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JR East unveils highly autonomous Level 4 self-driving bus
10+ hour, 14+ min ago (247+ words) SENDAI - East Japan Railway Co. unveiled to the media on Thursday a highly autonomous Level 4 self-driving bus set to begin runs on a special road built on a section of the quake-damaged Kesennuma Line train tracks in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern…...
Robo Sense Asserts Global Dominance in Li DAR for Robotics with 1, 458. 8% Yo Y Shipment Surge in Q1 2026
11+ hour, 42+ min ago (19+ words) The Wire. in...
End of solar stakes installed on the arm: autonomous machine with 40, 000 pounds of impact lifts, distributes, drives, and records everything by itself in the construction of solar plants.
19+ hour, 44+ min ago (1249+ words) The end of solar piles installed by hand is beginning to take shape with an autonomous machine designed to work in the construction of solar plants. The RPD 35, from Built Robotics, was created to drive piles into the ground before…...
Frontiers | Understanding safety perceptions, trust, and acceptance of autonomous shuttles: findings from a UK pre-trial survey
18+ hour, 19+ min ago (834+ words) 4 Discussion and implications Front. Future Transp. , 28 May 2026 Sec. Connected Mobility and Automation Emma J. S. Ferranti 1 Christopher D. F. Rogers 1 1. Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom 2. Transport for West Midlands, West Midlands Combined Authority, Birmingham, United Kingdom…...
Kazakhstan Prepares to Launch Driverless Taxi Service in 2026
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (325+ words) Kazakhstan plans to launch a pilot project for driverless taxis in the second half of 2026, accelerating the country's push toward autonomous transport technologies and the digitalization of urban mobility. Preparations for the project were announced by Kazakhstan's Ministry of Artificial…...
New LIDAR tech to unlock Ontario's forest potential
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (173+ words) CTV News New LIDAR tech to unlock Ontario's forest potential Ontario provides $14 million for LIDAR tech at the Ontario Forest Research Institute, providing detailed forest data to industry, fire and wildlife managers. Officials say the tool could help double sustainable…...
High-resolution coastal Li DAR point cloud data
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (235+ words) The data, captured from aerial scans, presents the most detailed 3 D views so far of parts of New Zealand's coastline. Toit" Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is in the middle of conducting the 3 D Coastal Mapping (3 DCM) project, which…...
Torc Robotics Announces Autonomous-Trucking Partnership at Mila
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (277+ words) Torc Robotics announced it is partnering with the Mila'Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute to deepen its research efforts in physical AI and autonomous trucking. Mila is one of the world's leading AI research institutes and a major source of talent, with…...
Sandvik Auto Mine Aura's 3 D Perception System Transforms Underground Mining
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (646+ words) BY MUFLIH HIDAYAT ON MAY 26, 2026 The problem with this architecture is not that it was poorly designed. It is that the underground environment it was designed for has changed faster than the system's ability to adapt. Modern deep underground operations…...
Drone flies over indigenous area in Xingu and creates a point cloud capable of penetrating the tree canopy, revealing the forest floor, and mapping archaeological sites, ancient villages, roads, and ditches used to understand the historical occupation of the Kuikuro territory.
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (976+ words) A drone equipped with a Li DAR sensor is being used by researchers and the Kuikuro people to map indigenous areas in Xingu, revealing details hidden under the tree canopy. The technology creates a point cloud capable of recording the…...