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Who Will Build the Next Great Car Company?

  05 Jul 2016
Silicon Valley and Detroit are in a race to create our driverless future. And for the first time ever, the car may take a backseat.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...

Japan wants to take autonomous construction extraterrestrial

  05 Jul 2016
​​With an eye on its aging population, Japan is already starting to test the waters with automated construction.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...

Geta load of this, Chinese robot parks your car for you

  05 Jul 2016
The laser-guided 'Geta' (get a car) robot slides under your vehicle to pick it up. It then finds a parking space in the lot and places the car in the tightest of spots.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...

The ‘Michael Jordan’ Of Machine Learning Wants To Put Smarter A.I. In Your Home

  05 Jul 2016
Michael I. Jordan tells us why he's advising Jibo Inc.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...

The future of work

  05 Jul 2016
Technology has always changed employment, but the rise of robotics and artificial intelligence could transform it beyond recognition…See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...

Boston Dynamics made a giraffe robot

  23 Jun 2016
Boston Dynamics — the (for now) Alphabet-owned company behind BigDog and other impressive machines — has just unveiled its latest robot: SpotMini, an all-electric, smaller version of its S...

Lighting the way to deep machine learning

  23 Jun 2016
Open source Torchnet helps researchers and developers build rapid and reusable prototypes of learning systems in Torch.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...

Forget Doomsday AI—Google Is Worried about Housekeeping Bots Gone Bad

  22 Jun 2016
Artificially intelligent machines are starting to make decisions that the real world—which is why it's important to stay on top of how they think.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...

Bespoke processor gives robot movement a speed boost

  22 Jun 2016
To give robots a speed boost when moving in unstructured environments, engineers at Duke University have developed a new processor that enables them to perform motion planning 10,000 times faster than...

Drone deliveries: Canada Post looks to the future of mail

  22 Jun 2016
Small, unmanned aerial vehicles may one day help get the mail to where it needs to goSee it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...

Lines Dividing Rich And Poor Captured With Drones

  22 Jun 2016
For his new project “Unequal Scenes” Cape Town-based photographer Johnny Miller used a drone to show the inequality that exists in the Republic of South Africa.See it on Scoop.it, via Robo...

Airobotics raises $28.5M to pursue autonomous drone platforms for heavy industry

  21 Jun 2016
Drones have numerous applications in security, inspection, and other major roles at industrial facilities, but in many cases manual control is still the..See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...

Business is waking up to the idea of deep learning

  21 Jun 2016
We're just at the beginning of working out the tasks machines will make us better at.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...

Elon Musk’s open source OpenAI: We’re working on a robot for your household chores | ZDNet

  21 Jun 2016
If you're sick of using vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, and washing machines, OpenAI's plans for a robot to take care of the housework could be good news.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...

Europe’s robots to become ‘electronic persons’ under draft plan

  21 Jun 2016
Europe's growing army of robot workers could be classed as "electronic persons" and their owners liable to paying social security for them if the European Union adopts a draft plan to address the real...

Meet Synthia, the virtual driving school for autonomous cars

  20 Jun 2016
A detailed, video game-like simulation of a city environment called Synthia is proving a cheap and highly effective way of training AIs for self-driving cars quickly, cheaply, and with nearly no human...

A Powerful Yet Tiny Engine Inches Closer to Powering EVs and Drones

  20 Jun 2016
Today, the X Mini rotary engine powers a go-kart. Tomorrow, it could power everything from drones to electric cars.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...

The most staggering part about Amazon’s upcoming drone delivery service

  20 Jun 2016
It could save Amazon billions of dollars.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...

Japan’s Global Robotics Equity Fund Popular with Older Investors

  20 Jun 2016
Robotics Solutions for improving the way people work, learn and liveSee it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...

Electric-car hopeful Faraday Future wants to test autonomous cars in Michigan

  19 Jun 2016
Chinese-backed carmaker Faraday Future is still likely a few years away from releasing its first electric car, but the company is quickly expanding its operations and footprint. Faraday broke ground o...

Patients greeted by robot at Belgian hospital

  19 Jun 2016
By Judith Mischke OSTEND, Belgium (Reuters) - A Belgian hospital has just welcomed its newest staff member: Pepper, a humanoid robot that speaks 19 languages. Developed to improve social and health ca...

Man seeking robot: One inventor’s quest to cure loneliness

  19 Jun 2016
The creator of Japan's most popular and personable robot, Pepper, is working on a new version that will cheer us up and disarm us with mega cuteness.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...

Amazon is just beginning to use robots in its warehouses and they’re already making a huge difference

  17 Jun 2016
Amazon acquired Kiva for $775 million in 2012 but only started using the orange robots in its warehouses in late 2014. The deal was expected to make inventory management more efficient. ...

Deep Learning Isn’t a Dangerous Magic Genie. It’s Just Math

  17 Jun 2016
Pundits often describe deep learning as an imitation of the human brain. But it's really just simple math executed on an enormous scale.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...

The robots are not taking over – the economy continues to generate more jobs

  17 Jun 2016
The robots are not taking over – the economy continues to generate more jobs By Andrew Sentance Since the start of the industrial revolution in the 18th century, there have been fears that advan...

Robot called Amelia to do the job of human council workers for the first time 

  16 Jun 2016
A robot will replace human workers in delivering public services for the first time at a local council beset by budget cuts.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...

Russian ‘runaway robot’ causes traffic jam – BBC News

  16 Jun 2016
The machine reportedly escaped after a lab engineer forgot to shut a gate.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...

The future of robotics – MoneyWeek

  16 Jun 2016
Karen Kharmandarian, manager of a $1.2 billion robotics fund, talks about where the industry is heading from here, and the opportunities for investors.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...

China’s Midea Unwraps Offer for Robot-Maker Kuka

  16 Jun 2016
China’s Midea Group made its formal offer to take over Germany’s Kuka in the face of criticism by some of the robot maker’s investors and German politicians that management hasn&rsqu...

This is the dark side of China’s growing robotics sector

  16 Jun 2016
China's robotics sector has allegedly been overrun by companies which have fraudulently obtained huge subsidies from local governments, the SCMP reports.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...

Oakton Community College students take 2nd in NASA robotics competition

  14 Jun 2016
A team of students from Oakton Community College earned second place in a NASA robotics mining competition last month beating out teams from other universities and colleges with significantly more res...

These are the weirdest interactions a ‘robot whisperer’ has seen between humans and bots

  14 Jun 2016
Kids treat robots like family.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...

The Social Robot Revolution

  14 Jun 2016
Roboticists are on a mission to make our lives easier. The brains behind the future of social robotics talk shop at the Bloomberg Technology Conference. Speakers include: Tessa Lau, Chief Robot Whispe...

Wal-Mart Experimenting With Robotic Shopping Cart for Stores

  14 Jun 2016
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is working with a robotics company to develop a shopping cart that helps customers find items on their lists and saves them from pushing a heavy cart through a sprawling store and...







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