Starsky Robotics has already used its autonomous trucks for paying gigs, including a 5,000-lb haul covering 140 miles, with 120 of those driven by the truck itself. It’s also moved trailers around a ...

Wireless remote controls can help improve the work of municipal fire departments and their crews. E-ONE, an U.S.-based industry leader in the engineering, manufacturing and delivery of fire trucks, is ...

For four days in February, Ben Shukman showed up to his office at Phantom Auto in Mountain View, California, sat down in front of a bank of computer screens with a steering wheel in a darkened room, ...

An autonomous trucking start-up is going off the beaten path by offering drivers a chance to remotely control their vehicles for the last few miles of delivery. San Francisco-based Starsky Robotics ...

Newdegate farmer Wally Newman had seen enough harvests to know there were many things that could be done more simply and safely. So when a good mate and former employee came up with the idea for a ...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmcC2bzJjME&list=UUrmuc-WDTBiqMGma7bs5Z3g&index=1&feature=plcp[/youtube] A big imagination makes playing with remote control ...

If you’ve ever participated in track and field, specifically one of the throwing events – discus, javelin or hammer throw – you know what a pain it is when you’re at practice or meets and have to keep ...

Got access to a freight truck? Probably not, but in case you do, have a look at the telematics system on board. That's the computer-looking thing attached to the dash. It'll be running a special ...