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Robotics

The man who automated farm tractors wants to redesign how all field robots work together

Mel Torrie built ASI from a bootstrapped startup into a global force in outdoor autonomy. At RoboBusiness 2026, he'll explain why the next decade belongs to machines that cooperate, not just machines that drive themselves.

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Policy

Tax self-driving cars now to protect jobs and ease congestion, thinktank says

The UK's first robotaxis arrived in London this month. A thinktank wants the government to act before the disruption to private hire workers gets much larger.

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Everyday AI

Do driverless cars make us dumber drivers? One columnist thinks yes, and he has a point

A Guardian opinion piece argues that every automation added to the car, from automatic gearboxes to sat-nav to self-driving, quietly chips away at a human skill we never get back.

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Explained

World Models: Die KI-Technologie, die Maschinen lehrt, Physik zu verstehen

Eine neue Generation von KI-Systemen kann Gravitation simulieren, Kollisionen vorhersagen und interaktive 3D-Welten generieren. Hier erfahren Sie, was World Models sind, wer sie entwickelt und warum sie wichtig sind.

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Robotics

Travis Kalanicks Startup Atoms dringt in das Robotaxi-Geschäft vor

Das geheime Unternehmen des Uber-Mitgründers sammelte diesen Sommer 1,7 Milliarden Dollar ein. Jetzt wissen wir mehr darüber, wohin dieses Geld fließt: selbstfahrende Taxis, bedeutende Neueinstellungen und mindestens eine umstrittene Akquisition.

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Robotics

Waymo opens in three new cities as the robotaxi race picks up speed

Alphabet's Waymo is now taking paying passengers in San Diego, Tampa and Denver, while Amazon-backed Zoox prepares to test its distinctive box-shaped vehicle in Houston and San Diego.

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Robotics

London's first robotaxis are now bookable on Uber, but only 15 cars are out there

Wayve's self-driving vehicles have quietly joined the Uber app, giving Londoners a way to hail an autonomous taxi for the first time. Catch is: your odds of actually getting one are very low.

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Robotics

Roboter, Milliarden und ein Kurssprung von 460 %: die größten Robotik-Geschichten des August 2026

Von Googles DeepMind neuester Robotik-KI bis zu einem chinesischen Robotik-Unternehmen, das Investoren beim Börsengang überraschte – hier sind die wichtigsten Themen der Robotik-Welt im letzten Monat.

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Robotics

Eine 10-Millionen-Dollar-Wette auf KI, die Welten unbegrenzt streamt, nicht nur Clips

Viskos Orbis-Modell generiert live und interaktiv 4K-Video auf Dauer, und der von Stanford ausgebildete Gründer sagt, dass es das Trainingsmaterial liefern könnte, das Roboter in Ihrem Zuhause brauchen.

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Robotics

The 'Edge AI Wall': Why Putting Powerful AI Into a Robot Body Is Harder Than It Sounds

Robots and self-driving vehicles face a crunch that more batteries and bigger chips cannot fix. Here is the problem in plain English.

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AI Business

EXL Buys AI Training Firm iMerit to Close the Gap Between AI Demos and Real Business Results

The New York services giant completed its purchase of iMerit this month, gaining the human expertise and data preparation work that AI models need before they can function reliably in hospitals, factories, and financial firms.

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Robotics

Waymo Plans Driverless Taxis in Munich by Late 2027, Its First European City

The American robotaxi company will begin mapping Munich streets in the coming weeks, with public rides targeted for the end of next year.

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AI2Day OriginalRobotics

Autonomous vehicles jumped from one story to six in our coverage. Here is what that shape looks like.

AI2Day published six pieces on self-driving vehicles between 20 and 26 August 2026, up from a single story the week before. Three separate outlets carried the beat, so this is not one desk chasing a hunch.

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Robotics

BlackBerry Quietly Became a Robotics Software Company. Here Is How.

The phone maker turned automotive software firm says its QNX software is now one of its fastest-growing business lines, and robots are driving that growth.

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Robotics

Self-driving truck startup Gatik raises $200 million to expand driverless freight routes

The California company already runs dozens of autonomous trucks for customers like PepsiCo and Kroger. Now it has the cash to scale to thousands.

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