Autonomous robotic laboratories have the potential to change our approach to chemical synthesis, but there are barriers to their widescale adoption. Autonomy implies more than automation; it requires ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving from passive tools into autonomous "agentic" systems capable of making decisions and taking actions without direct human input. These AI agents are already ...

In recent years, the proliferation of AI systems in medicine, including FDA clearances for clinical use as AI/ML and Software as Medical Devices, has led to increased adoption 1. Many of these systems ...

To the casual observer, the words “military AI” have a certain dystopic ring to them, one that’s in line with sci-fi movies like “Terminator” that depict artificial intelligence (AI) run amok. And ...

The development of autonomous systems is rapidly changing modern logistics. Many countries are testing the possibility of transporting passengers with driverless vehicles and are involving artificial ...

Autonomous vehicles are equipped with systems that monitor and control their operation. They employ a variety of technologies to respond to their environment, including GPS, infrared sensors, cameras, ...

The sale of the start-up to Kratos, which Sierra’s founder calls both a competitor and teammate, comes soon after the company won a contract with the US Air Force to produce a fifth-generation-style ...

This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series: Automation and jobs in the new normal. COVID-19 is accelerating technological advances across just about every industry, from robotic ...

Cyber-physical systems consist of computers that sense and control a rapidly changing physical environment. Examples of such systems include autonomous transportation (self-driving cars), traffic ...

As of August 2025, no truck maker or startup has deployed autonomous platooning of semi trucks where the following trucks operate without any human drivers at any location. Platooning will have no ...

In the April-June 2021 edit-ion of Army Sustainment, Maj. Gen. Rodney Fogg noted, “Distributed sustainment operations require the ability to be responsive and to execute in a disaggregated manner with ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. ― Myrna Peterson predicts self-driving vehicles will be a ticket out of isolation and loneliness for people like her, who live outside big cities and have disabilities that ...