Category: AUTONOMOUS

Valeo Increases Truck Loading/Unloading Speed 6x with Slip Robotics

Valeo Increases Truck Loading/Unloading Speed 6x with Slip Robotics

| October 15, 2024

“It took us 30 minutes to load or unload a trailer with forklifts. Now it’s five minutes!” Valeo, a global leader in automotive parts manufacturing, has optimized its dock operations by partnering with Slip Robotics. Through the deployment of SlipBot autonomous loading robots, Valeo has drastically reduced its truck loading and unloading times sixfold, setting […]

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Gatik Paves the Way for Safe Driverless Operations (‘Freight-Only’) at Scale with Industry-First Third-Party Safety Assessment Framework

Gatik Paves the Way for Safe Driverless Operations (‘Freight-Only’) at Scale with Industry-First Third-Party Safety Assessment Framework

| October 8, 2024

Autonomous Middle-Mile Logistics Leader has Engaged Edge Case Research to Perform Comprehensive Development, Deployment and Safety Engineering Assessment Gatik AI Inc., the leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics, announced an unprecedented commitment to safety by unveiling the scope of a comprehensive safety case assessment for its Freight-Only operations (deliveries without a human driver onboard) across North […]

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Bot Auto Secures $20M in Pre-A Funding to Commercially Deploy Autonomous Trucking

Bot Auto Secures $20M in Pre-A Funding to Commercially Deploy Autonomous Trucking

| September 29, 2024

 The company is dedicated to leveraging this investment to make significant strides in the US autonomous trucking industry, ultimately contributing to a more sustainable and efficient future Bot Auto, a pioneering company in autonomous vehicle (AV) technology, based in Houston, Texas, announced the successful completion of its Pre-A funding round which was oversubscribed, raising $20 […]

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Xtreme Trucking Selects HOPTEK’s Dispatch Engine® Solution for Real-Time Visibility and Optimization of Fleet Operations

Xtreme Trucking Selects HOPTEK’s Dispatch Engine® Solution for Real-Time Visibility and Optimization of Fleet Operations

| September 23, 2024

HOPTEK’s Solution Enables Xtreme to Improve Deadhead Miles, Operational Efficiency, Fleet Utilization, Booking Velocity and Revenues HOPTEK,  AI-driven trucking and fleet transportation solutions, has been selected by Xtreme Trucking of Wisconsin, one of the U.S.’s leading technology-first transportation and logistics providers, for its Dispatch Engine® solution, a digital platform providing instant visibility and access to […]

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Kodiak Selects Wabash’s Trailers as a Service to Optimize Its Autonomous Fleet

Kodiak Selects Wabash’s Trailers as a Service to Optimize Its Autonomous Fleet

| September 23, 2024

Companies collaborating to learn how trailers of the future can best support autonomous trucking Wabash (NYSE: WNC), connected solutions for the transportation, logistics and distribution industries, announce that Kodiak Robotics, Inc., a leading autonomous trucking company, has entered into a partnership with Wabash to utilize Wabash’s Trailers as a Service (TaaS)℠ offering. Wabash’s TaaS will […]

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Uber and Waymo Expand Partnership to Bring Autonomous Ride-Hailing to Austin and Atlanta

Uber and Waymo Expand Partnership to Bring Autonomous Ride-Hailing to Austin and Atlanta

| September 15, 2024

Uber will manage and dispatch a fleet of Waymo’s fully autonomous, all-electric Jaguar I-PACE vehicles that will grow to hundreds over time  Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) and Waymo LLC announced an expansion of their existing partnership to make the Waymo Driver available to more people via Uber. Beginning in early 2025, Waymo and Uber will bring […]

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