by Nicholas Upton | Dec 10, 2018 | Automation, Briefs
Wing, the drone arm of Alphabet, is heading to Helsinki next year. Wing has become a proper company or “graduated” within the company, meaning it’s no longer just a moonshot. And this test implies the technology is ready for prime time. The Helsinki test will be a...
by Nicholas Upton | Oct 12, 2018 | Automation, News, Top Stories
The holy grail of drone delivery has always been fully automated or Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations where a restaurant, a retailer or even a medical practitioner can load a delivery drone without a pilot. While the technology is largely ready for BVLOS...
by Tom Kaiser | Sep 13, 2018 | Automation, Research, Third-Party Delivery
Feeling a little underpowered? Be careful what you wish for, as a new patent from IBM shows the technology giant wants no yawn left behind as it develops a drone that can detect tired souls and immediately swoop in with a hot cup of coffee. In a patent filed with the...
by fodnews | Apr 9, 2018 | Automation, News
A sad headline flashed across the phone right before a luncheon talk called The Autonomous Solution—a pedestrian was killed in Tucson, Arizona, by an autonomous vehicle, in what appears to be the first such death involving a driverless car. For the Postmates executive...
by Nancy Monroe | Apr 9, 2018 | Automation, News
Fresh off the announcement of its deal to deliver for YUM Brands’ Taco Bell and KFC, Stan Chia, COO of Grubhub, told the audience at the FOD Conference, that the restaurant industry is mirroring the rise of e-commerce for retail, and for the first time ever people are...
by Nicholas Upton | Feb 12, 2018 | Automation, News, Top Stories
From the department of zany patents comes Walmart’s idea for a convenience store inside your own home. In a patent filed by the company with the sexy moniker of “Unattended Storefront Apparatus,” an area of the home would serve as an in-house Walmart monitored...
