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    Almost every thing that went wrong in the Uber fatality is both terrible and expected
    Today I'm going to examine how you attain safety in a robocar, and outline a contradiction in the things that went wrong for Uber and their victim. Each thing that went wrong is both important and wor...
    26 March 2018, by

    Quiet inroads in robotics: the Vecna story
    Robotics is undergoing fundamental change in three core areas: collaboration, autonomous mobility and increasing intelligence. Autonomous mobility technology is entering the industrial vehicle market...
    26 March 2018, by

    10 tech-savvy companies on the hunt for AI/robotics talent and IP
    Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu and JD.com from China are in a global competition with Google/Alphabet, Apple, Facebook, Walmart and Amazon from the USA and SoftBank from Japan. All are agressively searching ...
    20 March 2018, by

    Healthcare’s regulatory AI conundrum
    It was the last question of the night and it hushed the entire room. An entrepreneur expressed his aggravation about the FDA’s antiquated regulatory environment for AI-enabled devices to Dr. Joel St...
    14 March 2018, by

    The paradox on robocar accidents
    I have written a few times about the unusual nature of robocar accidents. Recently I was discussing this with a former student who is doing some research on the area. As a first step, she began lookin...
    14 March 2018, by

    Self-driving cars have power consumption problems
    I recently chaired a UJA Tech Talk on “The Future Of Autonomous Cars” with former General Motors Vice-Chairman Steve Girsky. The auto executive enthusiastically shared his vision for the next 15-2...
    08 March 2018, by

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    Power transmission line inspection robots
    In 2010 I wrote that there were three sponsored research projects to solve the problem of safely inspecting and maintaining high voltage transmission lines using robotics. Existing 2010 methods r...
    08 March 2018, by

    Robotics fundings, acquisitions, IPOs, failures: February 2018
    Nineteen different startups were funded in February, raising $377 million; a substantial two-month start for the new year. Five acquisitions were reported during the month, while the IPO front had no ...
    02 March 2018, by

    Research arrows are up with one common thread: digital data
    MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga said that “data is the new oil.” Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank, says that artificial intelligence combined with data gathered by billions of sensors is bringing on an in...
    15 February 2018, by

    Uber and Waymo settle lawsuit in a giant victory for Uber
    In a shocker, it was announced that Uber and Waymo (Google/Alphabet) have settled their famous lawsuit for around $245 million in Uber stock. No cash, and Uber agrees it won't use any Google hardware ...
    10 February 2018, by

    Why ethical robots might not be such a good idea after all
    Last week my colleague Dieter Vanderelst presented our paper: The Dark Side of Ethical Robots at AIES 2018 in New Orleans....
    08 February 2018, by

    Robotics industry fundings, acquisitions & IPOs: January 2018
    Twenty-five different startups were funded in January cumulatively raising $784 million; a great start for the new year. Four acquisitions were reported during the month while the IPO front lay waitin...
    02 February 2018, by

    Gallery of photos from CES 2018, and other news
    I have created a gallery in Google Photos with some of the more interesting items I saw at CES, with the bulk of them being related to robocars, robotic delivery and transportation....
    29 January 2018, by

    Sewing a mechanical future
    The Financial Times reported earlier this year that one of the largest clothing manufacturers, Hong Kong-based Crystal Group, proclaimed robotics could not compete with the cost and quality of manual...
    23 January 2018, by

    Best practices in designing effective roadmaps for robotics innovation
    In the past decade, countries and regions around the globe have developed strategic roadmaps to guide investment and development of robotic technology. Roadmaps from the US, South Korea, Japan and EU ...
    22 January 2018, by and

    CES 2018: Robots, AI, massive data and prodigious plans
    This year’s CES was a great show for robots. “From the latest in self-driving vehicles, smart cities, AI, sports tech, robotics, health and fitness tech and more, the innovation at CES 2018 will f...
    22 January 2018, by

    The GM/Cruise robocar interior is refreshingly spartan
    GM revealed photos of what they say is the production form of their self-driving car based on the Chevy Bolt and Cruise software. They say it will be released next year, making it almost surely the fi...
    22 January 2018, by

    Tons of LIDARs at CES 2018
    When it comes to robocars, new LIDAR products were the story of CES 2018. Far more companies showed off LIDAR products than can succeed, with a surprising variety of approaches. CES is now the 5th lar...
    17 January 2018, by

    CES 2018 recap: Out of the dark ages
    As close to a quarter million people descended on a city of six hundred thousand, CES 2018 became the perfect metaphor for the current state of modern society. Unfazed by floods, blackouts, and trans...
    15 January 2018, by

    Point-to-point mobile robots hot sellers
    Today’s e-commerce spurs demand for reduced response times in fulfillment centers; generally has fewer products per order; and is constantly changing — increasing system complexity and the need fo...
    15 January 2018, by

    A round up of robotics and AI ethics: part 1 principles
    This blogpost is a round up of the various sets of ethical principles of robotics and AI that have been proposed to date, ordered by date of first publication. The principles are presented here (in fu...
    09 January 2018, by

    Top Robocar news of 2017
    Here are the biggest Robocar stories of 2017....
    04 January 2018, by

    December 2017 fundings, acquisitions and IPOs
    Twenty-one different startups were funded in December cumulatively raising $430 million, down from the $782 million in November. Three didn’t report the amount of their funding. Only three were over...
    02 January 2018, by

    Drones, volcanoes and the ‘computerisation’ of the Earth
    By Adam Fish The eruption of the Agung volcano in Bali, Indonesia has been devastating, particularly for the 55,000 local people who have had to leave their homes and move into shelters. It has als...
    29 December 2017, by

    An emotional year for machines
    Two thousand seventeen certainly has been an emotional year for mankind. While homo sapiens continue to yell at Alexa and Siri, the actuality of people’s willingness to pursue virtual relationsh...
    29 December 2017, by

    So where are the jobs?
    Dan Burstein, reporter, novelist and successful venture capitalist, declared Wednesday night at RobotLab‘s winter forum on Autonomous Transportation & SmartCities that within one hundred yea...
    07 December 2017, by

    Warner Brothers and Intel experiment with in-robocar entertainment. Is that a good idea?
    Intel and Warner made a splash at the LA Auto Show announcing how Warner will develop entertainment for viewing while riding in robotaxis. It's not just movies to watch, their hope is to produce somet...
    07 December 2017, by

    November fundings, acquisitions and IPOs
    Twenty-two different startups were funded in November cumulatively raising $782 million, down a bit from the $862 million in October. The big $400 million funding for UBTech and the $55 million for Tu...
    06 December 2017, by

    DARPA challenge mystery solved and how to handle Robocar failures
    A small mystery from Robocar history was resolved recently, and revealed at the DARPA grand challenge reunion at CMU....
    01 December 2017, by

    Robots and the two-edged blade of new technology
    There’s a scare-tactic video going around on social media, and I wanted to weigh in on it—this particular video has gone from 500,000 views to almost 2 million in the past 10 days. As a matter of ...
    29 November 2017, by

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