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DOT Autonomous Farming Platform
Has Arrived in Ontario
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Haggerty Creek is the first DOT unit operator
in Ontario and arrived in Bothwell on May 13,
2020. It has already taken to the fields of Cha-
tham-Kent to be used in commercial fertilizer
applications.
Robotics Reaps Rewards at ICRA:
NVIDIA's Dieter Fox Named RAS Pioneer
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Thousands of researchers from around the
globe gathered—virtually—a few weeks ago for
the IEEE International Conference on Robotics
and Automation. As a flagship conference on all
things robotics, ICRA has become a renowned
forum since its inception in 1984.
PTC Extends Alliances with Rockwell
Automation and Microsoft
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PTC and Rockwell Automation Inc. announced
Factory Insights as a Service, a turnkey cloud
solution that enables manufacturers to achieve
unprecedented impact, speed, and scale with
their digital transformation initiatives. The new
offering, unveiled during PTC's Global Part-
ner Summit event at the LiveWorx® 2020 dig-
ital transformation event, marks a significant
advancement to the collaboration among Rock-
well Automation, Microsoft, and PTC.
Osaka Matsui Management: Amazon
Desire to Acquire Self-Driving Car Could
Save Billions
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Analysts at Osaka-based financial services com-
pany, Osaka Matsui Management, have advised
that Amazon.com Inc.'s advanced talks to buy
self-driving-car start-up Zoox Inc. has them spec-
ulating the acquisition could save the e-com-
merce juggernaut tens of billions a year and bring
auto, parcel, and ride-hailing firms to their knees.
Deep Learning Robotics Granted New
Patent for Robotic Learning
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Deep Learning Robotics Ltd., a leading tech-
nology company focused on robotics and auto-
mation solutions, announced that the United
States Patent and Trademark Office granted the
company a new patent: No. US10,571,896.
SkyWater Chosen for Volume
U.S. Manufacturing of COVID-19
Detection Microchip
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SkyWater Technology announced it was cho-
sen by investment firm Asymmetric Return
Capital (ARC) and Linear ASICs, a fabless
analog and mixed-signal semiconductor com-
pany, to volume manufacture a microchip
with temperature sensing capabilities used
in a low-cost, smartphone-enabled wireless
patch that assists in the remote detection of
COVID-19.
Foresight to Enable Mass Screening of
COVID-19 Symptoms Using Thermal
Cameras, Artificial Intelligence Expertise
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Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd., an
innovator in automotive vision, announced
that it has started developing a mass screen-
ing solution for the detection of COVID-19
symptoms based on visible-light and thermal
cameras. In addition, the company has sub-
mitted a patent application to the U.S. Pat-
ent and Trademark Office for a system and
method for the detection of people infected
with the coronavirus.
Cerence Launches ARK Assistant:
A Turnkey Automotive Voice Assistant
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Cerence Inc. introduced Cerence ARK Assis-
tant, a new turnkey automotive voice assistant
in U.S. English.
