The Self-Driving Car's Bicycle Problem
Robotic cars are great at monitoring other cars, and they’re getting better at noticing pedestrians, squirrels, and birds. The main challenge, though, is posed by the lightest, quietest, swerviest...
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Many prominent Republicans are not showing up. We'll get you up to speed on what to watch for from today's GOP rules panel. The convention takes places in Philadelphia July 25-28. Harry, 31, tested...
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The Rockwell Automation TechED event is the premier training, education and networking event of the year. See the wide range of session topics and descriptions below. Review the sessions to start...
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View ArticleABB invests in Enbala Power Networks to co-develop cutting-edge grid software
ABB announced today it has invested in Enbala Power Networks, a leading developer of software for managing power distribution networks. The investment was made through ABB’s venture capital unit, ABB...
View Article42 Hours of Ambient Sounds from Blade Runner, Alien, Star Trek and Doctor Who...
Back in 2009, the musician who goes by the name “Cheesy Nirvosa” began experimenting with ambient music, before eventually launching a YouTube channel where he “composes longform space and scifi...
View ArticleTerrified about Trump? Quit your job, start an A-Team. We'll fund it.
You are a talented human with a broad set of skills. You can speak, write, pitch, and persuade. You can make a Power Point, or make art. You work every day, solving problems. You get a ton done. Now,...
View ArticleABBVoice: A Call to Action For The Internet Of Things Industry: Let's...
Here’s a Data Manifesto addressed to the leading companies in the global industrial Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and services industry: It’s time to give our customers the reassurance of an IoT...
View ArticleSoftBank invests $5 billion into Chinese ride-sharing company Didi Chuxing
SoftBank, the giant telecom company, is venturing out into the world of robotics and transportation services. DealStreet Asia said that SoftBank is trying to transform itself into the 'Berkshire...
View ArticleRobots that Learn
Last month, we showed an earlier version of this robot where we'd trained its vision system using domain randomization, that is, by showing it simulated objects with a variety of color, backgrounds,...
View ArticleETH Zurich's Omnicopter Plays Fetch
Most aircraft are designed to be very good at going upwards, and also not bad at going forwards, with some relatively small amount of thought given to turning left and right. Thanks to gravity,...
View ArticleKiCAD Best Practices: Library Management
One common complaint we hear from most new KiCAD users relates to schematic and footprint libraries. The trick is to use just one schematic symbol and footprint library each with your project. This way...
View ArticleFujitsu Liquid Immersion Not All Hot Air When it Comes to Cooling Data Centers
Given the prodigious heat generated by the trillions of transistors switching on and off 24 hours a day in data centers, air conditioning has become a major operating expense. Consequently, engineers...
View Article3 Ways Ford Cars Could Monitor Your Health
People can form intimate connections to their cars in the course of daily commutes, frustrating traffic jams, and liberating road trips. How would you feel, though, if your car knew detailed...
View ArticleA Danger to the World: It's Time to Get Rid of Donald Trump
Donald Trump has transformed the United States into a laughing stock and he is a danger to the world. He must be removed from the White House before things get even worse. Print Feedback Comment Donald...
View ArticleWorld's Thinnest Hologram Promises Holograms on our Mobile Phones
Holograms have fascinated onlookers for over half a century. But the devices for producing these holographic images have been relatively bulky contraptions, forced into their large size in part by the...
View ArticleVideo Friday: Animatronic King Kong, Robot Pilot, and Giant Eyeball Drone
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next two months;...
View Article22-Year-Old Lidar Whiz Claims Breakthrough
Lidarland is buzzing with cheap, solid-state devices that are supposedly going to shoulder aside the buckets you see revolving atop today’s experimental driverless cars. Quanergy started this...
View ArticleHiren Mowji, Savioke at the Robot Block Party hosted by Jabil at Blue Sky
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View ArticleIn the AI wars, Microsoft now has the clearer vision
A week ago, Microsoft held its Build developer conference in its backyard in Seattle. This week, Google did the same in an amphitheater right next to its Mountain View campus. While Microsoft’s event...
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