Date Published: April 20, 2025 On April 15, 2025, the Urban Robotics Foundation hosted our 2025 Executive Update webinar. Our Managing...

Let's examine some of the key regulatory challenges facing new mobility technologies in urban environments.

As cities move toward automated vehicle fleets, managing curb access for passenger and cargo pick-up and drop-off (PUDO) operations ...

As PMRs increasingly appear, municipal leaders face a pressing challenge: how to effectively regulate these new technologies...

Robotic crossing guards represent an important intersection of public safety, tech innovation, and social adaptation.

PMRs present municipalities with compelling opportunities for operational efficiency, cost reduction, and service enhancement.

There is a critical shortage of research examining intersection safety implications and driver training needed prior to PMR deployment.

Micromobility already requires rethinking street/pathway design. URF invites cities to plan for multi-use pathways - including PMRs.

Standardization is fundamental to nearly everything we make, use, and consume - and now is the time to develop standards for mobile robots!

As robots become increasingly mobile in capability and humanoid in form, ... the evolution of robot rights are explored in this post.

Offering all levels of government a roadmap for preparing to regulate PMRs as the industry matures.

 Scaling public-area mobile robots (PMRs) in cities faces several barriers, which we explore in this blog post.

In 2024, the state of formal regulations for PMRs is inadequate to municipalities’ needs to determine whether to admit this technology.

What will automated driving really be good for? Bern offers his thoughts on the big issues and recommends a new book to our readers.

In any road transportation system, the intersection and its controls represent the locus of greatest complexity and risk.

For those curious about both mobile robots and Odense's renowned robotics community, "R-24" is the place to be on March 13-15, 2024.

Can public-area mobile robots help you save money and lives? Written by: Lee St James (Nov 2023)

Robots used for delivery, maintenance, surveillance or other tasks within public areas are collectively known as public-area mobile...

Your Public Works Department will be the key governing focus when deploying public-area mobile robots