Hokianga Restricted Airspace is an 874 square kilometre area in New Zealand that has been opened up to trials of UAVs flying beyond visual line of sight (BVLoS). The test range has been dubbed “Incredible Skies” and it extends the opportunity for a new wave of UAV research, both in New Zealand, and globally.
Artesian Solutions, the powerful Artificial Intelligence driven service that equips client facing teams with the resources they need to succeed in a modern commercial environment, has been named amongst the Top 25 UK B2B Companies.
In San Francisco, city supervisors have approved legislation that will require delivery robots to have a permit. This comes after an earlier attempt in the year to outright ban them from the streets of the city.
Japan is the world´s predominant industrial robot manufacturer: The production capacity of the Japanese suppliers has reached 153,000 units in 2016 – the highest level ever recorded. Today, Japan´s manufacturers deliver 52 percent of the global supply. These are results published by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) ahead of the International Robot Exhibition (iREX) in Tokyo - November 29th - December 2nd 2017.
A suite of tools has been launched that will help landlords, tenants, owners and property entrepreneurs create legal documents without the need to consult costly human lawyers.
UK and Singapore-based start-up ThoughtRiver has launched "Review" an Artificial Intelligence (AI) contract review solution that can assess legal contracts an average of 60 times faster and 30 percent cheaper than the typical paralegal.
The Australian law firm and London legal tech firm Luminance have teamed up. Corrs has announced that it will deploy Luminance’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the due diligence for M&A transactions.
On Wednesday 19th July, a US House Panel approved a proposal that will allow automakers to deploy up to 10,000 autonomous vehicles without meeting existing auto safety standards. It is the first federal legislation designed to speed up the integration of driverless cars into the market.
A community-based organization (“CBO”) that represents close to 25,000 drone users, the Drone User Group Network (“DUGN”) proposed changes to both the House and Senate versions of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization bills that will help spur innovation, preserve the privacy of the public, preserve the privacy of drone users, and enhance the efficiency of the aviation system.
Uber broke new ground in August 2016 by offering a new form of ride-sharing service in Pittsburgh. Certain users requesting a ride will be randomly selected to receive a free ride in one of the company’s brand new SUVs with no human driver, making Uber the first company to offer self-driving taxi services. However, Bryan Casey, writing in the September 2016 Stanford Law Review, has identified a potential loophole that Uber’s new cars may not be able to negotiate.
International law firm Pinsent Masons has announced the roll out of an AI-powered commercial contracts solution to support clients responding to challenges posed by Brexit.
Self-driving cars and AI received a boost from the Chancellor Philip Hammond in the budget, with a £270m investment fund for “disruptive technologies that have the potential to transform the UK economy”. The newly-formed Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund will support collaborations between businesses and the UK science base.
Interview with Tony Di Benedetto, CEO of Drone Delivery Canada.
The Executive Order issued by President Trump’s that aims to reduce regulations on small businesses has sparked concerns in the drone industry.
Conservationists are using a crowdsourcing platform to raise funds to launch a drone program across three states in Australia, with the aim of catching farmers conducting widespread clearing.
A record fine has been paid by a drone company that specialises in aerial photography, for illegal flights in congested airspace.
Google’s self-driving car project will soon be graduating from its experimental “X” lab status inside the company to become a standalone unit of Alphabet, possibly with a view to spinning off as an independent company.
Amazon has launched beta testing of its long-anticipated Prime Air service. The testing has begun in Cambridge, UK, and the first successful delivery of a package took place on the 7th December, officially revealed a week later on the 14th.
Ride-sharing company Uber wants the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to delay policy recommendations that govern the testing of driverless cars.
As of 29 August 2016, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), has published a new rule governing the flight of drones in the US. Lisa Ellman, Partner, and her team in Hogan Lovell’s Washington office, look at the implications for the drone industry.
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