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Could humanoid robots get a lot more human? Nvidia may have made that possibility a bit realer today with a smarter robot brain that has less energy demands.  The tech giant’s latest robotics offering is Jetson Thor, a super computer built for real-time AI computation on humanoid robots and smart machines alike, Nvidia announced in a press release on Monday. …

Uber and Waymo launch autonomous rides in Austin, Texas. Self-driving cars may soon become a fixture on Big Apple roads. Waymo, one of the best-known companies for autonomous vehicles, has secured the first permit to test self-driving cars in New York City as the robotaxi race heats up, city officials announced Friday. The California-based company, a subsidiary of Google’s parent …

Waymo has received New York City’s first permit to test self-driving cars with safety drivers. Photo by Getty Images/JasonDoiy Self-driving cars will soon be rolling through the streets of Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn under the watch of a trained driver, but the rollout has met resistance from unions who are concerned about street safety, emergency access, and future job losses. …

Waymo, the company synonymous with self-driving taxis on the West Coast, is now allowed to start testing out the congested streets of New York City. The Department of Transportation issued a permit on Friday allowing the company, which is owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, to test out eight self-driving cars with a driver in the vehicle. The pilot period …

Smith Collection/gado/Getty Images Happy Wednesday! It’s August 20, 2025, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. This is where you’ll find the most important stories that are shaping the way Americans drive and get around. In this …

Elon Musk arrives at Donald Trump’s inauguration as President in January. Getty Images A federal judge in San Francisco just greenlit a class action lawsuit by Tesla owners to sue the carmaker for exaggerated claims by CEO Elon Musk and the company about the self-driving capability of its electric vehicles that stretch all the way back to 2016. It’s the …

A concept image of a self-driving car image by Gorodenkoff via Shutterstock Aeye (LIDR) shares closed sharply higher on Thursday after the lidar system specialist announced a significant collaboration with the AI darling Nvidia (NVDA). According to the company’s press release, its flagship Apollo lidar “has been fully integrated by Nvidia into their DRIVE AGX platform,” which is integral to its …

Lucid Takes On Tesla’s Robo-Taxis. Stock Jumps 50% on Self-Driving Partnership With Uber, Nuro.  Barron’s Uber inks six-year robotaxi deal with Lucid, invests $300 million in EV company  CNBC The Battle of the Robotaxis Is Beginning  Bloomberg Lucid, Nuro, and Uber Partner on Next-Generation Autonomous Robotaxi Program  Lucid Motors Uber to buy at least 20,000 luxury robotaxis from Lucid  Axios Source link

Bedrock Robotics, led by a veteran of Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous tech unit, is emerging from stealth with $80 million and plans to make heavy construction equipment work around-the-clock without human operators. A team of engineers from self-driving robotaxi leader Waymo is eyeing another huge market to automate: construction equipment. Last year, Boris Sofman, previously a star engineer at robotaxi leader …

After a series of vehicular teases earlier this week, CD Projekt has finally unveiled Cyberpunk 2077‘s much-anticipated and mildly delayed 2.3 update, which – among other things – introduces self-driving (but sadly not flying) cars to Night City. Cyberpunk’s 2.3 update, developed in collaboration with Virtuous (presumably as most of CD Projekt is now busy on The Witcher …