On Thursday Toyota Motor Corp’s research arm said, it had acquired US based map and driverless vehicles data provider Carmera. The acquisition underscores Toyota’s push to bulk up its self-driving arsenal as traditional automakers compete with tech giants in the emerging autonomous vehicles sector. The acquisition will provide Toyota access to real-time, high-definition maps and crowdsourced…
On Monday, the robotics arm of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank stated, it will start using its food service robot developed by California-based Bear Robotics in Japanese restaurants as a means to tackle growing labor shortages faced by the country. Servi, the robot, comes with features which includes layers of trays and is equipped with Lidar sensors…
Once developed, the platform will not be limited to just India but can be integrated with vehicle systems globally. On Tuesday, Bangalore-based Indian ride hailing service Ola disclosed that it has tied up with Microsoft Corp to build a new connected vehicle platform on Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing service to power its in-car entertainment offerings.…
business-gurus.com 