Teradyne Robotics A/S, a Danish-based subsidiary of Teradyne, Inc., has initiated a patent infringement case at the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in Copenhagen against a German subsidiary of the Chinese robot company JAKA. The case concerns the alleged infringement of patents – both software and hardware – held by Teradyne Robotics A/S and related to […]

Truck accident settlements are not the same as other traffic accidents. A rear-end tap might produce soft-tissue complaints, and a rollover could result in a spinal cord injury. They are more complex and may involve more than two parties liable to the incident. What holds up better is the structural difference. Truck claims are not […]

Commercial trucking is regulated differently than ordinary driving, and that difference is largely why liability in a truck crash usually doesn’t fall on a single individual. FMCSA hours-of-service rules state that property-carrying CDL drivers can be on the road for as long as 11 hours after taking 10 consecutive hours off, yet they must stop […]

After a serious truck crash, the wreckage gets most of the attention. Damaged vehicles are sitting on the road, emergency crews are working, and traffic may be backed up for miles. It feels like everything that matters is right there at the scene, waiting to be examined. But some of the most useful information may […]

Have you ever seen two people buy the same car, but end up paying very different prices because they live in different places? Carmakers have one ex-showroom price across the country. But when you add the taxes set by each state, the final number changes a lot. The main reason for this is state road […]

In today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss how ICE has been collecting DNA samples of people who have no criminal convictions, including children, which end up in an FBI database indefinitely.

Chinese companies represent almost 70 percent of the global humanoid robot market Chinese humanoid robot manufacturers could face a significant setback in one of the world’s largest technology markets after the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) moved to block new foreign-produced advanced robotic devices from receiving equipment authorization. The move follows a determination by US […]

The US government has taken one of its most significant steps yet to regulate advanced robotics, adding foreign-produced humanoids, quadrupeds and other mobile robots to the Federal Communications Commission‘s “Covered List” of technologies considered to pose an unacceptable risk to national security. At first glance, the decision appears surprising. The FCC is best known for […]

Update follows determinations by executive branch agencies that these devices threaten national security The United States Federal Communications Commission updated its “Covered List” to include two new categories of devices – “advanced robotic devices” (defined as mobile robots, such as humanoids and quadrupeds) and, separately, connected power inverters produced in foreign countries. The action follows […]

A parent watching a teenager struggle with anxiety or depression often hesitates to point to any single cause. Adolescence brings academic pressure, social conflict, and family stress, and a platform like Facebook can appear to be only one part of a larger picture. This uncertainty leads many families to assume they could never prove a […]