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MIT Technology Review
What makes basil so good? In some cases, it’s AI. Machine learning has been used to create basil plants that are extra-delicious. While we sadly cannot report firsthand on the herb’s taste, the effort reflects a broader trend that involves using data science and machine learning to improve agriculture. The researchers behind the AI-optimized basil used…
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BBC
Restaurant owners in Paris say they could be put out of business by chefs who are catering for diners in their own homes.
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Smithsonian Magazine
Moley Robotics is developing a robotic kitchen that can prepare a meal from start to finish—cleanup included
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LMT Online
The debate about whether cooking is more art or science is a never-ending one.
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Forbes
Is the rise of the robot the demise of the restaurant server, chef and bartender?
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BBC
Robots that grill meat, slice tomatoes, stir-fry vegetables and stretch pizza dough are making fast food even faster, but can you trust a chef who's never tasted the food it creates?
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Pitchbook
The intersection of robotics and food is at a critical juncture. VC investment in the space has boomed, and in a recession, automation could help keep food-service operations afloat. [Video included]
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Mashable Deals
Ocado, the world's largest online-only grocery retailer, relies on robots to deliver fresh food to hundreds of thousands of people in the UK. Its warehouses ...
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Tech Insider
Ocado's new warehouse has thousands of robots zooming around a grid system to pack groceries. The thousands of robots can process 65,000 orders every week. T...
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Gizmodo
Retail giants are increasingly turning over jobs and tasks performed in the past by human workers to a growing workforce of robots. A new report on this automation of jobs by Walmart says it’s led to a greater sense of tedium and unease among some human employees, even as the company insists that its robots are meant to benefit them.
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The Verge
Security robot guards are slowly becoming more common in parks, hospitals, casinos, malls, and other semi-public places. But they’re less of a replacement for human guards and more like mobile surveillance devices. A report from OneZero on security bot maker Knightscope shows this using the company’s marketing materials and contracts.
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Reuters
U.S. apparel chain Gap Inc <GPS.N> is speeding up its rollout of warehouse robots for assembling online orders so it can limit human contact during the coronavirus pandemic, the company told Reuters.
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Japan Times
FamilyMart hopes to have robots working in 20 stores around Tokyo by 2022.
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CNN
Tyson Foods and other meat processors that became early hotspots for the Covid-19 pandemic are reportedly accelerating plans to have robots replace human meatcutters.
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Quartz
Scientists were able predict consumer data variation down to the village or neighborhood level with up to 55% accuracy and assets wealth up to 75% accuracy.
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Digital Trends
Estonian company Milrem Robotics has developed a new firefighting tank robot. Equipped with an accompanying drone and other tech, it's ready to battle blazes.
