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Domino's plans self-driving pizza deliveries for Houston

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Nuro's self-driving pod called R2 is built to roam the streets with its cargo holds loaded ...

In its ongoing bid to automate its pizza operations in every which way possible, Domino’s has announced a new partnership with robotics startup Nuro. The agreement will see Nuro’s self-driving pods bring some customers in Houston their pizzas without the aid of a delivery person, and is another example of how the pizza giant is exploring the ways its business can be streamlined through autonomous technologies.

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Automate the Freight: Autonomous Delivery Hits the Mainstream

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It should come as no surprise that we here at Hackaday are big boosters of autonomous systems like self-driving vehicles. That’s not to say we’re without a healthy degree of skepticism, and indeed, the whole point of the “Automate the Freight” series is that economic forces will create powerful incentives …read more

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Scania's hoverboard-like modular electric axles transport people by day, garbage by night

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Serving as the foundation of electric vehicles launched by everyone from startups to massive global automakers, the skateboard chassis has become a staple of the auto industry. But Swedish commercial vehicle and transport brand Scania is exploring something that’s much more of a hoverboard chassis. Its NXT autonomous electric vehicle concept uses independently detachable front and rear axles as the basis of a modular vehicle system that can quickly go from dropping kids at school to dropping garbage at the dump.

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Volvo and Uber's latest self-driving car is built for plug-and-play autonomy

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Volvo and Uber's new XC90 is built for plug-and-play autonomy

Back in 2016, Uber and Volvo joined forces to usher in the self-driving era by fitting out the Swedish automaker’s premium XC90 SUVs with the transport company’s in-house autonomous tech. The pair have now introduced the first production vehicle built to accommodate it from the ground up, making for a plug-and-play self-driving car that could help speed things up a little.

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Self-Driving Cars: How Automakers can Overcome Cybersecurity Issues

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A lot has been going on with autonomous vehicles these days. Almost every famous car manufacturer seems to be in a rush to master the perfected version of self-driving cars. While most people believe that fully autonomous vehicles are still in their in… Continue reading Self-Driving Cars: How Automakers can Overcome Cybersecurity Issues→

DeepMap, a maker of HD maps for self-driving, raised at least $60M at a $450M valuation

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As car and tech companies continue to make inroads on vehicles and services to build autonomous driving systems, a startup that is creating high-definition maps to help these vehicles move around has quietly picked up a significant round of funding. DeepMap — a Palo Alto startup co-founded by James Wu and Mark Wheeler, who previously […] Continue reading DeepMap, a maker of HD maps for self-driving, raised at least $60M at a $450M valuation→