Consumers exhibit a greater readiness to embrace automated vehicles for delivery services than drones and robots, according to a recent study conducted by Northwestern University's Mobility and ...

A small, self-driven vehicle heads across a sidewalk to a person and stops. Then the individual reaches down, opens the hatch and gets out the food he or she ordered. This isn’t a scene in a science ...

Trucking is already down it’s on path toward automation, whether that’s the use of technologies that help streamline logistics or things like autonomous trucks. No, the robots aren’t coming for your ...

Anyone who owns a restaurant, works at a restaurant, or has eaten at a restaurant in the past couple of years knows that the industry has a major labor shortage. Now, robots with tiers of trays that ...

Agriculture must become more efficient: Robots and autonomous supertractors are one important solution. Crammed with cameras and sensors, the metal crab slowly works its way through the cornfield. By ...

It’s never easy to do what Kevin Nguyen, Kyle Yotter and other members of Dunwoody Robotic Snowplow Club did: build a device that could clear snow. This winter, the task was made more difficult by the ...

Diners at Sweetgreen in Willis Tower, get ready to meet the chef of the future: a robot that makes your salad to order. The California-based chain is launching its automated Infinite Kitchen system ...

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. — At first glance, this warehouse looks like many: Forklifts unload pallets from the back of dozens of tractor-trailers. Canned soup, soda and cleaning supplies whiz by on conveyer ...

As a new workday dawns in the warehouse, workers take their places around the floor to start their shifts. So, too, do their mechanical counterparts: Robots roll away from the charging docks where ...

Tesla hasn’t exactly had a glowing reputation regarding quality control. Whether missing suspension bolts, panel gaps, glass roofs flying off, or crucial components cobbled together with fake wood, ...

This article is part of BD+C's special five-part Technology Report 2014: Top tech tools and trends for AEC professionals. Someday Building Teams may look back on today’s construction methods and ...