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By Jon D. Markman On June 9, 201702:00 PM Eastern
It looks like a giant vacuum cleaner and it’s set to disrupt the fruit-harvesting business.
Like most startups, Abundant Robotics saw a problem it thought could be solved with technology.
So...
By Jon D. Markman On May 31, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Autonomous delivery drones will arrive in three years. Self-driving trucks will hit roads two years later.
This week, Reuters reported the Japanese government’s plans to launch the autonomous...
By Jon D. Markman On April 26, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Most people are self-driving car skeptics. They just can’t imagine the cumbersome robot cars we see in the media today will ever become good or cheap enough for widespread use.
A big hurdle is...
By Jon D. Markman On March 31, 201702:30 PM Eastern
Look overhead. Is it a bird, a plane? No, that’s a flying car. And it’s coming to the skies near you sooner than you think.
If you’re like me, the idea of flying cars is a Jetsons-era...
By Jon D. Markman On February 18, 201707:30 AM Eastern
They have done it again. Boston Dynamics just released another terrifying video of a bipedal robot.
Somebody really needs to tell the industrial robot designer the way to public hearts and...
By Jon D. Markman On February 9, 201704:00 PM Eastern
The auto industry is doing well. Profits are up, sales are surging. And yet everyone is on edge. Disruption is coming. Autonomous vehicles are coming.
This week, Fortune reported Cruise...
By Jon D. Markman On December 20, 201607:30 AM Eastern
The car business is about to take us all on a wild ride. Autonomous vehicles will challenge industry business models. Electric propulsion will challenge the global economy.
I talked last week...
By Jon D. Markman On November 29, 201607:30 AM Eastern
The $300 billion Chinese trucking market is filled with long hauls and chaos. The government and technology firms are betting that self-driving 18-wheelers are the solution.
Earlier this month...
By Jon D. Markman On November 1, 201607:30 AM Eastern
With self-driving cars, the giant global auto industry is careening toward unprecedented disruption as its 100-year-old business model is turned completely inside out.
That is the big takeaway...
By Jon D. Markman On October 11, 201607:30 AM Eastern
Two of the most important developments of our time will come from advancements in artificial intelligence and autonomous cars. We may look back at the mid-2010s much like we look back on the...