Autonomous Technology

Gatik, Goodyear roll on with autonomous trucking tire technology

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LAS VEGAS — Tires are the only part of an autonomous truck that touch the road. So it helps when...

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G&W short lines want to test autonomous rail vehicle technology

Two Georgia subsidiaries of short line operator Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) are seeking permission from the Federal Railroad Administration to test zero-emissions, autonomous rail vehicle technology developed by Parallel Systems.

The two subsidiaries, Georgia Central Railway (GC) and Heart of Georgia Railroad (HOG), filed a petition with FRA on Thursday. GC spans 211 miles between the Port of Savannah and Macon, Georgia, and it interchanges with eastern U.S. Class I railroads CSX (NASDAQ: CSX) and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gw-short-lines-want-to-test-autonomous-rail-vehicle-technology

Carrier relationships vital to deploying autonomous technologies

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Autonomous truck technology’s impact on fleet growth. 

DETAILS: Andrew Culhane, chief strategy officer at Torc, chats with Thomas Wasson, FreightWaves enterprise trucking carrier expert, about how autonomous technology is changing the fleet landscape and about pilot programs with the nation’s largest truckload carriers. Torc is an independent subsidiary of Daimler.

KEY QUOTES FROM ANDREW...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/carrier-relationships-vital-to-deploying-autonomous-technologies

Autonomous rail vehicle maker outlines next steps

FreightWaves recently chatted with Matt Soule, co-founder and CEO of Parallel Systems, a company that seeks to build an autonomous rail option. The company’s goal is to develop autonomous rail vehicles that would be deployed in a platoon of rail vehicles. This platoon would not hook up with locomotives or conventional freight trains, although it would utilize the existing rail infrastructure. 

Parallel Systems has made an autonomous rail vehicle, but its goal is to produce multiple vehicle and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/autonomous-rail-car-maker-outlines-next-steps

Harnessing The Power Of Technology In Maritime Recruitment

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The maritime industry is changing at a rapid pace and as a small to mid-sized ship owner ship manager or manning agent deciding whether or not to “go digital” is no longer something you should be weighing up. Digitizing your business is now more crucial than ever both in maritime recruitment crew planning and crew management.

Why Harness Technology?

Digitization can be extremely beneficial when it comes to the running of a business and that includes your shipping...

https://mfame.guru/harnessing-the-power-of-technology-in-maritime-recruitment/

Check Call: Sustainability at what cost?

Welcome to Check Call, our corner of the internet for all things 3PL, freight broker and supply chain. Check Call the podcast comes out every Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. EDT. Catch up on previous episodes here. If this was forwarded to you, sign up for Check Call the newsletter here.

Inside this edition: Sustainability measures become costly; fully automated warehouses could be the answer; and Walmart’s freshest collab. 

Image: Reddit/rmemes

Some interesting news came out of the Securities and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-sustainability-at-what-cost

Nimble Robotics raises $65M in pursuit of fully autonomous fulfillment network

Plenty of logistics experts have spoken of the benefits of warehouse automation, things like more efficient workers, faster fulfillment speeds and lower operating costs, to name a few.

So why is the adoption rate for warehouse automation still so low? In short, the problem for most brands is getting started: For many of them, adding automation means high upfront costs and the scrapping of existing infrastructure.

Nimble Robotics, a San Francisco Bay Area-based autonomous logistics firm, wants to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/nimble-robotics-raises-65m-in-pursuit-of-fully-autonomous-fulfillment-network

Elroy Air tops $2B in purchase demand for Chaparral drone with LCI deal

Much attention has been directed toward Walmart, Amazon Prime Air and Alphabet subsidiary Wing’s forays into drone delivery — perhaps rightfully so given some of the things those companies have built in the past. But looking beyond drone delivery’s trio of titanic names, other firms are subtly carving out their own sizable presence in the space.

Take, for example, South San Francisco-based Elroy Air, which on Wednesday announced that it now has more than $2 billion worth of orders for Chaparral,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/elroy-air-tops-2b-in-purchase-demand-for-chaparral-drone-with-lci-deal

Cepton unveils slimmed-down lidar solution

As the autonomous vehicle industry begins to gather steam, manufacturers of lidar — short for light detection and ranging — are trying to do more with less.

Cepton (NASDAQ: CPTN), one of the few publicly traded lidar companies in the U.S., on Tuesday unveiled the Vista-X120 Plus, billed as “the world’s slimmest software definable, top-end automotive lidar for real-time adaptive 3D perception.”

In other words, the system can be controlled or configured remotely via software, is well-suited for...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cepton-unveils-slimmed-down-lidar-solution

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