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Lego Mindstorms Intelligent Transportation Robot

Uploaded on Jan 31, 2009

This is an Intelligent Transportation Robot. It carries things (or an iPhone) in its cargo bin and takes them to their destination via a black guide line.

 

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Article "The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automate millions of jobs"

by Ryan Petersen
April 25, 2016

 

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Article "Going the last mile with robots"

by Peter Feuilherade
June 14, 2016

 

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Article "Delay of world's biggest robot dims zeal to automate mine trains"

by David Stringer and Rebecca Keenan
June 19, 2016

 

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Meet Cliff, mailing delivering robot

Published on Jun 25, 2015

Gary Samad lives on the top of a mountain and his mailbox is at the bottom, at the end of a quarter mile long private road, so he built a robot to go get the mail for him. He will demonstrate the robot and discuss its architecture and deployment strategy.

He will also demonstrate his "Solar powered, Internet connected, voice enabled" mailbox that has been working nearly flawlessly for 9 months in the wild.

"Meet Cliff, the Mail Delivery Robot"
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June 23, 2015

 

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Funnie: first look

Published on Jan 23, 2017

This humanoid beer-and-pizza-fetching robot is charmingly retro:

"Humanoid beer-and-pizza-fetching robot is charmingly retro"
Don’t worry, it’s old enough to order a drink.

by Cherlynn Low
January 23, 2017

 

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Fully automated deliveries via robot | The Future in Real Life

Published on Feb 21, 2017

Your online delivery habit is facing a growing problem: the rising number of packages needing delivery, combined with a projected deficit in truck drivers (PDF). But that's the issue a company like Starship Technologies is trying to solve. It just started testing a delivery robot in US cities (though the company has been overseas for a few years, already) and is hoping both its design and cost win over any skeptics worried about a robot that knows where they live and what kind of food they like.

 

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Self-driving trucks are hitting the highways

Published on Feb 27, 2017

What will this mean for the nation’s 1.7 million truck drivers?

 

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Article "Cooperative payload transportation with UAVs"

by Julian Estevez
April 27, 2017

 

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The future of trucking when machines take the wheel

Published on May 4, 2017

Autonomous driving technology could make getting around safer, more efficient, and less expensive. What will it mean for the millions of people who drive for a living and is it really ready for the road?

 

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Vision X: the tour of truck driver Alex in 2026

Published on May 5, 2017

At 8 a.m. on September 21, 2026, a truck driver – we’ll call him Alex – sets off from Hannover to Munich. On his way he uses a lot of impressive digital services... See this vision of a day in the connected life of a future truck driver.

 

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Top 5 all-electric trucks

Published on Nov 17, 2017

As battery costs fall and more options enter the market, global sales of pure electric trucks are expected to grow exponentially.
Cities will become clean and less noisy due to Electric Vehicles.

Do you also think that future is electric drive ?

Check out top 5 All-Electric Trucks!

01: Tesla Semi Truck
02: MAN e-Truck
03: Mercedes-Benz Urban e-Truck
04: E-Fuso Vision One
05: E-Force One AG

 

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Article "Self-Driving Trucks May Be Closer Than They Appear"
With fewer cultural hurdles and more financial incentives than car
owners, big-rig operators are charting the route to an autonomous future.

by Conor Dougherty
November 13, 2017

 

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Automated trucks: Blue-collar disaster or economic win? | Andrew Yang

Published on Aug 9, 2019

Why Silicon Valley wants to automate 3.5 million blue-collar truck drivers out of existence.

- There are 3.5 million truck drivers in the U.S.; it's the most common job in 29 states. Yet there is a $168 billion financial incentive for Silicon Valley to automate truck drivers.

- The pros? Automation will lower the 4,000-person annual death toll caused by truck collisions, and it will save companies and consumers money.

- The cons? Truck drivers with families to support and loans to pay will soon have to compete with a robot truck that doesn't need to sleep. That kind of economic hardship doesn't exist in a vacuum; it will ripple outward in unexpected ways.

Andrew Yang is an entrepreneur and author who is running for President as a Democrat in 2020. In his book "The War on Normal People: The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future" , he explains the mounting crisis of the automation of labor and makes the case for the Freedom Dividend, a Universal Basic Income of $1,000 a month for every American as well as other policies to progress to the next stage of capitalism.

 

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Article "McLeod Software launches virtual AI Truck Racing League"

by Clarissa Hawes
September 20, 2019

linkedin.com/company/mcleod-software

Andrew Boyd

Tom McLeod

 

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IAV Smart Cargobike automatically follows the courier - Tuvie Industrial Design and Technology

Jan 15, 2020

IAV Smart Cargobike is a concept mobility platform designed for convenient delivery and safe transport.

 

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Could robots deliver all your Amazon packages? | Robots Everywhere

Jul 10, 2020

Robots can do practically anything these days, but if there’s one thing we could really use them for right now, it’s delivering stuff.

This is episode 3 of Robots Everywhere, a show where we chronicle the slow but steady takeover of our robot overlords and show you how they’re making their way into practically every facet of our lives.

"Robots Everywhere: The future of autonomous robotic deliveries"

by Todd Werkhoven
July 10, 2020

 

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Article "How AI (not automation) will revolutionize commercial trucking"
Beset with labor shortages and the whims of markets and new technologies, truckers are getting a boost from digital brains.

by Greg Nichols
February 9, 2021

 

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NTU Singapore student start-up builds self-driving outdoor delivery robot

Feb 17, 2021

Made-in-NTU FoodBot, Singapore’s first outdoor #selfdriving​ #delivery​ #robot​ is devouring a slice of the #fooddelivery​ market. Built by #NTUsg​ Renaissance Engineering Programme students, the robot delivers in a smarter, greener and contactless manner, making it a wheelie great and safe option in a pandemic.

 

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Article "Self-driving trucks are heating up as startups go public and Amazon jumps in. These are the top 6 players to watch in the booming industry."

by Mark Matousek
June 23, 2021