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Accessing the power of quantum computing, today
Two weeks ago, I participated on a panel at the BCI Summit exploring the impact of quantum computing. As a neophyte to the subject, I marveled at the riddle posed by Grover’s Algorithm. Imagine...
25 November 2018, by
Oliver Mitchell
Worried about AI taking over the world? You may be making some rather unscientific assumptions
Eleni Vasilaki, Professor of Computational Neuroscience, University of Sheffield
Phonlamai Photo/Shutterstock
Should we be afraid of artificial ...
10 November 2018, by
The Conversation
The race for robot clairvoyance
This week a Harvard Business School student challenged me to name a startup capable of producing an intelligent robot – TODAY! At first I did not understand the question, as artificial intellige...
09 November 2018, by
Oliver Mitchell
Waymo is first, but is Cruise second, and how can you tell?
A recent Reuters story suggests Cruise is well behind schedule with one insider saying "nothing is on schedule" and various reports of problems not yet handled. This puts doubt into GM's announced ...
03 November 2018, by
Brad Templeton, Robocars.com
Educating the workforce of the future, in the age of accelerations
I have two kids in college and one of my biggest concerns is their knowledge that what they have labored hard to acquire will become obsolete by the time of graduation. Our age is driven by the hypers...
24 October 2018, by
Oliver Mitchell
What happens to human driven cars in the robocar world?
I love to talk about the coming robocar world. Over the next few decades, more and more trips will be made in robocars, and more and more people will reduce or give up car ownership to live the robota...
18 October 2018, by
Brad Templeton, Robocars.com
New York: The gateway to industry 4.0
As Hurricane Florence raged across the coastline of Northern Carolina, 600 miles north the 174th Attack Wing Nation Guard base in Syracuse, New York was on full alert. Governor Cuomo just hung up with...
06 October 2018, by
Oliver Mitchell
The pedestrian experiment
Followers of this blog will know that I have been working for some years on simulation-based internal models - demonstrating their potential for ethical robots, safer robots and imitati...
10 September 2018, by
Alan Winfield
Robots and jobs
Will a robot take my job?
Media headlines often speculate about robots taking our jobs. We’re told robots will replace swaths of workers from taxi drivers to caregivers. While some believe this wi...
29 August 2018, by
SPARC
Waymo’s left turns frustrate other drivers
This week's hot story was again from Amir at The Information and there is even more detail in the author's Twitter thread....
29 August 2018, by
Brad Templeton, Robocars.com
Uber might sell its robocar division, Nuro opens first delivery pilot in Scottsdale
The newsletter The Information reports Uber's investors are pushing Uber to sell its self-drive division to some other large player. The division has, of course, been nothing but trouble for Uber, an...
23 August 2018, by
Brad Templeton, Robocars.com
Enrico Krog Iversen’s impact on the robotics industry
Denmark is a country with less than 6 million people but a very successful working robotics cluster that performs as a funder, equalizer and instigator. Denmark is 6th in global robot density (a measu...
23 August 2018, by
Frank Tobe
Ice-bot cometh: Building self-reliant unmanned systems
Last June, a massive dust storm engulfed Mars and immobilized the most famous robots in the galaxy, Opportunity and Curiosity. This is not the first time that Martian dirt has prevented Opportunity fr...
23 August 2018, by
Oliver Mitchell
Recent Waymo announcements are slightly underwhelming
Waymo recently announced two new partnerships for their fleet of robotaxis....
09 August 2018, by
Brad Templeton, Robocars.com
Autonomous robot evolution: from cradle to grave
A few weeks ago we had the kick-off meeting, in York, of our new 4 year EPSRC funded project Autonomous Robot Evolution (ARE): cradle to grave. We - Andy Tyrrell and Jon Timmis (York), Emma Hart ...
31 July 2018, by
Alan Winfield
Robots may say NO to war
Robots become every day more 'intelligent'. What if robots were intelligent enough to say NO to war? This would be a happier future.
This short film is a light-hearted comedy that aims to launch an...
31 July 2018, by
Andreagiovanni Reina
Will you need geeky glasses to avoid motion sickness in your robocar?
For a lot of people, being a passenger in a car can easily lead to motion sickness, particularly if they try to do something like looking down to read a book or stare at a phone. Not everybody gets th...
31 July 2018, by
Brad Templeton, Robocars.com
Disney launches new era of autonomy with gravity defying stickmen and more
Ever since the première of “Steamboat Willie” in 1928, The Walt Disney Company has pushed the envelope of imagination. Mickey Mouse is still more popular worldwide than any single human a...
25 July 2018, by
Oliver Mitchell
How do we get robotaxi rides down to 30 cents/mile while Uber/Lyft charge 50 cents/mile to just connect you?
In discussion of the eventual cost of a robotaxi ride, I and others have forecast costs similar to the all-in cost of car ownership. Today that's 40 to 60 cents/mile (plus parking) and for a one pers...
25 July 2018, by
Brad Templeton, Robocars.com
Simulation-based internal models for safer robots
Readers of this blog will know that I've become very excited by the potential of robots with simulation-based internal models in recent years. So far we've demonstrated their potential in simple ethic...
16 July 2018, by
Alan Winfield
Fundings, acquisitions and IPOs, June 2018
Twenty-seven startups raised money in June to the tune of $2.1 billion, another great month for robotics! Also during June there were ten acquisitions and two IPOs. See below for details....
01 July 2018, by
Frank Tobe
Takeaways from Automatica 2018
Automatica 2018 is one of Europe’s largest robotics and automation-related trade shows and a destination for global roboticists and business executives to view new products. It was held June 19-22 i...
29 June 2018, by
Frank Tobe
Don’t watch TV while safety driving
The Tempe police released a detailed report on their investigation of Uber's fatality. I am on the road and have not had time to read it, but the big point, reported in many press was that the safety ...
29 June 2018, by
Brad Templeton, Robocars.com
What is artificial intelligence? (Or, can machines think?)
Here are the slides from my York Festival of Ideas keynote yesterday, which introduced the festival focus day Artificial Intelligence: Promises and Perils....
21 June 2018, by
Alan Winfield
WAZE for drones: expanding the national airspace
Sitting in New York City, looking up at the clear June skies, I wonder if I am staring at an endangered phenomena. According to many in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) industry, skylines across th...
14 June 2018, by
Oliver Mitchell
New battery technology is accelerating autonomy and saving the environment
If the robotics world had a celebrity it would be Spot Mini of Boston Dynamics. Last month at the Robotics Summit in Boston the mechanical dog strutted onto the floor of the Westin Hotel trailed by hu...
07 June 2018, by
Oliver Mitchell
Robotics fundings, acquisitions and IPOs: May 2018
Twenty-seven startups were funded in May for a total of $2.5 billion....
07 June 2018, by
Frank Tobe
Automating window washing
Three and half years ago, I stood on the corner of West Street and gasped as two window washers clung to life at the end of a rope a thousand feet above. By the time rescue crews reached the men on th...
01 June 2018, by
Oliver Mitchell
British robot-using online grocer licensing their technology to US Kroger chain
Ocado , the UK leader in home-delivered groceries from robot-run distribution centers, has established a licensing deal with US grocery chain Kroger (NYSE:KR) whereby Kroger w...
24 May 2018, by
Frank Tobe
Warehousing, fulfillment and DC transformation trends
E-commerce sales for 2017 were $453.5 billion in the U.S. and $1.1 trillion in China, an increase of 16.0% and 32.6% respectively over 2016. This upward trend is projected to continue for the next man...
07 May 2018, by
Frank Tobe
