Kodiak yeej $ 50M daim ntawv cog lus los tsim cov tsheb tsis muaj tub rog

Kodiak Robotics tsheb thauj khoom nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm lub khw IKEA.

Tau qhov twg los: Kodiak Robotics

Kev tsav tsheb tus kheej pib pib Kodiak Robotics tau hais rau hnub Tuesday tias nws yeej ob xyoos, $ 49.9 lab daim ntawv cog lus los ntawm Asmeskas Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv los pab tsim cov tsheb sib ntaus sib tua rau Asmeskas Tub Rog.

Lub tuam txhab tau hais tias cov tsheb yuav raug kho rau kev soj ntsuam, soj ntsuam thiab lwm yam haujlwm uas yuav ua rau muaj kev pheej hmoo siab rau tib neeg tsav tsheb.

Daim ntawv cog lus tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm DoD's Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) thiab yog ib feem ntawm Tub Rog txoj haujlwm txuas ntxiv Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV).

"Peb txaus siab kom muaj lub sijhawm los txhawb peb cov thev naus laus zis thev naus laus zis thev naus laus zis rau kev siv kev tiv thaiv, thiab ntseeg tias peb txoj haujlwm nrog DIU thiab Asmeskas Tub Rog yuav pab txhawb kev ruaj ntseg hauv tebchaws thiab maj nrawm rau peb txoj hauv kev mus rau kev xa mus ua lag luam," Kodiak CEO Don Burnette tau hais hauv nqe lus.

DIU tau hais tias nws tau txais 33 cov lus teb rau nws qhov kev thov thawj zaug thaum Lub Kaum Hli, thiab xaiv Kodiak thiab lwm tus neeg muag khoom, tus tsim software tsim kho Applied Intuition, tom qab kev tshuaj xyuas dav dav. Kodiak tau sim nws cov tsheb thauj khoom tsis muaj zog hauv Texas txij li xyoo 2019, thiab suav cov logistics loj heev Werner qhauj thiab US Xpress thiab Swedish khoom hauv tsev loj heev IKEA ntawm nws cov neeg tsav tsheb.

"Kev lag luam kev lag luam tau nqis peev ntau hauv cov thev naus laus zis no, thiab peb zoo siab pom qhov no hauv kev nqis tes ua los ntawm kev siv tus kheej-tsav thev naus laus zis uas ua haujlwm ntawm Asmeskas txoj kev loj niaj hnub no," said Lieutenant Colonel Chris Orlowski, tus thawj coj khoom lag luam nrog RCV program.

Qhov khoom plig yog qhov kev txhim kho tshiab kawg hauv DoD's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Grand Challenge kev sib tw tsav tus kheej, uas tau pib xyoo 2004.

Kevin O'Brien, tus thawj coj ua haujlwm rau DIU's Autonomy Portfolio tau hais tias "Muaj kev hloov pauv hauv cov tswv yim thiab kev muaj peev xwm ntawm cov tsheb hauv av uas tsis muaj peev xwm tshwm sim hauv kev lag luam ntiag tug hauv ob lub xyoo dhau los,"

Tau qhov twg los: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/06/kodiak-wins-50m-deal-to-develop-driverless-army-vehicles.html