Last week, a robotic hand successfully solved a Rubik's Cube. While that feat might seem like a fun parlor trick, it's a sign that robots are being programmed to learn and not just memorize.
Robots are already playing important roles inside retail giants like Amazon and manufacturing companies like Foxconn by completing very specific, repetitive tasks! Does the Future of Robots Get You Excited, or Fill You ...www.nytimes.com /2019/10/17/learning/ ...-excited...When you imagine the future of robots and artificial intelligence, do you get excited? Do you envision a world of benefits for humankind? Or does an automated future fill you with concern and fear ...!! But many believe that machine learning will ultimately allow robots to master a much wider array of more complex functions .
When you imagine the future of robots and artificial intelligence, do you get excited? Do you envision a world of benefits for humankind? Or does an automated future fill you with concern and fear?
In " If a Robotic Hand Solves a Rubik's Cube, Does It Prove Something? " Cade Metz writes about how this five-fingered feat could show important progress in A.I. research:
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Food Delivery Robots Pulled From Pitt Campus After Backlash About Mobility | 90.5 WESA
The University of Pittsburgh has pulled experimental food delivery robots off its campus after just a few weeks of use on Oakland's streets.
Pitt doctoral student and wheelchair user Emily Ackerman said on Monday that she got trapped on Forbes Avenue as traffic approached because a Starship Technologies robot was blocking the only accessible entrance to the sidewalk.
Ackerman was able to maneuver around the robot, but her tweets about the incident went viral, and got the attention of Pitt, Starship, and city government.
"We've asked Starship to pause testing to review the technology further and ensure everyone's safety," said Pitt spokesperson Kevin Zwick.
City of Pittsburgh spokesperson Tim McNulty said the Mayor's Office and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure reached out to Starship with concerns about access to ramps.
MIT develops a way for robots to grasp and manipulate objects much faster – TechCrunch
Picking stuff up seems easy, right? It is — for humans with powerful brain computers that instantly and intuitively figure out everything needed to get the job done. But for robots, even advanced robots, the compute required is surprisingly complex, especially if you want the robot to not, you know, break the thing it’s grabbing.
MIT has developed a new way to speed up the planning involved in a robot grasping an object, making it “significantly” faster — reducing the total time from as much as 10 or more minutes to less than a second! What Military Robots of the Future Will Look Like - Nanalyze ...robots - future We take a look at what the military robots of the future might look like, and they're not what you think. Ever wonder what military robots might look like? We take a look at what the military robots of the future might look like, and they're not what you think. ...Turns out that artillery still serves a purpose given the bang you get for the buck.!! That’s many orders of magnitude better, bringing it closer to the realm of human reaction and response time.
This could have big practical benefits to settings where robotics are already in use, including industrial environments! 21 Future Jobs the Robots Are Actually Creating | Inc.com www.inc.com ...robots ...Essentially the shop assistant of the future , a virtual store sherpa talks with customers about their needs in virtual reality , advises them on products, and then dispatches a robot to deliver ...!! The research team’s method involves having the robot push the object against a surface that doesn’t move, which allows it to shortcut a bunch of the decision-making process about how to manipulate it. That could be applied in picking and sorting applications, which is a common enough use for robots on factory floors and in warehouses.
Humanoid Robots | Human Faces on Robot Bodies
Geomiq, an additive manufacturing and machining startup based in London, is looking for a person to fork over their face for a new line of human-looking robots! What Does the Future of Collaborative Robots Look Like ...www. robotics ...Does - ...Robots ...The future of collaborative robots is bright. The market is projected to grow rapidly in the short-term, driven by the fact that collaborative robots can quickly and cost effectively address manufacturers most pressing problems. In addition to this robust market growth, collaborative robot ...!! Full stop.
"A few weeks ago we were approached by a robotics company asking if we could help it with the finishing touches of a state-of-the-art humanoid robot it’s been working on," the company wrote. "Details of the project are scarce due to a non-disclosure agreement we’ve signed with the designer and his investors, but this is what we do know."
While the details are tight under wraps, we do know there's potential for said face to be mass produced on thousands of robots! Will Robots Ever Have Emotions? | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com ...have-emotions To be emotional like people, robots need bodies, appraisals, and culture. Humans have emotions such as happiness, sadness, fear, and anger; and maybe other animals have them too. Robots are getting increasingly smarter, for example, the driverless cars that are now navigating city streets.!! In terms of the client, little was disclosed outside the fact that the company is privately funded and has taken investments from venture capitalists and a fund in Shanghai.
The robot is meant to work as a "virtual friend" for elderly people, so there's a good chance this client works in the medical field. The project has been underway for five years and is expected to go into production next year.
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Japanese hotel chain sorry that hackers may have watched guests through bedside robots • The
Japanese hotel chain HIS Group has apologised for ignoring warnings that its in-room robots were hackable to allow pervs to remotely view video footage from the devices.
The Henn na Hotel is staffed by robots: guests can be checked in by humanoid or dinosaur reception bots before proceeding to their room.
Facial recognition tech will let customers into their room and then a bedside robot will assist with other requirements. However several weeks ago a security researcher revealed on Twitter that he had warned HIS Group in July about the bed-bots being easily accessible, noting they sported "unsigned code" allowing a user to tap an NFC tag to the back of robot's head and allow access via the streaming app of their choice.
Having heard nothing, the researcher made the hack public on 13 October. The vulnerability allows guests to gain access to cameras and microphones in the robot remotely so they could watch and listen to anyone in the room in the future.
Can robots be job creators?
Conventional wisdom has it that a coming onslaught of industrial robots will throw millions of current factory workers out of their jobs. The direst predictions envision whole classes of people permanently locked out of the working world.
As I detailed in one of my earliest articles, robots eliminating manufacturing jobs is nothing new. It's been going on for decades. But as technological development accelerates and robots become better and cheaper, the risk to current employment is intensified. But that's not the whole story. Some jobs will be eliminated, certainly – but some will be changed, and new ones will be created.
Nicola O'Byrne, Marketing Manager, Connected Motion and Robotics, at Analog Devices Inc. (ADI), has worked in the industrial automation world for over 20 years. Her current focus is helping companies with insights into how to manage their automation transitions. She thinks that some of the perceived threats are overblown, and that the real risk is in companies and workers failing to understand the challenges of the changes coming, and in the lack of preparation for the future of work.
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