That same day, it was announced that Swiss researchers developed a light, quick robotic bug called the DEAnsect, which can withstand several whacks from a flyswatter and can survive being stepped on by a shoe. The miniature robot was designed with dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs), artificial muscles, a microcontroller for a brain and photodiodes as eyes.
As if swarms of robotic bugs weren't scary enough — Shea said eventually they will be able to talk to themselves. "We're currently working on an untethered and entirely soft version with Stanford University. In the longer term, we plan to fit new sensors and emitters to the insects so they can communicate directly with one another."
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Snow, fires, floods and robots: the best photos of the weekend | News | The Guardian
Is Valley Fair mall's security robot using facial recognition?
The first rule about the mall robot appears to be: “Don’t talk about the mall robot.”
Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto had mall robots, one of which was famously accused of knocking over a small child. How many robots did the posh mall have at the time? It refused to say. How many does it have now? None. When and why did the shopping center rid itself of autonomous patrollers? The shopping center declined to say.
But the almost equally posh Westfield Valley Fair mall has a robot, the same kind Stanford Shopping Center used to have, from a Mountain View company called Knightscope. Valley Fair’s machine is about the size of a very stout teenager, fiery red, and cruises silently around the mall, its four eyes gathering video of everything and everyone in view, its microphones picking up sound.
Retail Robots Are on the Rise—at Every Level of the Industry
The robots are coming! The robots are coming! On our sidewalks, in our skies, in our every store… Over the next decade, robots will enter the mainstream of retail.
As countless robots work behind the scenes to stock shelves, serve customers, and deliver products to our doorstep, the speed of retail will accelerate.
These changes are already underway. In this blog, we'll elaborate on how robots are entering the retail ecosystem.
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'Digital exhaust': Why Amazon Loves Robots For More Than Labour Savings - Which-50
Robots are a key component in a digital transformation – rather than an end goal – and most industries should be considering them, according to one of Amazon's top robotics experts.
The ecommerce giant has been leveraging the technology for years, most commonly to pick goods from within its warehouses, and sees as much benefit in the operational data as the labour savings.
Amazon, which has rolled out over 200,000 robots, also insists the automation technology has not displaced a single worker.
The robots trying to spread Christmas cheer - BBC News
Robots are demonstrating their abilities in the festive windows at Bloomingdale's flagship store in New York this year.
Eleven machines in three of the stores windows are performing tasks such as playing instruments and serving coffee, as well as offering karaoke carols.
The collaboration between store, ABB robots and robot animator Andy Flessas aims to demonstrate how robots could be used in retail in the future.
Mayo will test robotic heart procedure for rural patients - StarTribune.com
In the initial test, the Mayo doctor will only be in the next room, able to step in as needed. A successful test, however, would pave the way for a future in which doctors could perform the procedure from miles away.
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Mayo’s research in partnership with Corindus, the manufacturer of the remote PCI platform, has been in animal organs in the United States, but it led to the first human remote PCI in India last year. The doctor and procedure in that case were 20 miles apart.
Why the 2020 streaming wars will be won by robots
The problem streaming platforms will be addressing in 2020 is how they help viewers find what they want to watch. As recently as 2017, viewers were spending almost an hour a day searching for content . The service that will fix this problem will win the streaming wars. With more rival services available, viewers will have more alternative platforms to choose from if they feel they're spending too much time searching for something to watch.
But how can a video streaming provider break away from the competition and become the go-to service? The key lies in viewer retention and AI.
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