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Cionic A new mobility sleeve under development and out of stealth promises a compelling solution for those suffering a variety of mobility issues. Combining two critical signal technologies to both monitor and stimulate the neuromuscular system, the sleeve is on the cutting edge of lightweight next-gen mobility devices. Artificial Intelligence A Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur […] More
Airobotics The commercial drone industry is consolidating in advance of loosening regulations and is on the precipice of widespread global adoption in a variety of sectors. The latest example comes as commercial drone company American Robotics, Inc. and its parent Ondas Holdings Inc. have agreed to acquire Israeli drone company AIROBOTICS Ltd. in a major deal that consolidates each company’s technologies. […] More
Shutterstock A speech recognition startup just landed $62 million in Series B funding. How will the money be used? In a quest to enable a computer to understand every voice in the world. If that doesn’t strike you as hugely ambitious you haven’t spent enough time trying to get Siri to compose a text message. […] More
Getty/Oscar Wong A speech recognition startup just landed $62 million in Series B funding. How will the money be used? In a quest to enable a computer to understand every voice in the world. If that doesn’t strike you as hugely ambitious you haven’t spent enough time trying to get Siri to compose a text […] More
Einride A freight technology company has received federal approval to operate an autonomous electric big rig on public roads. Einride received the allowances from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), marking the first time a purpose-built autonomous, electric truck without a driver on board has been approved to operate on public roads in the U.S. The […] More
Merlin Labs A Boston-based company that brings autonomy to existing fixed-wing aircraft is announcing a large funding round just as pressing nationwide pilot shortages draw renewed interest in autonomous flight. Merlin Labs, which we’ve been tracking for their move toward pragmatic autonomous air travel, is banking a $120 million Series B round from Snowpoint and Baille […] More
Osaro Robotics Warehouse workers don’t have an easy job. In an on-demand fulfillment economy the work is ceaseless, the pay low, and the drive for efficiency brutal. Earlier this year the Department of Labor even stepped in with an initiative attempting to safeguard warehouse workers’ rights. Add to that the resigned inevitability hovering over many of […] More
Flickr Collapsing bridges, crumbling aqueducts, and corroding highways: Infrastructure is big (and increasingly urgent) news in the U.S. A new class of robots and inspection drones from a variety of vendors are beginning to scale structures and perform acrobatic flybys to discern the real state of affairs. ZDNet Recommends With federal dollars for infrastructure increasing, […] More
