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UK automotive manufacturing carbon footprint falls to lowest ever level

SMMT

UK Automotive’s production carbon footprint shrinks to lowest level on record, as CO 2 emissions fall -11.2% Industry greener and cleaner with less energy use and more sustainable energy sourcing. The UK automotive industry’s production carbon footprint fell by -11.2% billion, while automotive-related GVA is estimated at £14.1

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Horizon Robotics raises $696M in Hong Kong’s biggest IPO of 2024

Robotics Business Review

Source: Horizon Robotics Horizon Robotics, a Chinese developer of autonomous driving technology , is raising HK$5.4 Established in 2015 by former Baidu employees, Horizon Robotics provides advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) systems for passenger vehicles.

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Mcity says open-source digital twin enables cheaper autonomous vehicle testing

Robotics Business Review

The first open-source digital twin of the Mcity Test Facilitythe University of Michigan’s center for connected and autonomous vehicles and technologiesis now available to the public. ” The digital twin works with TeraSim , an open-source traffic simulator developed by Mcity researchers. .

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At CVPR, NVIDIA offers Omniverse microservices, shows advances in visual generative AI

Robotics Business Review

Sources: NVIDIA, Fraunhofer IML (right) NVIDIA Corp. Additional papers introduce domain-specific innovations for industries including automotive, healthcare, and robotics. Source: NVIDIA JeDi model shows how to simplify image creation at CVPR Creators typically use diffusion models to generate specific images based on text prompts.

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Mcity gives green light to remote autonomous vehicle testing, calls for federal standards

Robotics Business Review

Source: Marcin Szczepanski, Michigan Engineering Detroit is known as Motor City, the unofficial capital of the automotive world. Opened in 2015, Mcity was the world’s first proving ground designed for connected and automated vehicles. In 2022, a $5.1

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Europe has a key role to play in the development of robots, humanoids

Robotics Business Review

Source: Adobe Stock While headlines often spotlight U.S. The company’s portfolio includes LBR iiwa cobot introduced in 2013, and it is expanding into new markets and regions beyond its traditional stronghold in the automotive industry. Europe is a major center of robotics development and use, according to Humanoid. billion U.S.)

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4 Tips for Staying Profitable in the Face of Change

Modern Machine Shop

While the company began in the automotive industry, Proto Tool had to expand into other end markets to cope with the fluctuations of the industry. Source: Proto Tool Company Bruce Pankow founded Proto Tool Company in Detroit in 1980, the same year his son and current Proto Tool President Brian Pankow was born. Hard for us, at least.”