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  • Reluctant Robots Stuck in Traffic

    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…

  • Viodi View – 12/31/25

    Viodi View – 12/31/25

    This New Year’s Eve addition of the Viodi View offers a glimpse of CES 2026 through some just-published interviews from CES 2025. The topics range from small modular nuclear reactors to devices that assist the visually impaired to on-demand trash pick-up. Interestingly, none of these stories deal with the consumer gadgets and devices that were…

  • On-Demand Trash Pick-Up with HARR-E

    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…

  • Viodi View – 11/28/25

    Viodi View – 11/28/25

    The word of the day is zoomorphize. It is a word that can be used to describe people’s behavior when interacting with robots. It takes just a few seconds to slip into a world where a robot seems to have lifelike features. This was a recent revelation upon encountering delivery robots on the streets of…

  • Viodi View – 10/25/25

    Viodi View – 10/25/25

    Six continents represented, eight Innovation Demonstrations displayed, and multiple BASe sessions presented are some of the numbers linked to the Broadband Forum’s contributions to the 2025 Network X conference in Paris. The numbers, though, don’t convey the impact of face-to-face events, like Network X. The links below offer a glimpse of the Broadband Forum’s Innovation…

  • Solving the Airport’s Last Mile Challenge

    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…