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Building on partnerships with Motional, Serve Robotics and Nuro, Uber Eats announced a collaboration with self-driving vehicle maker Cartken.

With a valuation of close to $2 billion after its latest round of funding, Locus is “ready to go” for IPO.

Three years after launching tests of its driverless Scout robot, Amazon halted work on the project.

Locus’ autonomous mobile robots work collaboratively with humans to improve piece-handling productivity.

A new survey reports that manufacturers continue to adopt robots, but breakdowns continue to hamper production.

The world’s largest retailer filed a patent that would combine two of last-mile delivery’s latest innovations: drones and robots.

Three-quarters of warehouse on-floor workers would consider switching jobs if they involved technology such as robots and warehouse automation, according to a new survey.

ABI Research predicts the last-mile robot delivery market will grow rapidly in the years ahead, delivering more than $3 billion worth of items by 2030.

Warehouse automation firm Hai Robotics has raised an additional $100 million to scale its R&D efforts.

Robot sales reached record levels in 1st quarter as firms grapple with worker shortages

The contract logistics provider said it wants to create the world’s largest air- and ground-based security robotics fleet.

Dallas Fort Worth is a tech-forward airport on many levels. Its latest initiative is trialing an autonomous tow vehicle in the cargo area.

The TaxiBot is not an autonomous taxi for city travel. It’s a robot vehicle that pulls aircraft to the runway.

Kiwibot is teaming with Sodexo to take delivery bots to college.

Autonomous sidewalk delivery company Serve Robotics completed robot deliveries with zero human interaction — an industry first.

Robotic Assistance Devices Mobile is looking to bring to market a 700-pound autonomous robot for logistics and last-mile delivery operations.

As fulfilment operations evolve to meet fast-shipping demands of e-commerce, robotics has become the default option to increase throughput.

Robotic delivery firm Nuro will begin making autonomous deliveries for 7-Eleven in Mountain View, California.

E-commerce growth and a shortage of workers have more warehouse operators looking toward automation, but adoption rates remain slow.

Yuske Taguchi explains how Gitai is developing robots to supplement human labor in space.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, FMCSA tells Washington state it can no longer enforce state meal-and-rest break rules on truck drivers operating under HOS regulations. Plus, carriers continue to be in a strong position as peak season rolls on, and delivery robots are suddenly in hot demand.

Robots make work easier at Amazon fulfillment centers. Now, the robots are coming to Australia.

Clearpath Robotics’ division closes Series C as it prepares to put more of its autonomous vehicles into additional warehouses and manufacturing facilities as demand grows during COVID-19 pandemic.

On Wednesday, global software and mobile robotics provider GreyOrange launched the latest advancement of its fulfillment operating system. GreyOrange leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to optimize fulfillment operations. According […]

Warehousing employment grew at an 8% CAGR from 2011-8, but slowed to 2.7% this year.

Brian Aoaeh writes about workplace injuries and workplace safety in the ecommerce age…

Given just 3 minutes to make their pitch and an additional 2 minutes to answer judges’ questions, 15 startup companies did their best to show judges at the Movin’ On conference why their solutions will change the market.

FedEx Corp. will accelerate pay increases for hourly employees this year as part of its response to the new tax law and expected benefits from it. The company will also make investments in facilities in Indianapolis and Memphis.

FreightWaves had a chance to speak with Jason Schenker about what’s ahead for the freight and automotive industries, and what that means for our lives.

Any job that involves repetitive action is an easy target for mechanical replacement. Many economists and employers wonder how long the warehouse hiring boom will last before robots prevail.

Amazon has officially entered the freight app business with a new option called Relay. The app debuted last month, CNBC reported, and will make it easier for truck drivers to get into and out of Amazon facilities.

Robotics as a vertical has been a mainstay in the industrial floor for decades now, with robotic arms making automation easier and more efficient than human workers.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is expected to unveil self-driving vehicle guidelines next weekat an event in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Reuters reported.

The National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) has made changes to the National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC). The changes, which took effect on Aug. 5, will impact how some items are packaged and costs to shippers, particularly those shipping via less than truckload.

Autonomous trucks, it turns out, may not be coming for the truck driver’s job after all. While many are predicting the demise of the worker due to automation, a leading expert on robots says that it will be many years before robots achieve the machine learning capabilities to operate amongst humans.

It’s so simple, that it’s somewhat surprising someone has already come up with the idea. Einride, a Swedish startup, has developed an electric-powered, self-driving box on wheels. The T-pod made its debut this week with a promise to revolutionize cargo movement.

In Pakistan, drivers care so much for their trucks that they turn them into works of art. Also, NATSO opposes rest stop privatization plan, working with robots and the path to better trade deals.

While most people assume that drones will someday be making home deliveries, there are other possibilities including droids and even mobile parcel lockers. Whatever method or combination of methods are chosen, though, last-mile delivery may never be the same.

In this week’s edition of The Week in Trucking, the trucking industry gets an audience with President Donald Trump, drivers may not be needed in California, are robots are set to take over warehousing and FMCSA pulls a controversial safety-focused rule.