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Optimus Ride to launch self-driving vehicle service in New York and California

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Optimus Ride, a self-driving vehicle technology company, plans to launch its self-driving systems in New York.

The initial rollout will be at two sites:

  1. the Brooklyn Navy Yard, a 300-acre modern industrial park with over 400 manufacturing businesses and 9,000 people working on site; and
  2. Paradise Valley Estates, a private 80-acre, nonprofit Life Plan Community located in Fairfield, California.

Optimus Ride says it will provide residents and workers at both sites with access to efficient and convenient self-driving mobility within defined, geofenced areas.  [Read more…] about Optimus Ride to launch self-driving vehicle service in New York and California

Seegrid introduces new self-driving vehicle and data analytics platform

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Seegrid has released a new vision-guided vehicle, a new data analytics and reporting offering, and enhanced functionality of its Seegrid Supervisor fleet management software.

The launch is the company’s largest release this year, as Seegrid expands its suite of automated solutions aimed at optimising materials handling.

The Seegrid Smart Platform helps manufacturing, distribution, and e-commerce companies streamline their supply chains with automated material movement, says the company.

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Seegrid self-driving vehicles clock up over 1 million ‘safe’ hours

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Seegrid, the leader in connected self-driving vehicles for materials handling, says its self-driving vehicles have exceeded 1 million production miles at customer sites without a single personnel safety incident.

Having travelled the equivalent of over 40 times around the earth, Seegrid’s vision-guided vehicles (VGVs) have logged more infrastructure-free miles at customer sites than any other infrastructure-free AGV company.

According to OSHA, in the United States, someone dies every three days in a forklift accident and each year 34,900 serious injuries occur, making worker safety a massive factor in any factory or warehouse setting.

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Nuro raises $92 million to develop autonomous delivery vehicle

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A company called Nuro has raised a massive $92 million to develop its autonomous delivery vehicle for commercial applications.

Speaking to IEEE Spectrum, co-founder says the company’s vehicle is “poised to change the way that businesses interact with their local customers”.

The vehicle itself is about half the size of small car and is designed for short journeys.  [Read more…] about Nuro raises $92 million to develop autonomous delivery vehicle