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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: The AI Technology Teaching Machines to Understand Physics
A new generation of AI systems can simulate gravity, predict collisions, and generate interactive 3D worlds. Here is what world models are, who is building them, and why they matter.

Travis Kalanick's Startup Atoms Is Moving Into the Robotaxi Business
The Uber co-founder's secretive new company raised $1.7 billion this summer. Now we know more about where that money is headed: self-driving taxis, big hires, and at least one controversial acquisition.

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.

Robots, billions, and a 460% stock pop: the biggest robotics stories of August 2026
From Google DeepMind's newest robot-controlling AI to a Chinese robotics company that stunned investors on its first day of trading, here is what the robotics world was talking about last month.

A $10 Million Bet on AI That Streams Worlds Forever, Not Just Clips
Visko's Orbis model generates live, interactive 4K video indefinitely, and its Stanford-trained founder says it could supply the training footage that robots headed to your home will need.

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.