As you might imagine, there are interesting cultural differences between Americans and Japanese. For example, Americans fear the Terminator movie scenario of a robot or Artificial intelligence apocalypse, while Japan is facing sharp population decrease from lowering birth rates which could be accelerated with more realistic sexbots that extend the Japanese sex doll industry. Continue reading… “Japanese sexbot apocalypse ?”
Matternet, a company working on perfecting drone-based delivery systems, will be helping the Swiss postal service, Swiss Post, in attempting drone deliveries for the first time ever. Continue reading… “Matternet to test drone delivery system in Switzerland”
Is artificial intelligence really an “existential threat” to humanity? Some very smart people: Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates, Sam Altman and particularly Oxford ProfessorNick Bostrom, really think so. Continue reading… “Why tech leaders are really scared of A.I.”
Having long been relegated to harsh environments like deserts and nuclear waste dump, robots will not hit the harshest environment of all: your kitchen. Continue reading… “Robot hands to help in the kitchen”
Last week, insurance giant American International Group, announced it has won approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration to fly drones. That means AIG could potentially speed up the process of cutting reimbursement checks to homeowners and businesses hurt by floods or hurricanes by getting to disaster-stricken towns in the US more quickly by deploying unmanned aerial vehicles. Continue reading… “Will your insurance company use drones to check up on you?”
Packages are already soaring through the air in China, while companies like Amazon are chomping at the bit to launch drone delivery services in the United States. Continue reading… “China’s booming drone delivery services”
A renowned US roboticist says that killer robots could actually save lives. Continue reading… “US academic: Killer robots could be good news”
Every year at about this time, German automation company Festo announces its newest animal-inspired robots. Continue reading… “Bionic ants and butterflies from Festo”
Rethink Robotics has developed a new robot. It is not a new version of their older robot Baxter, but a completely different robot, stuffing all of the adaptive, collaborative technology that makes Baxter unique into a form factor that’s smaller, faster, stronger, and more precise. Continue reading… “Rethink Robotics unveils new robot Sawyer”
From the demise of lecture halls to the awesomeness of the patent system, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has thoughts on a lot of things. Continue reading… “Bill Gates’ thoughts on the future of education, programming and more”
Many people predict that artificial intelligence is about to take off in a big way. A new report from Goldman Sachs defines AI as “any intelligence exhibited by machines or software.” That can mean machines that make that make sense of huge amounts of disparate data, or that learn and improve their operations over time. Continue reading… “Who is set to make money from the coming AI boom?”
For more than two decades now presidential candidates have been arguing about whether free trade is hurting middle-class workers. 2016 may launch a similar debate about robots and computers, automation may be the new outsourcing. Continue reading… “Time for presidential candidates to deal with robots”
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