Important Innovations Collection

John Deere's Smart Autonomous Tractor                                                                                Source:  John Deere Highly Advanced Robot  Illinois-based farm, lawn and construction equipment company John Deere has won a Best in Innovation award in the "Vehicle Tech and Advanced Mobility" category at CES 2023 for its fully autonomous farm tractor.  The tractor is a highly advanced robot that can be managed from a smartphone.  For the farming industry, the autonomous vehicle has the potential of being a significant time saver and provider of enhanced productivity.   The farmer has a choice with this new leap in agricultural technology:  they can drive it or let it operate on its own. Highly Advanced Ro...

Pilot Programs Starting in Houston                                                  Source:  Nuro Race to Cut Package Delivery Costs by Robotics FedEx and robotics/autonomous delivery startup Nuro of Silicon Valley, CA just announced a multi-year deal to test autonomous delivery vehicles for the FedEx delivery network.  The pilot program will start in Houston, where Nuro's low speed, unmanned R2 vehicles are already making deliveries for Domino Pizza and Kroger supermarkets.  FedEx says it will start sending vehicles for late night pickups in remote areas.  The aim of the partnership is to test and deploy Nuro's next generation autonomous delivery vehicles on a large scale basis.  The next G Nuro is all electric, low speed and self-driving with no space for humans only cargo. Race to Cut Costs Parcel delivery companies ...

New Autonomous Paradigm on the Ground, Underwater, in the Air - Based on Brain Research Source:  Stock Image of the Brain Boston University Leading Global Scientific Research Team The US Department of Defense just awarded $7.5 million to a team of scientists from Boston University, MIT and Australian research universities.  The funding is to utilize neuroscience research  to better control and organize engineered systems for the development of the next generation of autonomous systems for driverless vehicles. The systems would be new bioinspired control systems to mimic how living organisms' brains successfully navigate their spacial environments. Brain Power What's fascinating about this project is that the autonomous systems they develop will have applications across driverless vehicles on land, sea and air.  The team is led by Boston University Professor of Engineering Yannis Paschalidis, who specializes in biomedical, systems, electrical and computing...