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Rodney Brooks, co-founder of three robotic companies and an AI guru has a pragmatic and honest opinions about the state of AI and Robotics. An interview!| Crazy Stupid Tech
Rodney Brooks, co-founder of three robotic companies and an AI guru has a pragmatic and honest opinions about the state of AI and Robotics. An interview!| Crazy Stupid Tech
RoboForming technology uses a proprietary form of incremental sheet forming The post Machina Labs robotics customise production automotive body panels appeared first on DEVELOP3D.| DEVELOP3D
Examine the current state of the Amazon supply chain as it adapts with technology and regional strategies for optimal performance.| Logistics Viewpoints
Canada's Sanctuary AI has revealed a new humanoid robot, shooting for the "world's first human-like intelligence in general purpose robots (GPR)." Phoenix builds on some very impressive earlier work and a neat "piloted" approach to training.| New Atlas
When bots are “mad, bad, and dangerous to know” In this corner, we’ve got the top Elf Prince, Alexios, weighing in at 8.7 million engagements vs. the heavyweight, Mafia Boyfriend—a crude fellow name of Xildun—at 194.3 million engagements. Both bots are found on Character.ai, each ranking tops in their respective categories. Character.ai claims over 10 million characters of all kinds, but it’s the masculine stereotypes that have my attention today, thanks to a Mashable article ab...| Future of Sex
Curated from new developments in synthetic biology, artificial intelligence, robotics, engineering, biology, and art, this survey demonstrates the myriad ways in which our perception of what it means to be alive has dramatically changed. Where do we draw the new lines?| We Make Money Not Art
This summer in Berlin, a group of artists, designers, and curious minds gathered around a creative question: What can parasites teach us about robotics? Led by Salvador Marino, a transdisciplinary artist with a PhD in biology, the workshop “Parasites and Robotics” invited participants to explore the intersection of biology, sci-fi, and open-source hardware – all […] The post Exploring the edge of design and biology with Arduino: inside the “Parasites and Robotics” workshop appeare...| Arduino Blog
Researchers at the University of Surrey in the UK have created a robotic fish that eats plastic waste and powers itself in the process. The invention, nicknamed the robo-fish, was designed with one mission: to fight the growing crisis of microplastic pollution in oceans, rivers, and lakes. The robot is not powered by batteries like […] The post UK Scientists Create a Robot Fish That Eats Ocean Plastic And Powers Itself Without Batteries appeared first on MyElectricSparks MES.| MyElectricSparks MES
Houston- and Boston-based Square Robot Inc.'s newest tank inspection robot is commercially available and certified to operate at extreme temperatures. The new robot, known as the SR-3HT, can operate from 14°F to 131°F, representing a broader temperature range than previous models in the company's portfolio. According to the company, its previous temperature range reached 32°F to 104°F. The new robot has received the NEC/CEC Class I Division 2 (C1D2) certification from FM Approvals, allowi...| InnovationMap
★★★★★ - Annalee Newitz: A short but joyful tale of creating the future you want out of the present you've been stuck with, told by robots who would rather make noodles than war.| Hyperborea: New Posts
Pas très loin de Central Station, en tout cas, dans le même coin de la planète, a surgi du désert Neom. Une ville propre, moderne, où la rouille et la vétusté n’ont pas leur place. Ici, la police n…| Le nocher des livres
Pointing to the triumph of artificial intelligence over unaided humans in everything from games such as chess and Go to vital tasks such as protein folding and securities trading, many experts uphold the theory of a “singularity.” This is the trigger point when human history ends and artificial intelligence prevails in an exponential cascade of self-replicating machines rocketing toward godlike supremacy in the universe. Gaming AI suggests that this belief is both dumb and self-defeating....| Books – Discovery Institute
Critics worry about opaque data collection, privacy violations and the technology’s bias spreading in jails and prisons.| The Marshall Project
Future of Sex looks at the emotional and sexual problems digital companions will need to overcome in order to truly serve their partners well| Future of Sex
Inside the Amazon Robot warehouse, blue Hercules robots are barricaded behind wire mesh paneling to keep the humans out| ChannelX
It's less surreal than it sounds| InsideHook
Future of Sex reviews some science fiction movies and novels that speculated what sex might be like in the far future of the present| Future of Sex
Future of Sex advocates for AI developers to start putting human rights and sexual progressiveness over profit| Future of Sex
Future of Sex postulates what we might need in order to create a world full of pleasurable possibilities - and love| Future of Sex
Future of Sex speculates on how uniquely designed artificial playmates may soon become easier and more affordable to produce| Future of Sex
The Information is one of the few sources in Tech who is willing to admit that AI and robots are over-hyped. And Nvidia is not the only one to use “a puppeteer behind the scenes”, as The Information reported, to guide a robot in public. Elon Musk does it all the time at Tesla events. If Tesla had a fully functioning human-like robot in production, you can be sure one would be following Musk around everywhere he goes for advertisement. That Tesla's dancing robots are all fake and controlle...| Health Impact News
The Information is one of the few sources in Tech who is willing to admit that AI and robots are over-hyped. And Nvidia is not the only one to use “a puppeteer behind the scenes”, as The Information reported, to guide a robot in public. Elon Musk does it all the time at Tesla events. If Tesla had a fully functioning human-like robot in production, you can be sure one would be following Musk around everywhere he goes for advertisement. That Tesla's dancing robots are all fake and controlle...| Medical Kidnap
ABB Robotics is working with San Francisco’s Cosmic Buildings to build modular structures on site in Pacific Palisades as the Los Angeles neighbourhood recovers from January’s devastating wildfires.| Global Construction Review
Though robodogs are available for consumer purchase, most will be deployed to industry and research and maybe even security or rescue. Unitree's latest intrepid quadruped is tough, durable, fast and agile, and is ready for action.| New Atlas
Chinese robotics firm Unitree has launched the R1, its most affordable humanoid robot, at a shockingly low asking price of US$5,900. It's hard to fathom that you can now get a walking, command-obeying machine that costs less than one of Leica's Q3 enthusiast-grade cameras.| New Atlas
Future of Sex checks out what might happen when AI developers can no longer "look under the hood" of our erotic chatbot companions| Future of Sex
How far, and for how long, a robot can navigate depends on how much power it consumes over time. Robot navigation systems are especially energy hungry.| Study Finds
“Robot literacy enables us not only to interact with robots but also to understand their data security,” says Päivi Rasi-Heikkinen, Professor of Education at the University of Lapland.| ELM Magazine
Dialogue entre Olivier Girard et Pascal Picq - Les voitures autonomes, ChatGPT, les métavers : depuis quelques années, les i...| Philonomist
It's fun to watch how quickly things are improving in home robotics right now. Sunseeker's new X5 robo-mower isn't perfect, but it does an impressive job with complex, multi-zone lawns thanks to its RTK-GNSS positioning system.| New Atlas
Las tendencias del comercio electrónico en 2018 no se van a desviar de lo que viene ocurriendo desde hace tiempo y es probable que veamos mucho de los planteamientos futuristas y publicitados a este respecto| CepymeNews
The post A Parent’s Guide to Robotics for Kids appeared first on Learning Liftoff.| Learning Liftoff
What happens when you hand an educational robot to a group of developers and ask them to build something fun? At Arduino, you get a multiplayer robot showdown that’s part battle, part programming lesson, and entirely Alvik. The idea for Alvik Fight Club first came to life during one of our internal Make Tanks, in […]| Arduino Blog
Battlebots are fascinating, because their builders always manage to come up with unique new ways of destroying opponents while avoiding damage at the same time. Like any good sport, it involves metagaming to develop a strategy based on expected opponent strategies. Ari’s strategy was to make a translational drift (or “melty brain”) combat robot that […]| Arduino Blog
Un océan de rouille fait partie de cette liste de livres achetés le mois de leur sortie, quand je suis intrigué par une quatrième de couverture et/ou un bouche à oreille positif, mais qui peut trainer un peu en PAL car n’étant pas particulièrement attendu. C’est souvent après une petite séance d’archéologie qu’un de ces... Lire la Suite →| Mondes de Poche
You’ve likely already seen the large complex of buildings in Shanghai that was picked up as a single block and walked to an adjacent site by a phalanx of miniature robots. Then walked back into place again. The 432 individual machines used for the move were “actually omnidirectional modular hydraulic jacks that are capable of … Continue reading "Architectural Dressage"| BLDGBLOG
We're a step closer to entering an operating theater without any human life besides ours, following the world's first surgery performed by a robot responding and learning in real time. Its precision and skill matched that of experienced surgeons.| New Atlas
You’ve likely already seen the large complex of buildings in Shanghai that was picked up as a single block and walked to an adjacent site by a phalanx of miniature robots. Then walked back into place again. The 432 individual machines used for the move were “actually omnidirectional modular hydraulic jacks that are capable of … Continue reading "Architectural Dressage"| BLDGBLOG
Robots with AI can make a strong case they are more fit than humans to choose our leaders.| Greg Palast
Folks, I’m so steamed I could boil a pot of chili with my bare hands! Everywhere I turn, it’s AI this, AI that, like we’re all supposed to bow down to some fancy computer with a god complex. I was chugging my Old Milwaukee and watching the news when I heard about Apple sniffing around ... READ MORE The post I’M MADDER THAN A SKUNK IN A PERFUME FACTORY ABOUT THIS AI TAKEOVER NONSENSE! appeared first on Weekly World News.| Weekly World News
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In the MyData Matters blog series, MyData members introduce innovative solutions that align with MyData principles, emphasising ethical data practices, user and business empowerment, and privacy. The future is knocking, […]| MyData
Avec la fin mai, le mois d’Apollinaire, arrivent de nouveaux UHL et, surtout, le hors-série offert pour l’achat de deux volumes de cette collection emblématique du Bélial’. Cette année, le huitième…| Le nocher des livres
Esta empresa, que forma parte del DFactory Barcelona impulsado por el CZFB, es un fabricante líder de robots colaborativos (cobots) que opera en cualquier sector: desde la automoción o la metalurgia hasta la cosmética o la educación| Crónica Global
Automation is posed as a labor shortage solution, but workers say robots are making their jobs — and food — worse.| Rest of World
Humanoid robots are slowly but surely making their way into our everyday lives. You may have seen them in movies or on TV, but what you may not know is that| Science Fiction is Real
Somebody better break it to the Ewoks: crafty log tricks aren't gonna cut the mustard. LimX Dynamics has released video of its P1 Biped – heavily inspired by the AT-ST walker from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, taking an absolute pounding with ease.| New Atlas
There's a non-zero chance that human labor and intelligence could be surplus to requirements in the mid-to-near future. That would entail a seismic shift in the balance of power and the way societies and economies function. Let's discuss some ideas.| New Atlas
A vehicle’s wheel diameter has a dramatic effect on several aspects of performance. The most obvious is gearing, with larger wheels increasing the ultimate gear ratio — though transmission and transfer case gearing can counteract that. But wheel size also affects mobility over terrain, which is why Gourav Moger and Huseyin Atakan Varol’s prototype mobile […]| Arduino Blog
Individual breakthroughs are being integrated into complex developments that will reshape the digital landscape in the coming years| EL PAÍS English
Alvik is cute, it’s smart, it’s fun… so what can it actually do? To answer this question, we decided to have fun and put the robot to the test with some of the most creative people we know – our own team! A dozen Arduino employees volunteered for a dedicated Make Tank session earlier this […]| Arduino Blog
My goal for this book is to help you at a pivotal point in your ideation process and, at the same, introduce you to a cadre of potential mentors. Just like it’s essential to satiate yourself before…| CHRONICLING THE ROBOT INDUSTRY
We live in an era where technology is advancing at a rapid pace and science fiction has become reality. Future tech companies are leading the way, pushing| Science Fiction is Real
Brand new videos on the Tesla and Unitree humanoids perfectly illustrate the different approaches behind these two cutting-edge robots. Optimus is clearly focused on useful work, ASAP – while the Unitree G1 is becoming surprisingly agile and athletic.| New Atlas
China's Unitree Robotics is a relatively recent entry in the general-purpose humanoid robot space, but its $16,000 G1 model is already proving itself to be quite the performer. So much so that the company has now revealed a version that's ready for mass production.| New Atlas
Humanoid development at Chinese robotics company Unitree continues apace. Following its entry into the melee just last year, its fast-walking H1 bot recently got its backflip groove on. Now the faceless and hand-less humanoid is being joined by an impressive all-rounder.| New Atlas
Meet the KT2 Kungfu Turtle, a cute, pocket-sized robot that promises to be more than a mere decoration. This intriguing gadget is capturing...| TechAcute
Avez-vous déjà eu la sensation d’avoir entre vos mains un livre écrit pour vous ? Comme si l’autrice ou l’auteur vous avait longuement étudié, puis avait lu et analysé les ouvrage…| Mondes de Poche
Blade Runner, un titre de film qui fait toujours rêver. Pour ceux qui l’ont vu, les premières images avec cette arrivée sur une ville sombre et les flammes qui se dressent dans le ciel restent à ja…| Le nocher des livres
∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗∗ (0/10) Flying Saucers over Istanbul is Turkey’s ”first” science fiction film, and quite possibly the worst as well. An unfunny comedy about belly dancing alien women who land their UFO in Istanbul to bring Earth men to their planet. Noted for featuring Turkey’s ”queen of disgrace and scandal”, belly dancing vamp and nude model…Read more Ucan daireler Istanbul’da| Scifist
I’ve done another little book list/interview type thing over at Shepherd.com on “The best books on understanding the crazy world of contemporary art”. It’s based on the research I did for my novella…| Gareth Southwell
Perhaps the most plausible thing about Samantha Schweblin’s disquieting novel is the cavalier way in which people invite privacy-invading technology into their lives. The setting is not especially futuristic: kentuki are the new must-have gadget sweeping the world; you become the “keeper” of a little furry pet-sized robot, which might take the form of a […]| Gareth Southwell
A reading list on the 5 best books about technology by philosopher and sci-fi writer Gareth Southwell| Gareth Southwell
Robots.txt instructs search engines on which parts of the website can crawl and which parts should be left untouched.| techseoaudits.com
Uber Technologies Inc. is set to launch its first robotaxi service in San Francisco. The ride-hailing company has been testing its self-driving cars for years, and it appears that the time has finally come to put them into commercial use. This is a major development not just for Uber, but| MyTechBits
Out of the hundreds of products on show, we pick out our Best of IFA 2023 shortlist - from the tiny to the slim to the luggable| The Big Tech Question
Agility Robotics is well into construction of a 70,000-sq-ft (6,503-sq-m) facility in Salem, Oregon, with the capacity to produce more than 10,000 units per year of the company's Digit humanoid robot – which will work alongside humans on the factory floor.| New Atlas
