One of the ultimate goals of artificial intelligence is the ability for machines to operate on their own, with little or any human interaction. This idea of autonomous systems makes up one of the ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving from passive tools into autonomous "agentic" systems capable of making decisions and taking actions without direct human input. These AI agents are already ...

Cyber-physical systems consist of computers that sense and control a rapidly changing physical environment. Examples of such systems include autonomous transportation (self-driving cars), traffic ...

The maritime industry is on the brink of a revolutionary transformation with the advent of autonomous ships. These vessels, capable of operating without human intervention, represent a significant ...

Autonomous trucking startup TuSimple has completed its first autonomous truck run on open public roads without a human in the vehicle, according to the company. TuSimple’s Autonomous Driving System ...

South Korea is the country that builds the world’s most advanced ships. The shipbuilding industry was also the negotiation ...

This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series: Automation and jobs in the new normal. COVID-19 is accelerating technological advances across just about every industry, from robotic ...

As of August 2025, no truck maker or startup has deployed autonomous platooning of semi trucks where the following trucks operate without any human drivers at any location. Platooning will have no ...

Many books have been written about the idea of under-promising and over-delivering. However, another group of business writers has adopted the over-promising and over-delivering concept, which has ...

In the 1983 film War Games, a supercomputer known as WOPR (for War Operation Plan Response) is about to provoke a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union, but because of the ...