Bringing human-like reasoning to driverless car navigation
By: Rob Matheson May 23, 2019 To bring more human-like reasoning to autonomous vehicle navigation, MIT researchers have created a system that enables driverless cars to check a simple map and use visual data to follow routes in new, complex environments. Credit: Chelsea Turner With aims of bringing more human-like reasoning to autonomous vehicles, MIT […]
The robots are coming – and they’re (potentially) after your job
By: Ian Hall May 22, 2019 ‘You want your robot to be smarter than the other team’s robot’: advice that sounds like it belongs to a participant in combat competition TV show Robot Wars. But, actually, it’s the increasingly competitive and technology-affected situation that many investment professionals will face in the workplace – and need […]
Threat or promise? E-auto boom could cost industry jobs
By: David Mchugh May 22, 2019 Over 115 years the auto industry in the east German town of Zwickau has lived through wrenching upheavals including World War II and the collapse of communism. Now the city’s 90,000 people are plunging headlong into another era of change: top employer Volkswagen’s total shift into electric cars at […]
Robots activated by water may be the next frontier
By: Columbia University May 22, 2019 New research from the laboratory of Ozgur Sahin, associate professor of biological sciences and physics at Columbia University, shows that materials can be fabricated to create soft actuators — devices that convert energy into physical motion — that are strong and flexible, and, most important, resistant to water damage. […]
U.S. Postal Service Tests Self-Driving Trucks
By: npr May 21,2019 The U.S. Postal Service is experimenting with self-driving trucks to move mail across state lines. The USPS has partnered with San Diego-based TuSimple on a two-week pilot program focusing solely on a 1,000-mile route between Dallas and Phoenix. TuSimple’s chief product officer Chuck Price told NPR the test runs, which began […]
New Artificial Intelligence Sees Like a Human, Bringing Us Closer to Skynet
By: Donovan Alexander May 19, 2019 Artificial Intelligence is evolving at a rapid rate ushering in a new age in technology. Though we are still very much a ways away from creating super-intelligent robots, AI seems to be becoming more and more like us every few months. Though the debate for what role AI will […]
Robots take over farms faster than expected through autonomous equipment start-ups
By: Ashley Robinson, Lydia Mulvany, David Stringer March 28, 2017 Robots are taking over farms faster than anyone saw coming, as the first fully autonomous farm equipment is becoming commercially available, meaning machines will be able to completely take over a multitude of tasks. Tractors will drive with no farmer in the cab and specialised […]
When thoughts control machines
By: The Economist May 17, 2019 Efforts to connect human brains to computers have taken big leaps forward in recent years. Melding our minds with machines could provide the biggest single upgrade to human intelligence since our species evolved. But are we ready? Watch Full Video
“Biobots” Will Serve Alongside South Korean Soldiers by 2024
By: Kristin Houser may 13, 2019 Recruiting Robots Military robots inspired by birds, snakes, and insects will soon support South Korea’s human soldiers. On Sunday, South Korea’s Defence Acquisition Programme Administration (DAPA), the agency tasked with acquiring the nation’s military weapons, published a document announcing plans to incorporate “biomimetics” equipment into military operations by 2024 […]