Two years in, what has Apple ResearchKit accomplished?
I n March 2015, Apple promised to change the way medical research could be done. They launched ResearchKit, which could turn millions of iPhones around the world into a “powerful tool for medical...
View ArticleMore manufacturing jobs came back to the U.S. than left last year
In the long run, many academics and entrepreneurs think that automation and robotics are going to replace a significant percentage, if not the overwhelming majority, of manufacturing jobs. That’s...
View ArticleTesla Autopilot Review: Bikers will die
My colleague and I got to take a TESLA Autopilot test drive on highways, curvy California roads, and by the ocean. In case you don’t live in Palo Alto (where the Whole Foods parking lot is full of...
View ArticleLocus Robotics
interview by Industrial-Automation May 28, 2017 In this episode, Abate De Mey speaks with Rick Faulk, CEO of Locus Robotics, about warehouse automation with collaborative robots. At Locus Robotics,...
View ArticleFDA Assembles Team to Oversee AI Revolution in Health
Mobile health apps and wearable devices that use artificial intelligence to help diagnose or even treat medical conditions pose a new regulatory challenge for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The...
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View ArticleAll the Latest, Most Exciting Robotics Research from ICRA 2017
Every six months, an enormous posse of top robotics researchers from around the world converge on some moderately exotic location to impress each other with their latest research. Right now, we’re at...
View ArticleAgricultural robot scrutinizes plants so that we don't have to
Phenotyping is the process of observing the physical characteristics of a plant in order to assess its health. Although a necessary part of crop breeding, it's also a very tedious and time-consuming...
View ArticleSenator who voted for anti-trans ‘bathroom bill’ busted in hotel with...
This Tuesday, an Oklahoma State Senator was charged with child prostitution after being caught in a hotel room with an underage boy. Three felony charges were filed against Ralph Shortey by Cleveland...
View ArticleTwitter has a serious problem—and it’s actually a bigger deal than people...
On March 30, during the first Senate intelligence committee hearing on alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election, London-based cybersecurity expert Thomas Rid described how several...
View ArticleLive coverage of #ICRA2017
by Events News May 30, 2017 The next edition of IEEE 2017 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) is in Singapore! The event kicked off on Monday 29 May and is running until 3 June....
View ArticleAI Designers Find Inspiration in Rat Brains
Editor's Pick Today’s artificial intelligence systems can destroy human champions at sophisticated games like chess, Go, and Texas Hold ’em. In flight simulators, they can shoot down top fighter...
View ArticleA glove powered by soft robotics to interact with virtual reality environments
Engineers at UC San Diego are using soft robotics technology to make light, flexible gloves that allow users to feel tactile feedback when they interact with virtual reality environments. The...
View ArticleVagus Nerve Stimulation Succeeds in Long-Term Stroke Recovery Trial
An implanted device can improve the ability of certain stroke victims to relearn movement, according to the results of a nine-month-long study released today at the International Neuromodulation...
View ArticleSoft Robotic Structures Fold Themselves Up in Hot Water
Over the last few years there’s been an increased focus on robots that can build themselves. This is especially pertinent when you’re dealing with robots that are fiddly to make, which includes (at the...
View ArticleUber Fires Former Google Engineer at Heart of Self-Driving Dispute
SAN FRANCISCO — Uber has fired Anthony Levandowski, a vice president of technology and the star engineer leading the company’s self-driving automobile efforts, according to an internal email sent to...
View ArticleFirst robot cop to join Dubai Police by May, official says
Dubai: The UAE’s first police robot will join Dubai Police in May and robots will make 25 per cent of the force by 2030, officials said on Monday. Brigadier Abdullah Bin Sultan, Director of the Future...
View ArticleRobots hit the streets
As robots begin to appear on sidewalks and streets, they're being hazed and bullied. Last week, a drunken man allegedly tipped over a 300-pound security robot in Mountain View, California. The incident...
View ArticleReality Editor
Reality Editor for iOS Use the Reality Editor together with the Starter App in your personal home Wifi to explore a new way to interact with the physical world. Starter App for OSX The best way to...
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