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.

Kodiak Robotics, an autonomous vehicle startup based in Mountain View, Calif., raised $40 million in Series A financing led by global investment firm Battery Ventures.

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

6 River Systems, Inc. (6RS), Boston, Mass., announced a $25 million Series B round of financing.

Seegrid, Pittsburgh, Pa., announced the GP8 Series 6 self-driving pallet truck.

YARA, Norway, and KONGSBERG, Norway, form a partnership to build what is said to be the world’s first autonomous and zero emissions ship.

Robots have either been part of popular culture and science fiction or have been the workhorses of industrial shop floors—that is until now.