Facebook develops AI that is close to reading pictures

We have been seeing a lot of improvements in the field of AI lately. Here is a new system that has been developed by facebook: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kathleenchaykowski/2015/11/03/facebook-works-to-translate-images-into-words-using-artificial-intelligence/

Webcast – Robotic and AI social impacts

On Monday, October 26, Brookings will host a forum and webcast to explore the impact of robots, artificial intelligence, and machine learning on the workforce and the provision of benefits traditionally supplied by—or in conjunction with—employers. A panel of experts will discuss the social impacts of the upcoming robotic revolution and the influence of greater […]

Robotics Store noDNA Launches Equity Crowdfunding Campaign

Munich/Berlin, 15 September 2015. Robotics store noDNA ( <http://www.nodna.de> www.nodna.de) from Ismaning near Munich is Europe’s biggest online seller of robotics components for research and education. Today, noDNA launched a financing campaign on equity crowdfunding platform Companisto and is now offering venture loans bearing annual interest of 8 %. noDNA was founded in 2001, is […]

ICINCO 2015

ICINCO 2015 – The 12th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics took place in Colmar, Alsace, France, from July 21 to 23. ICINCO 2015 was held in conjunction with ICETE 2015, ICSOFT 2015, SIMULTECH 2015 and DATA 2015 covering a broad range of related fields, including any aspect of Control, Automation and […]

AI & Robotics Innovation Forum

AI & Robotics Innovation Forum

The AI & Robotics Innovation Forum will explore the topics of: intelligent robotics, transport and the the autonomous car, the home and assisted living, manufacturing and the future of the factory, and farming and agriculture robotics. Dates: 13 March 2013 Location: London Link: https://www.re-work.co/workshops/artificial-intelligence-robotics  

Can AI eliminate a lot of jobs?

Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, whenever we invented an automated technology, or something that would be done by machines instead of humans, we always feared that it would cause unemployment. Yet it didn’t. The workforce simply shifted from performing lower level, manual jobs to ones that required more intelligence. Is it still true, […]

Google buys AI startup DeepMind

In continuation in their effort to improve their AI capability, Google has bought the AI start-up firm called Deep Mind. It is currently unclear which improvements this will bring for Google.  Although  the start-up company has not produced anything commercial so far,  still Google was willing to pay several millions of dollars.  The technology is […]

Giant companies are after getting a hold on internet of things

Google, GE, Facebook, and IBM. Nowadays, all of them are after groundbreaking technologies that will take our current level of understanding from internet and artificial intelligence. If you are a little bit tech savvy, you probably heard about “internet of things.” It is basically the current level of internet extending into the physical world and […]

Manufacturer robot with “common sense”: Baxter

Manufacturer robot with “common sense”: Baxter

Humanoid Robot called Baxter was launched by Rethink Robotics at a sale price of $22,000, which was designed by an Australian robotics and artificial-intelligence expert Rodney Brooks. Baxter is a complete system and there is no need for complex programming or expensive integration. As it has behavior based intelligence, it can be easily programmed in […]