Baidu to share autonomous vehicle technology

Hoping to get self-driving vehicle companies to share a common platform rather than design from scratch, Baidu said Tuesday it would offer its technology for autonomous driving to other companies, while also partnering in the sourcing of components and hardware. Baidu will offer a vehicle platform, hardware platform, software platform and cloud data services, and…

These grippers are giving bots a helping hand

You know the old saying, scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours? It basically means that if you want a hand, you have to lend one first. That’s exactly what Paul Ekas has set out to do with his company, Sake Robotics, which manufactures grippers for industrial robots. “As robots move into unstructured environments, and can…