flight Sciences and Mooney Aviation to construct the vehicles. Modern cars may be dangerous, but a dead battery or a broken rotor blade in a flying taxi would cause a heavy vehicle to fall onto a densely populated area. And we still don’t know whether such drones could be protected from hackers, terrorists, or…


Uber’s Next Transportation Disruption Flying Cars

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…eVTOL initiative” John Langford, CEO, Aurora Uber is also working with NASA, the FAA, and the National Air Traffic Control Association to work on a different approach to air traffic control. Flying Cars Building out the infrastructure is just one part of the puzzle. The other roadblock is perfecting an all-electric VTOL plane that is quiet enough that it could…


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