Robots

Drones delivering your pizza; humanoid robots nursing your grandmother; factory-sized robots displacing millions of workers—this page covers the trends and news that will guide the future of robots.

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https://warontherocks.com/2014/10/do-drones-have-a-future/
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War On The Rocks
Thirteen years ago today the Predator drone saw its first armed reconnaissance mission in Afghanistan. Since then, the U.S. military drone fleet has grown
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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/26/cargo-drones-could-shape-the-future-of-the-shipping-industry.html
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CNBC
The modern supply chain has been around with limited structural changes for more than 50 years. Heavy-lifting cargo drones could shake things up.
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Organizations are developing robots that are able to provide consistently high-quality care during emergencies.
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A group of researchers created a new algorithm that allows machines to predict actions better.
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Recurrent neural networks (RNNs) use a feedback loop that allows them to self-correct and improve, eventually getting better at assembling predictions.
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https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/07/empathic-ai-could-be-the-next-stage-in-human-evolution-if-we-get-it-right/
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World Economic Forum
Our emotional brain has had little help from technology to-date - but AI has the power to change that. Here's why designing more empathic, human-centred AI presents the largest opportunity for human and societal advancement in the modern era.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/27/national/media-national/artificial-intelligence-killing-japans-banks/#.Wm4SEKinGUk
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The Japan Times
As part of an ongoing series about artificial intelligence, the Asahi Shimbun on Jan. 11 published a story that asserts the financial industry has adopted
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https://www.theverge.com/2015/10/13/9521453/skycatch-komatsu-drones-construction-autonomous-vehicles
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The Verge
Komatsu is the world’s second largest construction company, a venerable Japanese brand with 94 years of history that sells forklifts and bulldozers to customers around the globe. But in its home...
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https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/megabots-seed-funding/
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Digital Trends
Megabots Inc. has raised $2.4 million to develop a machine fighting league modeled off of the NFL, UFC, and the Olympics.
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https://phys.org/news/2023-03-pruning-harvesting-robot-synecoculture-farming.html
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Phys.org
Synecoculture is a new agricultural method advocated by Dr. Masatoshi Funabashi, senior researcher at Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc. (Sony CSL), in which various kinds of plants are mixed and grown in high density, establishing rich biodiversity while benefiting from the self-organizing ability of the ecosystem. And while the operational issues present with Synecoculture can be addressed by using an agricultural robot, most existing robots can only automate one of the above three tasks in a simple farmland environment, thus falling short of the literacy and decision-making skills required of them to perform Synecoculture. To read more, use the button below to open the original external article.
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https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/professional/the-sewbots-are-coming
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Business of Fashion
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Scientists have created biological robots that can self-repair, carry a payload, and potentially revolutionize medical research.
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http://www.archdaily.com/780512/how-driverless-cars-could-should-and-shouldnt-reshape-our-cities
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Archdaily
In the race to bring driverless cars from a futuristic fantasy to a present-day reality, developers have touted a plethora of advantages, from...
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Natural user interfaces (NUI) are developing at a rapid pace to create more holistic and organic methods of communication between users and machines.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3260458/Rise-ROBOSEXUALS-Humans-virtual-reality-sex-2030-droid-trysts-popular-human-love-making-2050-expert-predicts.html
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Daily Mail
Dr Ian Pearson from Ipswich made the predictions alongside Bondara.co.uk, including that sex with robots (illustrated) will be more popular than human love-making by 2050.
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https://medium.com/swlh/ai-and-the-end-of-truth-9a42675de18#.gvrvaghwp
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Medium
For starters, 2016 was the year when the filter bubble popped and the fake news controversy shook the media industry. Following the US elections, Facebook came under fire as having influenced the…
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https://interestingengineering.com/15-small-robots-that-will-invade-your-home-sooner-than-you-think
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Interesting Engineering
Whether you like it or not, the age of robots coexisting with humans is finally here. Here’s a list of small robots that may be a part of your home very soon.
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https://www.vox.com/2014/5/16/5723366/UN-debate-killer-robots-autonomous
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Vox
The UN just held a long session about manning robotics that can kill people in wars. That's because military robotics could stop war crimes — or enable them.
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https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/26/21154185/tempo-smart-home-gym-kinect-computer-vision-ai-form-correction
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The Verge
The Peloton for every fitness category already exists, but Tempo is differentiating itself by using AI computer vision to monitor a user’s form.
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/aug/19/worlds-smallest-surgical-robot-versius-keyhole-hospital-revolution
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The Guardian
British-built Versius device will slash costs, improve patient recovery times and help speed up keyhole surgery
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https://www.wired.com/2017/05/apple-park-new-silicon-valley-campus/
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Wired
Flawless curves, milled aluminum, endless glass, walled garden—sounds like an Apple product. In fact, it’s the company’s biggest launch ever.
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https://theurbandeveloper.com/articles/australian-bricklaying-robot-could-build-30-million-new-homes-globally-
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The Urban Developer
Perth-based Fastbrick Robotics has partnered with strategic business consultants EY-Panthenon to understand the market potential of the Hadrian X.