Listen to article(2 minutes)Amazon.com is introducing an array of new artificial intelligence and robotics capabilities into its warehouse operations that will reduce delivery times and help identify inventory more quickly.The revamp will change the way Amazon moves products through its fulfillment centers with new AI-equipped sortation machines and...
Johnson-Roberson is one of those double threats who offers insight from two different — and important — perspectives. In addition to his long academic career, which most recently found him working as a professor at the University of Michigan College of Engineering, he also has a solid startup...
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The Division of Engineering at New York University Abu Dhabi, seeks to recruit two (2) motivated postdoctoral associates to work in the Center for AI and Robotics (CAIR) on topics including (i) Control, Optimization and/or Machine Learning for Sensor-based Robotic Motion Planning and Control and (ii) Autonomous Robotic...
A new AI agent developed by NVIDIA Research that can teach robots complex skills has trained a robotic hand to perform rapid pen-spinning tricks — for the first time as well as a human can.
The stunning prestidigitation, showcased in the video above, is one of nearly 30 tasks...
Since the Food and Drug Administration first approved robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgical procedures in 2000, the use of such technologies continues to expand across surgical specialty areas. Yet as technological innovations emerge, so do concerns regarding ethical and clinical standards.
The August issue of AMA Journal of Ethics® (@JournalofEthics) features numerous...
Recycling is complicated, and not just for consumers, but especially for recycling companies. But as with many other fields, artificial intelligence may be able to help.Until now, determining what exactly is in the vast mess of garbage that arrives at recycling plants has been a dirty and difficult...
Japan's economy ministry has come up with a subsidy program to help small and midsize companies bring on board AI and automation.The scheme aims to offset the serious labor shortage facing these...
<img alt="" aria-hidden="true" class="i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer" role="presentation" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,"/>Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunchIn 2021, robotics startups were flying high. Unlike other categories that had buckled under the strains of a global pandemic, interest in automation was at an all-time high, as companies attempted to navigate supply chain issues and ongoing labor shortages....
ROTM A man in his 40s was crushed to death by a robot at a produce-sorting facility in South Korea Tuesday after the machine apparently mistook him for a box of vegetables.
According to Korean media, the...
