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Driverless tractors are already farming 255,000 acres in Florida. Here's what that means for American food.
Autonomous Solutions Inc. has put self-driving John Deere tractors to work across U.S. Sugar's entire South Florida operation, the largest autonomous farm fleet ever deployed in American agriculture.

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.

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.

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.

World Models: технология искусственного интеллекта, обучающая машины понимать физику
Новое поколение систем ИИ может моделировать гравитацию, предсказывать столкновения и генерировать интерактивные трёхмерные миры. Рассказываем, что такое world models, кто их разрабатывает и почему они важны.

Стартап Atoms Трэвиса Каланика выходит на рынок робота-такси
Новая секретная компания со-основателя Uber привлекла 1,7 млрд долларов этим летом. Теперь стало известно, куда пойдут эти деньги: беспилотные такси, крупный найм персонала и по крайней мере одно спорное приобретение.

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.

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.

Роботы, миллиарды и рост акций на 460%: главные новости робототехники августа 2026
От новейшего AI для управления роботами от Google DeepMind до китайской компании робототехники, которая потрясла инвесторов в первый день торговли — вот о чем говорил мир робототехники в прошлом месяце.

Ставка в $10 млн на ИИ, который создает миры вечно, а не просто клипы
Модель Orbis компании Visko генерирует живое интерактивное видео в 4K бесконечно, и основатель, обучавшийся в Стэнфорде, говорит, что она может обеспечить обучающий материал, который понадобится роботам в вашем доме.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.