Pepper, the humanoid robot from Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp., has just scored one of its first jobs in the U.S.: hawking beer. The Pyramid Taproom at Oakland International Airport has been using Pepper for about two weeks as a greeter and pitchman for its beer and food menu.
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Integrated Drive Systems Market Worth 38.27 Billion USD by 2022
The report “Integrated Drive Systems Market by Offering , Communication Protocol , Industry, and Geography – Global Forecast to 2022”, The integrated drive systems market is expected to grow from USD 23.89 Billion in 2015 to USD 38.27 Billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 6.80% between 2016 and 2022. The advancement and rapid growth in automation and adoption of energy-efficient international standards are some of the significant growth drivers for the drive systems market.
Telesurgery Market – Forecast, Demand, Outlook and Market Research 2025
Global Telesurgery Market: Brief Overview Telesurgery, commonly known as remote surgery, is an advanced technology that helps the doctors in performing a surgical procedure without being physically present in the operation theater. Telesurgery is achieved employing technologically advanced robots that execute preferred purposes with the help of preinstalled programs and a high-speed communication technology.
This government-funded bipedal robot hopes to deliver packages to your front door someday
Bipedal robots aren’t easy to make. Footage of robots trying to walk and toppling over abound, but Cassie looks far more balanced.
Agility Robotics showcases ‘Cassie’ as future of walking robots
Oregon State University’s robotics program has been spun off its own company, Agility Robotics, and it aims to ‘revolutionize’ the future of robotics mobility. The new company is based out of both Oregon and Pennsylvania, and it says it already has ‘several’ customers in the pipeline.
Cassie the ostrich bot does the bipedal robot chicken walk
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Most Stretchable Elastomer for 3-D Printing
Due to its excellent material properties of elasticity, resilience, and electrical and thermal insulation, elastomers have been used in a myriad of applications. They are especially ideal for fabricating soft robots, flexible electronics and smart biomedical devices which require soft and deformable material properties to establish safe and smooth interactions with humans externally and internally.
Taking the Leap Off Board: An Introduction to I2C Over Long Wires
If you’re reading these pages, odds are good that you’ve worked with I2C devices before. You might even be the proud owner of a couple dozen sensors pre-loaded on breakout boards, ready for breadboarding with their pins exposed.
Sci-Fi Contest: Both Wars and Trek Represented
Hackaday’s Sci-Fi Contest is in its third week. We’ve passed warp speed and were heading toward ludicrous speed.
500 Years of Robots: A geek’s guide to the Science Museum’s new Robots exhibition
We paid a visit to the London Science Museum’s new Robots exhibition to see what we could learn about the past, present and future of robots. Join us as we take you behind the scenes at the recently launched showcase in pictures and video.
In 500 years, robots haven’t become any less creepy – CNET
Meet RoboThespian, the robotic actor. It’s one of the first smiling faces you see upon entering the new “Robots” exhibit at London’s Science Museum .
Robots will help store frozen food in new warehouse
One of the state’s first automated cold storage warehouses could open in Tacoma by the end of the year. The more than $50 million project comes from a Netherlands cold storage company called NewCold.
Orbital ATK sues Pentagon over plans to award a space robots contract to a Canadian-owned firm
Orbital ATK, a Dulles-based aerospace manufacturer, is suing the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency over plans to award a Canadian firm a $15 million contract to build a fleet of space-faring robots capable of repairing government and commercial satellites. Orbital argues the federal program, called the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites, would unfairly compete with its own privately funded effort, a system called the Mission Extension Vehicle 1, backed by at least $200 million from investors.
How Self-Service Technology is Enhancing the Guest Experience.
At hotels around the world, the friendly face of a concierge who remembers your name could soon be replaced by technology that aims to do just the same and when it comes to a great hotel stay, that personalized touch is often the defining feature. At the Aloft hotels in Boston and Santa Clara, guests can perfect their room’s temperature not by ringing down to housekeeping, but by telling the in-room iPad to “cool the room”.
More Growth, Less Labor:
The paper, by Daron Acemoglu of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Pascual Restrepo of Boston University, argues aging populations have not had a negative effect on the growth of per-capita gross domestic product. In fact, some aging countries have seen faster growth.
Brothers add robotic system to dairy south of Carthage
In this Jan. 30, 2017 photo, a cow peers out from a platform while being milked by a robotic arm at the Udder Hill Dairy Farm in Carthage, Ill. The robotic milking system at the farm has three stations, and milks the herd of 160 cows on average three times per day.
Exhibition charts 500 years of evolution of robots
Inspired by his belief that human beings are essentially terrified of robots, Ben Russell set about charting the evolution of automatons for an exhibition he hopes will force people to think about how androids and other robotic forms can enhance their lives.
Why Intuitive Surgical Is Increasing R&D Spending by Over 30%
One of the more surprising aspects was the announcement that it planned to increase the amount it spends on research and development in 2017 by an additional $80 million dollars, a full 30% higher than in 2016. Considering that it had already increased R&D spending in 2016 by over 20%, this represents a significant additional investment.
This Caltech robot looks and flies like a bat, and could replace traditional drones
Caltech researcher Soon-Jo Chung shows off “Bat Bot B2” a prototype for a new type of drone. Inspired by the agility and efficiency of bat flight, engineers at Caltech and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created a winged robot they say could dramatically increase the flight time and safety of future drones.
Robot Love
Pipeline Theatre’s Spillikin comes to New Milton , following huge success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015. Featuring a state-of-the-art robot as a cast member, Spillikin is the story of a woman with Alzheimer’s living with a robot companion.
These Drones Have A Flair For Flares: UAVs Are Taking Over The…
If you’ve ever driven by a petroleum refinery, you’ve probably seen a flare stack “on fire.” What looks like shooting flames are the waste gases produced during chemical manufacturing burning off.
Special report: Automation puts jobs in peril
The patter of automated machinery fills the air inside wire-basket manufacturer Marlin Steel’s bustling factory in a rugged industrial section of this city. Maxi Cifarelli, 25, of Baltimore, peers through safety goggles at a flat screen, her left knee bent and heel resting on her chair.
Automation, robots could replace 250,000 public sector workers in the next 15 years
The report, which addresses the creation of a public services workforce organised around the needs of its users, advocates the reduction of staff in favour of automation and digital technology. Citing analysis by Oxford academics Frey and Osbourne, in which the academics said that admin roles have a 96% chance of being automated by current technology, the report applied their calculations to current public sector numbers.
AI should replace 250,000 civil servants, says report
Hundreds of thousands of civil servants should be replaced with ‘artificially intelligent chatbots’ to save money, a think tank has urged. Robots and computers could replace almost 250,000 public sector workers over the next 15 years, improving efficiency and saving billions of pounds, according to a report from Reform.
Seniors welcome new robot friends
Welcoming a robot into her family was never Maxine Duncan’s idea of a support aide in her older years. But this winter, she and her partner, Herbert Yarbrough, signed up to test a telepresence robot in their retirement community in Walnut Creek, Calif.
A robot decorates the eggs
The pattern is pre-prepared in a graphic editor and then translated by a special programme into a code which then instructs the device. Graphic designer and programmer Juraj MiklA A from Bratislava has developed a new way to decorate traditional Easter eggs – he designed a special robot for this purpose.
Inside Amazon’s robot-run supermarket that needs just 3 human workers 0:0
That’s what Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos appears to be thinking, as his Seattle-based web giant has contemplated a two-story, automated grocery store in which a staff of robots on the floor upstairs grabs and bags items for shoppers below. The ground level of the futuristic prototype – a supermarket-sized version of its recently unveiled “Amazon Go” convenience store , with a bigger layout that could span anywhere between 10,000 and 40,000 square feet – would be devoted to goods that shoppers typically like to touch, sources briefed on the plans told The Post.
Robots could ‘replace 250,000 public sector workers’
Robots and computers could replace almost 250,000 public sector workers over the next 15 years, saving billions of pounds, according to a new report. Websites and artificially intelligent “chat bots” would remove the need for 130,000 Whitehall administrators, around 90% of the total, by 2030, saving A 2.6 billion a year.
Automoblog Book Garage: Lamborghini Supercars 50 Years
Aimed at those searching for the latest automotive news delivered in a timely manner, the news category reports about new car releases and brings exclusive stories from the automotive niche. Car news are delivered every day and focused on those in need of the newest from the automotive world.
Women Thriving in Computer Science at California College
In a computer lab at Harvey Mudd College in California, a small robot performs the graceful movements of tai chi, an ancient Chinese meditation exercise. Student Jane Wu writes instruction codes from a nearby computer, showing a visitor a simple form of robotics and artificial intelligence.
Women Thriving in Computer Science at California College
In a computer lab at Harvey Mudd College in California, a small robot performs the graceful movements of tai chi, an ancient Chinese meditation exercise. Student Jane Wu writes instruction codes from a nearby computer, showing a visitor a simple form of robotics and artificial intelligence.
Basic income, an old idea whose time has not come – until the robots take over
Sometimes ideas that have been around for a long time suddenly build up a he ad of steam. So it is with one such idea at the moment, that of a universal basic income, an unconditional payment to every individual in the country, regardless of their circumstances.
This robot mimics key flight mechanism of bats
New York, Feb 5 – A new self-contained robot that mimics the key flight mechanisms of bats has been developed by scientists. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Caltech have developed Bat Bot with soft, articulated wings that can mimic the biological bats.
STEAM Kids at Belfast Free Library
Curious about new technology tools and toys? LittleBits, Raspberry Pi’s, Robots, Lego’s and MORE! Come join Chris Dorman of the Maine State Library as she provides hands on examples for students and adults alike to play, program, and smile! This is the first in a new series of programs at the Belfast Free Library titled STEAM Kids . Programming continues Monday afternoons through April 10 .
Hyperrealistic humanoid sculptures invade ARKEN museum in Copenhagen
From 4 February hair-raising, hyperrealistic humanoid sculptures invade ARKEN in a major exhibition under the title GOSH! Is it Alive? With technical perfection, disturbances of scale, presence and humour the works raise highly topical issues about what it means to be human right now as robot technology and artificial intelligence gain ground in radical ways. Hyperrealism is one of the really big tendencies in contemporary art at the moment.
At 2017 CES, LG expands IOT ecosystem with robot solutions
At the just concluded Consumer Electronic, CES, show held in Las Vegas the United States of America, LG Electronics showcased lineup of intelligent robots, as part of the company’s innovations in artificial intelligence and developments in the internet of a thing, IoT, ecosystem. The lineup included a home robot that doubles as a smart home gateway and intelligent home notification center, enhancing convenience in users’ day-to-day lives.
The Gita is your rolling robot porter
Though robots are increasingly making their way into factories, offices and even airports, they’re still not something you’d encounter walking down a city street — and definitely not in a way that’s personally useful to you. We’d all love to have our own personal BB-8 droid to follow us around and help get things done, but so far we’ve had to settle for robotic vacuums and airport greeters .
Sex robots RealDoll RealBotix Matt McMullen press buttons real women bedroom sex tips
The hot androids will be “immensely intoxicating” lovers who self-lubricate and ogle their human companions, upping the sexual chemistry in the bedroom. In turn, blokes will be able to “take something away” from the steamy sexual encounters with the love machines teaching them the ropes in bed.
Robots vs. Humans: 20 Small Business Jobs That Cannot Be Automated
Automation is making its mark on a number of different industries . But there are still some jobs that require a human presence.
Bill Nye Bolt EV, 3-liter VW diesel deal, Tesla Model 3 volume, sidewalk robots: The Week in Reverse
What will happen to more than 80,000 Audi, Porsche, and Volkswagen vehicles powered by 3.0-liter V-6 diesels that were sold from 2009 through 2016? And just how far off base was Ford CEO Mark Fields in claiming that up to 1 million jobs could be lost under the fuel-economy standards now in place? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse-right here at Green Car Reports-for the week ending on Friday, February 3, 2017. Friday, we talked to Science Guy Bill Nye about his new 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV, which turns out to be the seventh electric car he’s driven.