Self-driving buses set to hit Scottish roads next month

Five autonomous single-decker buses will carry passengers on a 14-mile route between Fife and Edinburgh

Are self-driving cars what the world needs?

Could they be the answer to slashing emissions and lowering our carbon footprint? – Find out in this week’s Net Hero Podcast

Royal Air Force launches self-driving vehicle trial

The self-driving car, called Kar-Go is a zero-emissions delivery vehicle that will deliver supplies around an RAF base in Oxfordshire

‘Robots hold the key to net zero’

A new report claims that by 2050 the robotics market in the energy sector will be worth £8.4bn and could become essential to the maintenance and success of key renewable systems

Could driverless vehicles become the norm in UK streets from 2021?

The UK Government is seeking views about a system which can control all of a vehicle’s movements without the driver having to do anything

Driverless Nissan LEAF completes 230 mile-journey across UK

The car, which is equipped with technologies such as GPS, radar, LIDAR and video cameras, drove from Bedfordshire to Sunderland

Majority of Brits’ appetite for driverless cars hits the slow lane

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers is calling for more driverless car trials on UK roads so people can see the vehicles in action and experience them

Major global carmakers invest in $100m Israeli mobility fund

Investors include BMW, Hyundai and the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance

Crawling robots ‘could soon be the future of wind turbine maintenance’

Sandia National Laboratories in the US says autonomous machines could keep blades operational for longer and drive down the costs of wind energy

Autonomous self-powered boats ‘could create IoT of the ocean’

Angus Adventures says its solar and wind power vessels can monitor for oil spills, track animals and detect illegal fishermen