Source: thespoon.tech With e-commerce consumer expectations constantly rising with the ubiquity of same-day delivery, startups and established corporations alike are focusing on developing and investing in efficient last-mile delivery and e-commerce fulfillment solutions. Specifically, online grocery retail is one of the most rapidly growing e-commerce sectors for home delivery, with a projected 70 percent of consumers purchasing Read More
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Source: itbrief.co.nz DataRobot and Snowflake have designed a new integration to help customers harness AI and accelerate their data-to-value times. The new integration simplifies data movement between DataRobot’s enterprise AI platform and Snowflake’s enterprise data platform. The DataRobot enterprise AI platform provides automation across the entire AI lifecycle, including the organisation, build, deployment, running and Read More
Source: analyticsindiamag.com From microelectronics to mechanics and machine learning, the modern-day robots are a marvel of multiple engineering disciplines. They use sensors, image processing and reinforcement learning algorithms to move the objects around and move around the obstacles as well. However, this is not the case when it comes to handling objects such as glass. Read More
Source: syfy.com See Spot walk. See Spot sit. See Spot roll over. See Spot run onto a Norwegian oil rig to sniff out lethal gas leaks! Boston Dynamics’ next-generation robotic device, affectionately nicknamed Spot, will soon be embarking on a new test mission aboard an offshore oil rig for petroleum product producer Aker BP and Read More
Source: digitimes.com Despite automation equipment, robotic arms and AGVs (automated guided vehicles), manual operation is still necessary for some manufacturing industries and thus harmonized collaboration between workers and robots is essential to Industry 4.0, according to Shinyi Fukui, executive officer for Technology Development under Omron. Fukui made the remarks at the Robot Development & Application Read More
Source: roboticsbusinessreview.com Medical technology leader Medtronic PLC announced today that it has acquired Digital Surgery, a privately-held pioneer in surgical artificial intelligence, data and analytics, and digital education and training. Medtronic said the purchase will strengthen its robot-assisted surgical platform and its broader portfolio. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Dublin, Ireland-based Medtronic has Read More
Source: batimes.com.ar They beat us at chess and trivia, supplant jobs by the thousands, and are about to be let loose on highways and roads as chauffeurs and couriers. Now, fresh signs of robot supremacy are emerging on Wall Street in the form of machine stock analysts that make more profitable investment choices than humans. Read More
Source: livemint.com NEW YORK : They beat us at chess and trivia, supplant jobs by the thousands, and are about to be let loose on highways and roads as chauffeurs and couriers. Now, fresh signs of robot supremacy are emerging on Wall Street in the form of machine stock analysts that make more profitable investment choices Read More
Source: venturebeat.com Robots perform better at a range of tasks when they draw on a growing body of experience. That’s the assertion of a team of researchers hailing from DeepMind, who in a preprint paper propose a technique called reward sketching. They claim it’s an effective way of eliciting human preferences to learn a reward function — Read More
Source: createdigital.org.au Australian research into ‘active perception’ could change this – and eventually see high-tech assistants installed in our homes. The key lies in teaching robots to behave more like humans, said Doug Morrison, PhD researcher at the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision (ACRV). “You can have a robot doing the same thing over and Read More
Source: zdnet.com Retailers are increasingly adopting artificial intelligence and robotics, both in brick-and-mortar shops and in warehouses, and with a new robot workforce comes the need for new management methods. That’s right: in the near future, HR departments won’t focus only on human employees, but also include a robot resources department to look after non-human Read More
Source: As technology develops, especially with advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, people can become fearful and anxious about what they don’t know or don’t understand. Brain Corp has deployed autonomous robots globally in different workplaces and across various industries, and in that process, several common questions and misconceptions pop up when we meet Read More
Source: hindustantimes.com CES 2020 saw the unveiling of what is being depicted as the world’s first “Artificial Human.” Neon is a creation of the Samsung-backed Star Labs. Pranav Mistry, who is the president and CEO of Star Labs, took to Twitter ahead of the unveiling and wrote: “Flying to CES tomorrow, and the code is Read More
Source: therobotreport.com The Robot Report spoke with the following executives at robotics and artificial intelligence companies about their observations of 2019’s trends, as well as their expectations for the new year: Sudhir Jha, senior vice president and head of Brighterion Inc., a Mastercard company that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide mission-critical business Read More
Source: testifyandrecap.com The global robot operating system market is anticipated to grow at an exponential rate, according to a report by Transparency Market Research. Top six vendors in the market are ABB Ltd., Clearpath Robotics, Omron Adept Technologies Inc, iRobot Corporation, Kuka AG, and Stanley Innovation, who are continuously investing in research and development activities, thus balancing Read More
Source: A huge change is happening in the back offices of companies over the globe. Many name it as the ascent of the robots, however, an increasingly fitting term is robotic process automation (RPA). While the association between robotics technology and RPA might be to some degree inexactly characterized, the simple fact is RPA is Read More
Source: A huge change is happening in the back offices of companies over the globe. Many name it as the ascent of the robots, however, an increasingly fitting term is robotic process automation (RPA). While the association between robotics technology and RPA might be to some degree inexactly characterized, the simple fact is RPA is Read More
Source: aithority.com Smart Agriculture Conference (SAC 2020), hosed by XAG, co-organised by Chinese National Precision Agricultural Aviation Centre and partnered with Alipay, was held in Beijing on December 19. The conference featured XAG’s new product launch as well as a Smart Agriculture Report published by global strategy consultancy CLEAR. 400 global audiences, including agricultural experts, government officials, foreign diplomats Read More
Source: which-50.com Robots are a key component in a digital transformation – rather than an end goal – and most industries should be considering them, according to one of Amazon’s top robotics experts. The ecommerce giant has been leveraging the technology for years, most commonly to pick goods from within its warehouses, and sees as Read More
Source: discovermagazine.com ABB’s robotic lab technician, YuMi, and Nurse Ratched have more in common than might appear at first blush. They’re both cold; they’re both heartless; and they both really want to help you take your meds. But while Nurse Ratched notoriously represents the corrupting power of institutionalized bureaucracy, this robot, named YuMi, just wants Read More
Source: rtinsights.com DataRobot has acquired Paxata, a provider of a data fabric and data prepping tools, as part of an effort to create an end-to-end platform for artificial intelligence (AI) applications that spans everything from how raw data is collected to the way an AI application is built and deployed. While DataRobot plans to continue Read More
Source: exclusive.multibriefs.com We can probably all agree that it’s great when robots perform those routine, mundane workplace tasks that we hate — because it frees us up to focus on management, leadership, and strategic planning. However, robots may also be encroaching in some of the latter areas as well. And employees might prefer AI-driven management. Read More
Source: techcrunch.com Gecko Robotics has landed $40 million in financing as it looks to build an additional 40 robots over the next year to meet what the company sees as growing demand for its safety and infrastructure monitoring services. “We are growing fast solving critical infrastructure problems that affect our lives, and can even save lives,” says Read More
Source: techcrunch.com DataRobot, a company best known for creating automated machine learning models known as AutoML, announced today that it intends to acquire Paxata, a data prep platform startup. The companies did not reveal the purchase price. Paxata raised a total of $90 million before today’s acquisition, according to the company. Up until now, DataRobot has concentrated mostly on Read More
Source: wsj.com Software robots designed to handle routine work around the office are undertaking more ambitious jobs. By combining robotic process automation with machine-learning capabilities, software makers are developing robots that can tackle higher-level workplace functions, including many that require a degree of judgment. Some of these new roles include verifying a signature on a check, assessing Read More
Source:-theverge.comToday, Alphabet’s X moonshot division (formerly known as Google X) unveiled the Everyday Robot project, whose goal is to develop a “general-purpose learning robot.” The idea is that its robots could use cameras and complex machine learning algorithms to see and learn from the world around them without needing to be coded for every individual Read More
Source: syncedreview.com After running the industrial robot operating system startup “Cobot” for three years, founder Miao Li has decided to axe 98 percent of the company’s “fancy services” and just focus on drug logistics and sorting mushrooms. Although the countless pages of operating system manuals he’d produced represented an investment of over US$15 million, Miao Read More
Source: robohub.org The Mabu robot, with its small yellow body and friendly expression, serves, literally, as the face of the care management startup Catalia Health. The most innovative part of the company’s solution, however, lies behind Mabu’s large blue eyes. Catalia Health’s software incorporates expertise in psychology, artificial intelligence, and medical treatment plans to help Read More
Source: fastcompany.com The robot itself looks like if you crossed Honda’s Asimo with the glowing gamepad from Dance Dance Revolution. In other words, it’s your typical, white plastic humanoid robot, but with a twist. Built as part of new research out of the Technical University of Munich, the H-1 is the first robot in history to be covered Read More
Source: newatlas.com When it comes to medical ailments and their diagnosis, time is absolutely of the essence. The sooner we’re aware of a developing condition, the better chance we have of treating and ultimately overcoming it. Lately we’re seeing how artificial intelligence is poised to play a greater and greater role in detecting tell-tale signs Read More