FarmWise, San Francisco, partnered with Roush Performance, Plymouth, Mich., to build prototypes of autonomous weeders, which will ultimately replace herbicides and save growers on labor.

Later this year, H-E-B, San Antonio, Texas, will launch a pilot program to test delivery service from a vehicle with self-driving technology.

Daimler Trucks, a Portland, Ore.-based division of the Daimler Group, announced plans to establish an Autonomous Technology Group for automated driving.

More than half of Americans (52%) believe they are familiar with or knowledgeable about autonomous vehicles (also referred to as self-driving vehicles), according to a new THINKS national public opinion survey released by HNTB America, New York.

Amazon, Seattle, Wash., acquired Canvas Technology, a Boulder, Colo.-based robotics startup that builds autonomous carts that move goods around warehouses.

McKinsey & Co., New York, revealed five trends set to create change for the trucking, rail, warehousing and logistics companies that move America’s merchandise.

Farmstead, San Francisco, announced a partnership with Udelv, Burlingame, Calif., making it what is said to be one of the first grocers in the country to make deliveries using autonomous delivery vehicles.

The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, and Nuro, Mountain View, Calif., announced a new partnership to pilot an on-road, fully autonomous delivery experience.