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This Woman Makes Robots. And No One Is Going to Stop Her.
Andra Keay
12 May 2015
This Woman Makes Robots. And No One Is Going to Stop Her. - Backchannel - Medium Melonee Wise was employee 2 at Willow Garage. Its legacy destroyed her first startup but lives on in her latest venture...
Inside Cornwall’s robot factory | Wired UK
Andra Keay
12 May 2015
Engineered Arts, a Cornwall-based company, designs and builds robots by hand, in its workshop. "We have a motto," says Will Jackson, the firm's founder, "we design in the morning, we make in the after...
Linkitz: Wearable, code-able toys for girls | Kickstarter
Hallie Siegel
12 May 2015
Linkitz is a new way for girls to explore technology and coding. It's a set of electronic components, or links, that snap together in different combinations to make unique, fun, wearable toys.See it o...
Barriers to exoskeleton that helps the paralyzed walk shows challenge for robotics in Japan | Newser
Hallie Siegel
12 May 2015
Under the Japanese system, there is a lengthy preliminary vetting process before a formal drug or medical device proposal can be filed. The Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency works with the he...
Army robots: The dawn of a new age
Hallie Siegel
12 May 2015
Scott Davis, program office for Combat Support and Service Support at the US DOD, provided the current Army posture on acquisition by listing the items and projects that the Army covets: incremental h...
The near future of AI and smart machines in community banking | Independent Banker
Hallie Siegel
12 May 2015
Technology experts are envisioning myriad ways advances in voice recognition and cognitive computing might contribute to the next leaps in banking automation. From “robot tellers” to intui...
Advancing the next paradigm shift in design automation | Core 77
Hallie Siegel
12 May 2015
"Future designers will do better work as automation begins to add real value to the design process. This is an optimistic take on automation, presented at a time when others in the professional c...
NASA outlines technical roadmaps: A heavy dose of cloud, big data, robotics | ZDNet
Hallie Siegel
12 May 2015
The 2015 technical roadmap from NASA is a sprawling series of documents designed to support the space agency's missions---including a trip to Mars---as well as develop new technologies to make compute...
What next for robotic appliances? Exploring our fascination with and application of robotics | Appliance Retailer
Hallie Siegel
12 May 2015
Advances in computer processing power, battery life, motion sensors and short range connectivity have seen robots leap from the pages of science fiction novels and the frames of futuristic cartoons in...
Viv will replace your smartphone with your fridge and then take over the world | Popular Mechanics
Hallie Siegel
12 May 2015
The guys who made SIRI are on the verge of releasing something revolutionarySee it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Does artificial intelligence pose a threat? | WSJ
Hallie Siegel
12 May 2015
How realistic are such concerns? And how urgent? We assembled a panel of experts from industry, research and policy-making to consider the dangers—if any—that lie ahead. Taking part in the...
Google’s self-driving cars keep crashing. And that’s why they’re safer | The Independent
Hallie Siegel
12 May 2015
Google’s self driving have been involved in 11 crashes since they first hit the road six years ago — but a good number of those seem to have been caused by humans ploughing into the bank o...
Baidu Leads in Artificial Intelligence Benchmark
Andra Keay
12 May 2015
Baidu Inc. says it has posted the world's best results on a closely watched artificial intelligence benchmark. It had a secret weapon, according to researchers at the Chinese search giant: Minwa.Sourc...
Underwater Robots Think For Themselves | DNews
Adriana Hamacher
12 May 2015
MIT's cognitive seabots are designed to plan autonomously and work together like ... well, like the crew from Star Trek, actually. Continue reading →See it on Scoop.it, via pRobotika...
Tech group wants to use 3D-printed robots to take sick children on tours of the zoo | NZ Herald News
Adriana Hamacher
12 May 2015
A tech group is developing a robot that will take sick children on virtual tours of London Zoo. - New Zealand HeraldSee it on Scoop.it, via pRobotika...
Silicon Valley Fashion Week is real, and it stars drones and robots instead of models
Andra Keay
11 May 2015
Who wore it better, drones or tech bros?Source: www.businessinsider.comIf one must have robot circuses - this is a good way to go about it!See on Scoop.it - The Robot Times...
xkcd: Microdrones
Andra Keay
11 May 2015
Source: xkcd.comRobot engineering - meet social engineering. See on Scoop.it - The Robot Times...
Robot capable of sorting and folding clothes built by scientists in Glasgow | The Independent
Adriana Hamacher
11 May 2015
A robot capable of sorting and folding clothes has been built by scientists in Glasgow, in a development which researchers hope will lead to the creation of a range of machines capable of carrying out...
Robot Suits Will Help Bank Employees Deliver Heavy Cash Stacks | WSJ
Adriana Hamacher
11 May 2015
Robots are starting to turn up in Japanese bank branches to greet customers, and now they're getting ready for service behind the scenes to help older employees lift heavy stacks of cash.See it on Sco...
Researchers craft network attack to “hack” surgical robot (sort of) | Ars Technica
Adriana Hamacher
11 May 2015
University of Washington study tests the remote security risks of telemedicine.See it on Scoop.it, via pRobotika...
More human than human: the making of Ex Machina’s incredible robot | The Verge
Adriana Hamacher
11 May 2015
Alex Garland’s Ex Machina is slowly emerging as a sleeper sci-fi hit, and for good reason. It’s a deft, thought-provoking piece of filmmaking that asks tough questions about technology, ge...
Emirati women engineering bright future at robotics institute | The National
Adriana Hamacher
11 May 2015
The Khalifa University centre has a higher proportion of women in the traditionally male-dominated field than at many universities in the US and UK.See it on Scoop.it, via pRobotika...
MIT-developed system allows robots to plan underwater missions autonomously | Gizmag
Adriana Hamacher
11 May 2015
A team of MIT researchers has developed algorithms that allow robots to plan and execute underwater missions with minimal human input.See it on Scoop.it, via pRobotika...
NASA thinks a robotic eel might be the key to exploring Europa | Engadget
Adriana Hamacher
11 May 2015
We've seen the submarine that NASA wants to explore Saturn's moon Titan with, but compared to what the aeronautics outfit's looking at for icy climes likSee it on Scoop.it, via pRobotika...
Incredible: Robot Stitches A Grape Back Together! | Youtube
Adriana Hamacher
11 May 2015
Incredible: Robot Stitches A Grape Back Together! Robot Stitches A Grape Back Together! The da Vinci Surgical System is used to stitch a grape back together.See it on Scoop.it, via pRobotika...
Meet The Robot That Draws | YouTube
Adriana Hamacher
11 May 2015
A pair of Autodesk design engineers have taught their robot to draw, even programming in human-like flourishes. They discuss how they did it and what’s next ...See it on Scoop.it, via pRobotika...
Robot arm startup taps 3-D printers in quest to make prosthetics affordable | The Japan Times
Adriana Hamacher
11 May 2015
Capable of accurately manufacturing complex products, 3-D printers are having a revolutionary impact on companies in many industries, including a small, JaSee it on Scoop.it, via pRobotika...
Household Robots that See, Need Also to Recognize – Robotics Business Review
Adriana Hamacher
07 May 2015
For household robots ever to be practical, they’ll need to be able to recognize the objects.See it on Scoop.it, via pRobotika...
The Job Of The Future Is Training Robots To Work With Humans | Forbes
Adriana Hamacher
07 May 2015
Humans and machines are teaching each other how to do more together than they could do alone.See it on Scoop.it, via pRobotika...
The World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies Of 2015 In Robotics | Fast Company
Adriana Hamacher
07 May 2015
From advancements in artificial intelligence to self-driving cars, the companies working on the world of tomorrow today.See it on Scoop.it, via pRobotika...
Ocado develops new robot system to pick and pack groceries | Guardian
Hallie Siegel
07 May 2015
Online supermarket files patent in US which cuts out need for warehouse aisles or the staff driving around themSee it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Rodney’s factory robot revolution | Manufacturer’s Monthly
Hallie Siegel
07 May 2015
"Rodney Brooks’s robotic innovations have found their way into places as varied as the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan, the radioactive ruins of Fukushima, the surface of Mars, and even ont...
The world’s Top 10 most innovative robotics companies of 2015 | Fast Company
Hallie Siegel
07 May 2015
From advancements in artificial intelligence to self-driving cars, the companies working on the world of tomorrow today.See it on Scoop.it, via Robotics...
Mazor Robotics announces first quarter financial results | Business Wire
Hallie Siegel
07 May 2015
Hallie Siegel's insight:"Revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was $4.5 million compared to $4.9 million in the year-ago first quarter. U.S. generated revenue decreased to $2.7 millio...
It’s now or never to speed up robots for DARPA challenge | Computer World
Hallie Siegel
07 May 2015
The robotics team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has three weeks before the finals of the DARPA Robotics Challenge to make their robot perform tasks twice as fast as it does today.See it on Scoop....
The cows that queue up to milk themselves | BBC News
Hallie Siegel
07 May 2015
About 5% of UK farms already use robotic milking, according to Liz Snaith of the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers. But they also constitute about 30% of all new milking systems being purchas...
