While Amazon’s Astro started hauling drinks from room to room in some homes this year, two new working robots will start hauling and sorting boxes at the company’s warehouses in 2023. On Wednesday, Amazon gave a first look at Proteus and Cardinal, which the company says could reduce the risk of injury to warehouse’ employees. … Read more
Volume 3 of Love, Death and Robots covers a lot of ground: haunting alien landscapes, frighteningly realistic sea monsters, cute zombie apocalypses. But, even still, one episode in particular manages to stand out: “The Very Pulse of the Machine.” It’s a beautiful, lonely animated short about an astronaut named Martha (Mackenzie Davis) trapped on Io, … Read more
Research in the field of machine learning and AI, now a key technology in practically every industry and company, is far too voluminous for anyone to read it all. This column, Perceptron (previously Deep Science), aims to collect some of the most relevant recent discoveries and papers — particularly in, but not limited to, artificial intelligence … Read more
Are robots going to replace kitchen chefs now? Seeing the efforts of researchers from Cambridge University, it seems so. They are training a robot ‘chef’ to taste the food and determine whether the food is sufficiently cooked, like humans cook. A video related to this has also been shared. In this, the robot can be … Read more
The state of New York will distribute robot companions to the homes of more than 800 older adults. The robots are not able to help with physical tasks, but function as more proactive versions of digital assistants like Siri or Alexa — engaging users in small talk, helping contact love ones, and keeping track of … Read more
Dyson has shown off a series of prototype robots it’s developing, and announced plans to hire hundreds of engineers over the next five years in order to build robots capable of household chores. The images are designed to show off the fine motor skills of the machines, with arms capable of lifting plates out of … Read more
You probably know Dyson for their vacuums, or maybe that too-powerful dryer you’ve tentatively stuck your hands in while waiting for a flight. Maybe you’ve seen their hair dryers or fans. Dyson is a company that develops premium products that move air around. Basically, if they don’t suck, they blow. Recently, the firm expanded with … Read more
The third “quantity” of Netflix’s science fiction anthology collection Love, Demise, and Robots will debut on Could twentieth. The corporate introduced the discharge on Monday with a brief video — although don’t be fooled by the footage of The Crown and The Queen’s Gambit in the beginning. The streaming service teased {that a} third quantity … Read more
Multiple-third of American bridges have to be repaired, to not point out different essential infrastructure. It’s a prodigious job for which robots are effectively suited to the damaging work. Picture: Nationwide Transportation Security Board, Public area, through Wikimedia Commons. The Fern Hole Bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed in January 2022. About 10 folks had been injured. … Read more
