It was recently announced that Microsoft and OpenAI, a non-profit AI research company will partner to develop AI that is open to everyone, with Microsoft’s open source deep learning software, Azure platform. In the official blog of OpenAI, it was stated that the access to faster machines provided by Azure will enable them to run […]
Today marks official launch of the second UK Robotics Week; entries now open in Surgical Robot, Autonomous Driving and School Robot Challenges London, UK, 7th November 2016. – UK Robotics Week 2017 officially launches today, with a range of robotics activities and challenges open to schools, academic institutions and industry sectors. These activities culminate in […]
Fusion for Energy signs multi-million deal with Airbus Safran Launchers, Nuvia Limited and Cegelec CEM to develop robotics equipment for ITER The contract for a value of nearly 100 million EUR is considered to be the single biggest robotics deal to date in the field of fusion energy. The state of the art equipment will […]
Tech-Link Healthcare Systems partners with Blue Ocean Robotics Introducing UV-Disinfection Robot Singapore, 1 November 2016 – The rise of robots have steered Tech-Link Healthcare Systems, a design and integrator of healthcare automation systems to offer solutions beyond automated storage and material handling systems. With a vision of providing holistic solutions for healthcare organisations, Tech-Link extends […]
WorkFusion Intelligent Automation 2017 Brings 10x Performance Improvement to Enterprise Operations with Self-learning RPA and New Chatbots Product NEW YORK – Oct. 27, 2016 – WorkFusion builds on its commitment to power the digital transformation of work by unveiling WorkFusion Intelligent Automation 2017. This first-of-its-kind offering provides all of the automation capabilities that enterprise leaders […]
In a recent conference organized by Wall Street Journal, IBM CEO said that the Watson AI program is to be used by a billion users by 2018. Watson is a natural language processing AI program, which made an impressive entry to news headlines, when it had defeated human champions in the game Jeopardy. Since then […]
In an experiment that was run by University of Pittsburgh and DARPA, two microelectronic devices were placed on the brain of a volunteered patient, on a location where the brain processed tactile sensations, in order to achieve sense of touch between a robot hand and brain. After connecting electrodes from the brain to the robotic […]
On October 20, 2016, Otto and Budweiser completed the world’s first shipment by a self driving truck. The truck drove itself for 120 miles in Colorado highways, where the driver was not at the driver seat. Given all the advancements, it looks like autonomous driving will also soon be just another automation that we take […]
PRESS RELEASE: The fall in price of next-generation robots from hundreds to tens of thousands of pounds means that the business case just became stronger for automotive vehicle and parts manufacturers to implement robotic solutions across individual manufacturing lines. Challenges and pitfalls remain though, with nearly 76% of the target audience lacking clarity […]
Here is a new swarm robot study from University of Toronto. Video by: http://cimlab.mie.utoronto.ca/