Category: Technology
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Gadzooks – A Brief View of a Las Vegas Driverless Shuttle
TL;DR and Background This is a tough love article, as this author wants to see mobility services like Zoox succeed. That bias started with this 2014 Viodi fictional story about the wide-ranging impact of an affordable, accessible driverless ride-share service. Purpose-built, autonomous electric vehicles, like what Zoox is testing in Las Vegas are central to…
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Reluctant Robots Stuck in Traffic
Should a real-world driving test with a human examiner be required before autonomous vehicles remove the human safety supervisor? That’s the question that came to mind after watching multiple Zoox vehicles navigate the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard (the Strip) and Spring Mountain Road. Filmed on January 6th, 2026, around 6 PM, it was at…
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On-Demand Trash Pick-Up with HARR-E
Imagine never again hauling heavy bins to the curb or waking to the rumble of garbage trucks at dawn. That’s the promise of HARR-E (Hail-able Autonomous Refuse Robot – Electric), an innovative electric robot unveiled at CES 2025 by Oshkosh Corporation’s Pratt Miller division. In a captivating interview with Autonomy Engineer Devin McCulley, the technology’s…
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Solving the Airport’s Last Mile Challenge
At CES 2025, we spoke with Rajeev Ramanth of Blueberry Technology, Ltd. about their innovative solution to a perennial challenge in air travel: unreliable and unpredictable mobility assistance. Their new product, BB Go, is a fully autonomous personal vehicle designed to transform the travel experience for mobility-challenged passengers. The Problem: A Costly, Transactional, and Stressful…
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The 2040 Vision Compared to Today’s Autonomous Vehicle Reality
Eleven years ago, Viodi envisioned a fictional story of a shared, electric, autonomous mobility set in the year 2040. Rides as a service, sustainability, safety, and, perhaps most importantly, affordability were centerpieces of that future. It touched upon the improved experience of mobility, as well as how the service itself and the associated technology implementation…
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Pebble – A Software Defined Travel Trailer – #ces2025
The Pebble Flow is an electric travel trailer designed to eliminate the common hassles associated with camping through advanced technology and a unique hardware platform. Stefan Solyom, Pebble’s CTO, emphasizes that the Pebble Flow is a “software-defined vehicle,” which enables features like remote control parking and automated leveling with the push of a button. Electrifed…