To demonstrate the capability and suitability of its fixed-wing drones and drone sensors for precision agriculture, senseFly has announced partnerships with Trimble and Microsoft.
“Trimble and Microsoft are major players in the agriculture sector, and these relationships are a testament to senseFly’s drones operating at the high standards required by large organizations to deliver the results they need,” says Gilles Labossière, CEO of senseFly.
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Wayve to use funding to launch pilot fleet of autonomous vehicles in central London
With a focus on accelerating autonomous mobility through learning based approaches instead of hand-coded rules, startup company Wayve has announced a $20 million Series A funding round to launch a pilot fleet of autonomous vehicles in central London.
Wayve is of the belief that more physical sensors and hand-coded rules aren't the key to solving the complexity of self-driving cars. Instead, the company believes that better artificial intelligence “brains” are the key to solving the complexity of self-driving cars.
AeroVironment awarded contract to support Middle eastern ally's Puma AE and Raven B tactical UAS
A Middle eastern ally has awarded AeroVironment a firm fixed-price contract worth nearly $12 million for logistics support, spares, and repair services in support of its existing fleet of AeroVironment Puma AE and Raven B tactical UAS.
With a period of performance of two years, the contract was awarded on Oct.25, AeroVironment says.
DroneDeploy to use latest funding to expand internationally, continue building suite of offerings
DroneDeploy has closed a $35 million Series D round, bringing the company’s total funding to $90 million.
DroneDeploy will use the funding to expand internationally, move into new industries, and continue building out its suite of offerings for customers.
“Businesses of every size are turning to DroneDeploy to enable them to make better decisions,” says Mike Winn, co-founder and CEO of DroneDeploy.
Orange County, Lake Nona awarded BUILD grant that will help develop autonomous vehicle infrastructure
Orange County and Lake Nona—a smart community within the city of Orlando and Orange County—have been awarded a new $20 million federal BUILD grant that will help “reimagine mobility” in the smart community.
The grant, which is the first of its kind for Central Florida, will support the planning, design and construction of a Local Alternative Mobility Network (LAMN) in Lake Nona.
NIO, Mobileye partner to develop autonomous vehicles
Chinese automobile manufacturer NIO has announced a strategic collaboration with Mobileye, an Intel company that develops vision technology for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving, to develop highly automated and autonomous vehicles (AV) for consumer markets in China and other major territories.
Through the collaboration, Mobileye will design a self-driving system that NIO will engineer and manufacture. The companies say that they will build on Mobileye’s level-4 (L4) AV kit.
Hydroid integrating Seaglider AUV Division into its organization
Kongsberg Maritime subsidiary Hydroid Inc. has announced the integration of the Seaglider AUV Division into its organization.
Seaglider is being transferred from Kongsberg Underwater Technology Inc. (KUTI), which will allow Hydroid to utilize complementary technologies and markets across the REMUS and Seaglider product lines.
With the integration of Seaglider into Hydroid, the range of technical solutions and program management support that can be offered to customers also increases.
Robotics company Toggle to use latest funding to further development of technology
A startup that uses robotics and automation to optimize the fabrication and assembly of rebar called Toggle has announced that it has raised $3 million in seed-funding.
Toggle will use the funding to expand its team, and continue the development of its robotics technology.
“Global urbanization is driving demand for ever larger and more complex urban highrise and civil infrastructure construction. At Toggle we believe that part of the solution to delivering these projects will be through leveraging robotics and automation to multiply the productivity of labor,” explains Toggle CEO, Daniel Blank.
Newly established Volvo Autonomous Solutions to accelerate development of autonomous transport platforms
The Volvo Group has established Volvo Autonomous Solutions, a new business area that will accelerate the development, commercialization and sales of autonomous transport platforms.
According to the Volvo Group, this new business area will allow it to meet a growing demand, and ultimately offer customers in segments such as mining, ports and transport between logistics centers, the best possible platforms as a complement to today’s products and services.
Realtime Robotics to use funding to accelerate development of more commercial product releases
Realtime Robotics, the developer of responsive motion planning for industrial robots and autonomous vehicles, has raised $11.7 million in Series A funding.
This capital will be used for several efforts, including accelerating the development of more commercial product releases, and growing the Realtime Robotics team to support key customers and partners across the world.
“The commitment garnered from strategic investors reflects both the need and the demand for smarter robots,” says Peter Howard, CEO, Realtime Robotics.
