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Baidu and Uber Expand Autonomous Ride-Hailing to Dubai
Baidu and Uber, in partnership with Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority, announced the next phase of their global agreement by bringing Apollo Go autonomous ride-hailing to Dubai.
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Waymo Introduces 6th-Generation Driver as Foundation for Scaled Expansion
Waymo is beginning fully autonomous operations with its 6th-generation Driver. The company says the system serves as the primary engine for its next era of expansion. Waymo's latest Driver builds on nearly 200 million fully autonomous miles driven across more than 10 major cities and freeways.
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Waabi Raises $1 Billion to Scale Physical AI Across Trucks and Robotaxis
Toronto-based Waabi announced it has closed its oversubscribed $750 million Series C funding round, marking what the company says is the largest fundraising in Canadian history.
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Caterpillar Expands NVIDIA Partnership to Power Autonomy and Virtual Manufacturing
Caterpillar has expanded its partnership with NVIDIA to apply AI across its core operations, including connected machines, autonomous systems, voice interfaces, and manufacturing infrastructure.
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Pony.ai Surpasses Robotaxi Target, Caps 2025 with Multi-City Expansion and Global Growth
Pony.ai closed 2025 with 1,159 Robotaxis in operation, exceeding its goal of 1,000 vehicles. The company called the year a turning point for fleet scale and deployment execution in a LinkedIn update.
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Rivian Unlocks 3.5M Miles of Hands-Free Driving With Custom AI Modes
Rivian has introduced Universal Hands-Free, an upgrade that expands hands-free assisted driving support from 135,000 to over 3.5 million miles of roads across the U.S. and Canada.
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Serve Robotics Reaches 2,000-Robot Milestone, Scaling Nation’s Largest Sidewalk Fleet
Serve Robotics has deployed over 2,000 autonomous delivery robots, expanding its fleet twentyfold in 2025. The company says this meets its rollout goal for the year and gives it the largest sidewalk delivery fleet in the U.S.
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HYPRLABS Ditches Maps and Labels for Real-World Robotic Learning
HYPRLABS has emerged from stealth, debuting HYPRDRIVE, an architecture built to accelerate “learning velocity,” or how fast robots convert real-world experience into intelligence. The HYPERLABS system is a departure from conventional approaches like labeled data, HD maps, and simulation.
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NASA Backs Reliable Robotics to Test Autonomous Flights Near Airports
NASA has contracted Reliable Robotics to conduct a series of autonomous flight tests near airports in the national airspace. Reliable will use its automated Cessna 208B Caravan to perform both standard operations and emergency procedures, including lost link and GPS-denied scenarios.
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Aurora Launches Second Driverless Freight Route, Targets 2026 Deployment at Scale
Aurora has opened a new 600-mile driverless trucking lane between Fort Worth and El Paso. The new route follows the launch of its inaugural route between Dallas and Houston just six months ago.
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Baidu and PostBus Set to Launch Driverless Mobility Service in Switzerland
Apollo Go, Baidu’s autonomous ride-hailing service, has partnered with PostBus, a subsidiary of Swiss Post, to deploy a new on-demand mobility platform in Switzerland. The service, called AmiGo, is backed by both federal and local authorities
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GM Reveals Hands-Free Driving, AI Assistant, and NVIDIA-Powered Vehicle Platform
At its GM Forward event in New York, the company announced new features powered by AI, autonomy, and robotics. GM is shifting focus toward making vehicles smarter, safer, and more connected. The updates include driverless highway features, voice assistants, factory robots