TOKYO, May 30, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) and NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) announced today that they have conducted a proof-of-concept test (PoC) of a remote control technology for industrial processing. The PoC test involved the use of an autonomous control AI, the Factorial Kernel Dynamic Policy Programming... » read more
HONG KONG, Mar 3, 2022 – (ACN Newswire) – On 28 February 2022, Inceptio Technology, an autonomous driving truck technology and operation company, announced its completion of a US$188 million Series B+ equity financing, jointly led by Legend Capital. The successful closing of the fund is expected to be used for the development of Inceptio Technology’s... » read more
LOS ANGELES, CA, Jan 18, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – BYD Co., Ltd. announced its partnership with leading autonomous vehicle company Nuro to begin producing the company’s third-generation electric autonomous delivery vehicle. The partnership is expected to scale Nuro’s more affordable, eco-friendly, and convenient services to millions of people across the country. Nuro’third-generation... » read more
TOKYO, Jan 18, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Nippon Foundation, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, and Shin Nihonkai Ferry Co., Ltd., (Osaka, Japan; Yasuo Iritani, Chairman) have successfully completed a demonstration test of the world’s first fully autonomous ship navigation systems on a large car ferry,... » read more
TOKYO, Oct 12, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The NEC C&C Foundation today announced that the 2021 C&C Prize will be awarded to two groups for their contributions to developing the neocognitron, a prototype for the core technology of today’s artificial intelligence (AI), by applying knowledge of the visual primary cortex in the... » read more
TOKYO, Sep 9, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Honda today announced that it will start a testing program for autonomous vehicles in September 2021, taking a step toward an autonomous vehicle mobility service (MaaS) business in Japan, which Honda is planning to launch under collaboration with Cruise and General Motors. The testing program... » read more
SINGAPORE – An autonomous robot designed to help weed out bad public behaviour has made its way into the heartland. Called Xavier, it will patrol the neighbourhood in Toa Payoh Central as part of a three-week trial starting on Sunday (Sept 5). Two of these robots will be on the lookout for illegal hawkers, smokers... » read more