Tag: autonomous delivery

Pudu Technology raises over $15 million for ‘contact-free’ autonomous delivery robots

AIJuly 1, 2020

Shenzhen-based robotics R&D startup Pudu Technology today announced an over $15 million round. The company claims over 2,000 hotel, restaurant, and...

TuSimple plans autonomous truck network backed by UPS

AIJuly 1, 2020

Ahead of the commercial rollout of its driverless trucks by 2024, TuSimple today outlined the launch of what it’s calling the...

Waymo to expand autonomous truck testing in the American Southwest

AIJune 30, 2020

Today during a briefing with members of the media, Waymo head of commercialization for trucking Charlie Jatt outlined the company’s go-to-market...

Daily Crunch: Twitter has a record week

StartupsJune 5, 2020

Twitter sees record downloads, Signal adds a new face-blurring feature and Facebook rethinks its approach to government-backed media. Here’s your Daily Crunch for June...

OTTO Motors raises $29M to fill factories with autonomous delivery robots

AutomotiveJune 4, 2020

When Clearpath Robotics CEO and co-founder Matthew Rendall looks at the “miles” of roads inside industrial factories, he sees them filled with autonomous...

The Station: Hertz files for bankruptcy, hailing “self-driving” scooters, Memorial Day travel

AutomotiveMay 24, 2020

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every...

[Phantom Auto in TechCrunch] Help Wanted: Autonomous robot guide

CrowdfundingMay 17, 2020

On-demand delivery startup Postmates partnered last year with Phantom Auto, an autonomous vehicle teleoperations company. Postmates uses Phantom Auto’s software development kit to...