Smart Cities News

Direct Drive wheeled-legged urban robot

Direct Drive Tech has introduced TITA, a wheeled-legged robot to navigate complex urban infrastructure such as curbs, slopes, and uneven ground for delivery and inspection tasks. The robot features [...]

Japan’s compact cities increase elderly care needs

A study by Osaka Metropolitan University suggests that Japan’s national “compact city” policies are inadvertently increasing the burden on elderly care services in smaller municipalities, raising urgent questions for [...]

Illinois extends drone detection over campus

The University of Illinois Police Department (UIPD) has signed a two-year contract extension with SkySafe to maintain its drone detection and airspace intelligence system across the university’s campus and [...]

Iveda adds 10-cm accurate RT location tracking

Iveda has updated its real-time location system (RTLS) with Bluetooth Angle of Arrival (AoA) technology, enabling asset and personnel tracking with a precision of 10 centimetres. The technology has [...]

Delaware converts to all-electronic tolling

In a move to modernise regional public transport, Delaware has converted the New Hope-Lambertville Toll Bridge over the Delaware River to an open-road all-electronic tolling system (AET) from TransCore. [...]

INRIX expand urban predictive parking platform

Transportation data firm INRIX has expanded its urban predictive parking and curb intelligence platform, providing real-time availability data to city authorities, urban mobility providers and car manufacturers. The platform [...]

SkyDrive hits 100km/h urban air mobility milestone

Japanese aircraft developer SkyDrive has successfully accelerated its SD-05 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to 100km/h, a speed the company identifies as a requirement for commercial inter-urban [...]

Abu Dhabi deploys CaoCao robotaxis

Chinese mobility company CaoCao has partnered Abu Dhabi-based AI firm K2 to deploy a fleet of autonomous robotaxis in the United Arab Emirates this year. Under the cooperation agreement, [...]

FocalPoint, STMicro improve urban GNSS by 32%

FocalPoint and STMicroelectronics have released results from a benchmarking study in central London showing a 32% reduction in satellite positioning errors in dense urban environments. The study tested FocalPoint’s [...]

Digi International 5G routers for smart city transportation

Digi International has introduced the Digi TX65, a series of 5G routers designed for mission-critical transportation and industrial operations. The ruggedised devices are intended to modernise connectivity for transit [...]

AT&T, Derq integrate AI safety into urban traffic platforms

Derq and AT&T have entered a commercial collaboration to integrate AI-powered safety intelligence into urban transportation infrastructure. The agreement follows a strategic investment by AT&T in Derq in late [...]

Ouster native colour lidar for smart city traffic management

Ouster has released BlueCity, a traffic management system powered by its new Rev8 digital lidar, featuring native colour detection. The system combines 3D depth information with colour data to [...]