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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Artificial intelligence allows companies to adapt prices based on market conditions and real-time demand.
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https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602124/augmented-reality-could-speed-up-construction-projects/
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MIT Technology Review
Employees at Gilbane Building Company, a commercial construction firm based in Rhode Island, usually work off paper blueprints or with digital models that they view on computers or iPads. But Gilbane senior manager John Myers now gets a closer look by putting Microsoft’s augmented-reality computer, HoloLens, on his head. When Myers recently put on HoloLens…
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https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/this-startup-wants-to-fight-growing-global-dengue-outbreaks-with-drones
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"The challenge is getting into those hidden places," says Machado. "It's rare that Aedes aegypti breeding areas are found out in the open, like on a sidewalk, because when people see them, they destroy them. But with drones, we can get into areas we just can't otherwise." Birdview has carried out studies with several partners since 2021, including the United Nations, the University of São Paulo (USP), and the state-owned Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), to better understand the effectiveness of releasing the disease-fighting mosquitoes with drones.
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With the increasing accessibility of deepfake and AI-generated technology, it’s now easier than ever to fabricate content.
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https://money.cnn.com/2018/04/12/technology/robots-rights-experts-warn-europe/index.html
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CNN
European lawmakers have proposed giving some robots the legal status of "electronic persons."
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https://www.spacewar.com/reports/Drones_adapt_mid_mission_with_revolutionary_software_integration_999.html
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Spacewar
In a world teeming with sensors in various domains-space, sea, and land-the challenge of limited bandwidth, security concerns, and system incompatibility remains paramount. Addressing this, the concept of multi-domain operations has emerged, aiming to enhance national security by integrating disparate devices at critical moments.
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https://www.ge.com/news/reports/bone-machine-3d-printing-revolutionizing-plastic-surgery
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GE Reports
At first glance, the line of cheerfully colored plastic skulls atop professor Laurent Lantieri’s bookshelf might be out-of-season Halloween decorations. But a closer look reveals something less than cheery: jagged holes, missing jaws and crumpled eye sockets. The skulls represent something very real — injuries that Lantieri has fixed.
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https://ark-invest.com/analyst-research/parcel-drone-delivery/
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ARK Invest
ARK illustrates that parcel drone delivery could boost ecommerce’s share of retail sales from 13% today to 75% by 2030, reshaping shopping completely.
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-future-of-virtual-sex-1423845474
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The Wall Street Journal
While some expect sex robots to be commonplace in a decade, they may be leapfrogged by ‘neural virtual reality.’
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190205185204.htm
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Science Daily
A Swedish patient with hand amputation has become the first recipient of an osseo-neuromuscular implant to control a dexterous hand prosthesis. In a pioneering surgery, titanium implants were placed in the two forearm bones (radius and ulnar), from which electrodes to nerves and muscle were extended to extract signals to control a robotic hand and to provide tactile sensations. This makes it the f
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https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/drone-footage-shows-lively-gaza-turned-to-wasteland-since-israel-hamas-war-began-5400452
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Residents have been forced to wander Gaza seeking shelterGaza: Drone footage of Gaza over the six months of warfare between Israel and Hamas shows how the once vibrant Palestinian enclave has been transformed into a vast wasteland of rubble and twisted steel by Israeli bombardment.During normal...
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Robo-advisers set to democratize access to financial advice and eliminate human error risks
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/graying-japan-tries-to-embrace-the-golden-years-1448808028
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The Wall Street Journal
What if old people could be viewed as an economic resource? Entrepreneurs in Japan are exploring robotics and other innovations to unleash the potential of the elderly.
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https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jibo-the-world-s-first-social-robot-for-the-home#/
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Indiegogo
Friendly, helpful and intelligent. From social robotics pioneer Dr. Cynthia B | Check out 'JIBO, The World's First Social Robot for the Home' on Indiegogo.
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https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-stop-robots-becoming-racist/
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Wired.com
Recently, a group of researchers found that a popular AI software called CLIP was biased against black people and women. The software has been used in many AI research projects, including robots. The researchers believe that the source of the bias is CLIP, which was trained using millions of images and text captions scraped from the web. They propose several ways to prevent the proliferation of prejudiced machines, including changing the definition of success. Maynard Holliday, deputy CTO for critical technologies at the US Department of Defense, says that the results speak to the need to ensure that people who build AI systems and assemble the datasets used to train AI models come from diverse backgrounds. To read more, use the button below to open the original external article.
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Robotic process automation is revolutionizing industries as software takes care of repetitive tasks that take too much human time and effort.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/the-future-of-dining-halls-reservations-delivery-and-robots-2020-7
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Business Insider
Students may find unlimited soft-serve machines and impromptu dinner catch-ups replaced with reservations ahead of time and prepackaged meals.
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https://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/10-roles-for-artificial-intelligence-in-education/
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Teach Thought
From curriculum to assessment to personalization, artificial intelligence should change everything about you teach & how students learn.
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https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-case-against-autonomous-killing-machines-5920084
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Long a staple of science fiction, the notion of autonomous robots that can kill is starting to take root in the U.S. military. It'll only be a matter of time before these "thinking" machines are unleashed on the battlefield — a prospect that's not sitting well with people both inside and outside of the Pentagon.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/27/in-the-future-zero-emission-hydrogen-boilers-could-heat-your-home.html
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CNBC
In Italy, one business is looking to use hydrogen to help heat properties.
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https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/us-forces-engage-six-houthi-unmanned-aerial-vehicles-over-southern-red-sea/article67988051.ece
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U.forces engaged six Houthi unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) over the southern Red Sea after the group launched four anti-ship ballistic missiles toward a Chinese-owned oil tanker, the U.Central Command said on Saturday. Iranian-backed Houthis launched the missiles in the vicinity of M/V Huang Pu, a Chinese-owned oil tanker, the Central Command said in a post on A fifth missile was fired toward the oil tanker, which issued a distress call, the Central Command said, adding that no casualties were reported in the incident and a fire on board was extinguished.
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2016/10/02/7021/delivery-option-drone-arrival-estimate-2020/
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MIT Technology Review
Do not let the breathless predictions and gimmick-laden pilot tests by large tech companies fool you: drone deliveries are still a ways off. We wrote in March that drone delivery will be a long time coming. And even though federal rules released since then allow the use of drones for commercial activities, there are major…