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Electric, Autonomous DeLorean is ‘Flawless’
Despite a design that hasn't changed in over 35 years, the DeLorean continues to inspire.
Jan 8th, 2020
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3 Things Before Implementing ML or AI
Given their complexity, asking these three questions could offer manufacturers clarity before making the investment.
Jan 7th, 2020
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Edge and the Cloud – Partners or Competitors? Part II
Jul 3rd, 2020
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Judge Orders GM, Fiat Chrysler CEOs to Meet, Settle Lawsuit
Jun 24th, 2020
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6 Ways to Limit Plant Downtime
Jun 4th, 2020
Digi-Key used Banner Engineering part number QS30VR3LP to create a way of sensing packages as they came to the end of the belt.
Digi-Key Automates Shipping Facility
Jun 15th, 2020
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Modernizing Operations in Response to Pandemic
Despite today’s challenges, we are in what some have called the “golden age of data."
Jun 5th, 2020
In this May 29, 2020 file photo, Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, speaks during a roundtable with industry executives about reopening country after the coronavirus closures, in the State Dining Room of the White House, in Washington. Microsoft has become the third big tech company this week to say it won’t sell its facial recognition software to police, following similar moves by Amazon and IBM. Smith, announced the decision and called for Congress to regulate the technology during a Washington Post video event on Thursday, June 11.
Microsoft Joins Amazon, IBM in Pausing Face Scans for Police
The tech giants are stepping back from systems criticized for incorrectly identifying people with darker skin.
Jun 11th, 2020
This Sept. 6, 2012, file photo shows the Amazon logo in Santa Monica, Calif. Amazon said Wednesday, June 10, 2020, that it will pause police use of its facial recognition technology for a year. The Seattle-based company did not say why it was doing so, but protests after the death of George Floyd have focused attention on racial injustice in the U.S. and how police use technology to track people.
Amazon Bans Police Use of its Facial Recognition Tech
The moratorium will be in place for one year.
Jun 10th, 2020
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Robot Bartenders Finding Practical Use
And yet, they lack the human qualities that every good bartender offers.
Jun 8th, 2020
Trial of Whill's Autonomous Drive System at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Nov. 2019.
Mobility Machine Needs No Help at Tokyo Airport
The autonomous system runs on its own without crashing — even when people jump out unexpectedly.
Jun 8th, 2020
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AI, Robotics Combine to Conduct Autonomous R&D
The "artificial chemist" could accelerate development and manufacturing of commercially desirable materials.
Jun 5th, 2020
The goal of DARPA’s Squad X is to design, develop, and validate autonomous system prototypes and equip them with novel sensing tools and off-the-shelf technologies.
BAE Gets $3.5M for DARPA Autonomy, AI Capabilities
The company is tasked with creating true partnerships between soldiers and marines on the ground and machines at the small-unit level.
Jun 3rd, 2020
Robot arm preparing an omelette.
Robot Chef Trained to Make Omelettes
Researchers used machine learning to account for highly subjective matters of taste.
Jun 2nd, 2020
Grounds crew workers Jacob Weiderstrom, left, and Marcus Gignac pull a tarp off home plate at T-Mobile Park, Seattle, May 11, 2020.
Robotics Coming to Major League Baseball
New technologies will spawn an entirely new set of questions in the sport.
Jun 2nd, 2020
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US Joins International AI Panel
The Trump administration had earlier dismissed the idea.
Jun 1st, 2020
Researchers used existing magnet localization methods, which work very much like GPS, to develop a computer model that predicts the robot's location.
Engineers Develop GPS for Medical Robots
It tracks the location of flexible surgical robots inside the human body.
May 26th, 2020
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Study: Robots Incompetent, Unfunny
New findings suggest robots are bad at many jobs and they are terrible at comedy.
May 19th, 2020