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Escorts Kubota enlists AI to reinvent railway, construction, and agriculture

CIO

CIO Anil Kakkar is heading up an ambitious transformation agenda at Escorts Kubota, in which the Indian multinational conglomerate seeks to reinvent its three traditional business lines: agricultural products and implements, construction equipment, and railway equipment and parts.

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Building the future of construction

CIO

The construction industry in many countries around the world is facing a labor shortage crisis. For construction to continue at the pace needed, something has to change. For construction to continue at the pace needed, something has to change. There is a solution: remote operation of construction machinery.

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PermitFlow advances construction permitting automation with $5.5M in new capital

TechCrunch

PermitFlow , a San Jose-based startup developing software for developers and general contractors to streamline the construction permit application and management process, secured $5.5 PermitFlow was founded in 2021 by Samuel Lam and Francis Thumpasery, who worked previously with deep workflow software and construction.

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Aurora unveils test fleet of autonomous Toyota Sienna robotaxis

TechCrunch

Autonomous vehicle technology company Aurora Innovation is launching a small test fleet of custom-designed self-driving Toyota Siennas for future ride-hail operations. The hybrid electric Toyotas will be equipped with the same software and hardware as Aurora’s Class 8 trucks that the company is testing for hauling goods.

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Skyroot successfully test fires India’s first privately-made solid rocket stage

TechCrunch

Rocket launch startup Skyroot is closing out 2020 with a key milestone in the development program for their Vikram-I launch vehicle: A successful test firing of a solid rocket propulsion stage that serves as a demonstrator of the same tech to be used in the production Vikram.

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TuSimple aims to test self-driving trucks on public roads without human safety operator by EOY

TechCrunch

Self-driving trucks startup TuSimple signaled it is close to testing its system without a human safety operator on public roads before the end of the year. This includes noncompliant motors, unplanned road construction and changing driving conditions, all of which must be continuously monitored and accounted for in real time.”

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Stop Testing Implementations

Xebia

Stop Testing Implementations One class, one test. We should stop fixating on a test per class, method, function, or whatever technical construct of your choosing – to make a goal or necessity to have a one to one relation between tests and technical construct. Decoupling. Comprehension.

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