Tag: Robots
MIT introduces brain-controlled robots
Scientists from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) are leading research into controlling robots using brainwaves and simple hand movements.
Their work is...
Public overwhelmingly rejecting robots, finds UK Robotics Week report
With UK Robotics Week upon us, UK-RAS has released a survey trumpeting public support for the technology. However, the results reveal the exact reverse,...
Robotics roundtable: Should robots look like humans, or like machines?
Science fiction traditionally depicts robots that reflect or caricature humans, replicating our best or worst traits. As robots are becoming increasingly commonplace and lifelike,...
CogX 2018: How AI will teach itself to transform economy
As AI and robotics develop side by side, the medium-term future will see infant-like robots that can learn for themselves and crow-like machine intelligences...
Robots & AI creating more jobs in Asia than they destroy
The belief that robots, automation, and AI simply displace jobs and make humans irrelevant is not borne out in Asia, reports Chris Middleton. However,...
New US restaurant opens with fully robotic cooking staff
Boston restaurant Spyce has opened, promising customers an affordable, delicious meal – cooked entirely by robots, reports Malek Murison.
Robots' entry into the restaurant world...
Newsbyte: That flipping robot is back at CaliBurger!
Burger-bot Flippy is back at work, two months after its introduction brought in more customers than the robot's colleagues at CaliBurger could handle.
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NVIDIA deep learning research helps robots learn in real time
Researchers from computer hardware giant NVIDIA have created a deep learning system that can teach robots to carry out a task just by watching...
Robotics firm closes $820 million investment, backed by Tencent
A humanoid robot manufacturing firm has closed one of the world's biggest robotics and artificial intelligence investment campaigns.
UBTECH Robotics, which develops a range of...
Department 13 seals counter-drone deal with South Korean military
Unmanned-aircraft mitigation specialist Department 13 has agreed an exclusive distribution deal to sell its counter-drone technology in South Korea.
The Marlyland-based company has partnered with Korea...
Maintenance drones to service London Underground network
Infrastructure maintenance contractor Lanes Rail has been given the green light by Transport for London (TfL) to use drones to carry out of asset surveys across...
Skills: Pupils unprepared for AI and robotics, warns Sage
The UK’s ambition to become a global leader in artificial intelligence and robotics could be derailed because youngsters don’t have the right skills or...