Rather than teaching the robot a specific move by feeding it a set of predetermined parameters, the researchers decided to use 3D-scanning technologies and VR to allow human instructors to see what the bot is seeing. The human can then…
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Smart farming: This weed-hunting robot is taking to the fields By Charles McLellan
28 December 2019Views: 665The Tom monitoring robot can cover 20 hectares a day, gathering 6TB of sensor data before requiring battery replacement and data download. The weed-mapping service will cost £15 per hectare, and it’s expected that the monitoring robot will visit a…
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A company that makes robots to improve the economics of recycling just raised $16 million. AMP Robotics plans to use the money to develop more powerful AI to aid in its green mission. Read more in zdnet Recycling robots make…
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How Agtech Companies Are Teaching Robots To Be Farmers By Kenrick Cai
7 October 2019Views: 646How do you teach a computer what a good strawberry looks like? According to AgShift founder and CEO Miku Jha, whose company is innovating food inspections with deep learning, you do it the same way you train a three year…
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The next industrial revolution is already here, and it’s in your home By Anisha Nandi and Dan Patterson
19 March 2019Views: 5,391IoT is at the core technologies that will power the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution, a term used by business and political leaders to describe the economic impact of big data, artificial intelligence, and robotics Read more in CBSNews The next…
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2019 is the year robotics industry takes a hard look at safety By Greg Nichols
8 February 2019Views: 998Many of the more than 100,000 robots across Amazon’s fulfillment centers are designed to accommodate some interaction with people. Sensor-enabled path planning and obstacle avoidance are front-line defenses against robot-involved accidents. Read more in ZDnet 2019 is the year robotics…
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The future of farming: robots, bees and plant jacuzzis By Charles Orton Jones
1 November 2018Views: 1,091Food production needs to increase by 70 per cent to feed the nine billion population projected for 2050. Fortunately, the industry is benefiting from some radical thinking. Here are the cutting edge technologies taking farming towards this goal. Read more…
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Robots in workplace could create double the jobs they destroy by Richard Partington
9 October 2018Views: 1,175According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), about 133m jobs globally could be created with the help of rapid technological advances in the workplace over the next decade, compared with 75m that could be displaced. Read more in the guardian …
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Machines are present in healthcare, security, manufacturing, neuro-technology, education, and marketing, to cite just some examples. They can now recognize a human face, drive a car, assist students, and even hack your brain! Read more in Cactus Soft Will Your…
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‘We are moving into uncharted territory’: Futurists shed light on the robotic revolution By Anna Maria Tremonti
23 January 2018Views: 1,014Between 2017 and 2037 there be more change, more transformation, than any time in human history. So what that means is that the old is crumbling and the new has yet to be fully engaged .Technology is not good or bad…