David Hanson, PhD, and Sophia the Robot at Duke Corporate Education's Davos of Human Capital event.
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"Interacting with rich character experiences opens us to a whole new world of commercial opportunity and can bring out the best in humanity. Humans and AI working together in collaboration can enable us to reach the next level of human intelligence," Hanson said.
How might this work? As robots take over rote, "algorithmic" tasks, humans must specialize more and more in those capabilities that are "robot-proof", such as creativity, purpose, imagination and curiosity-based problem exploration. However, as we focus on these uniquely human capabilities and traits, we will do so through ever-increasing levels of interaction with robots and AI.
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Israel – Joint venture launches employment agency for robots (The Jerusalem Post)
Israeli robotics start-up SixAI has partnered with Japanese Honda affiliate Musashi Seimitsu to launch what it claims to be the world's "first employment agency" for autonomous robots, reports The Jerusalem Post. The joint venture of the companies, MusashiAI, will enable businesses to hire fully-autonomous artificial intelligence robots designed by SixAI to work alongside humans in industrial workplaces, according to their needs.
Gecko Robotics' CEO on Driving Industrial Inspection Robots - Robotics Business Review
Pittsburgh-based Gecko Robotics, which is developing robots to automate infrastructure inspections, is clearly tackling the issue of automating and improving on tasks that are "dirty, dull, or dangerous" within industrial inspection circles.
The company, which recently closed a $40 million Series B funding round, began developing the technology in 2016 to help modernize an industry that it says was "historically stagnant." Gecko's wall-climbing robots use acoustic, laser, electromagnetic and other non-destructive testing modules to focus on industrial plan inspections and to collect data on whether equipment needs to be maintained or replaced.
Bloomingdale's flagship New York store is using robots to decorate - Business Insider
Around the holidays you can expect Christmas trees, twinkle lights, cocoa, and, now, robots? They're part of the Christmas lineup at Bloomingdale's flagship 59th street store.
The department store is mainly incorporating robots into window displays and decor, but serving coffee they show how robots will "enhance the future retail experience," according to Bloomingdale's.
Other retailers have also tried to incorporate robots into their physical stores. Pepper , the humanoid robot created by Japanese company SoftBank , is possibly the most recognizable. SoftBank recommends using Pepper as a greeter, brand ambassador, survey conductor, and more.
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Building robotic safety inspectors nabs Gecko Robotics $40 million – TechCrunch
Gecko Robotics has landed $40 million in financing as it looks to build an additional 40 robots over the next year to meet what the company sees as growing demand for its safety and infrastructure monitoring services.
There’s been something of a robotics revolution in the safety and compliance market over the past few years. From automated assembly lines to warehouses and now to chemical plants and refineries, robots are making their presence felt.
Alphabet Is Developing a Robot to Take Over Boring Everyday Tasks
Robots excel at carrying out specialized tasks in controlled environments, but put them in your average office and they'd be lost. Alphabet wants to change that by developing what they call the Everyday R obot, which could learn to help us out with our daily chores.
For a long time most robots were painstakingly hand-coded to carry out their functions, but since the deep learning revolution earlier this decade there's been a growing effort to imbue them with AI that lets them learn new tasks through experience.
Virtual reality, robots and other new technolgies help people with dementia and their caretakers
It comes at a time when the search for treatments to slow or cure the condition seems to have stalled.
According to the World Health Organization, about 50 million people worldwide have dementia, with that number rising to an expected 82 million by 2030 and 152 million in 2050. Alzheimer's accounts for 60 to 70 percent of dementia cases. Other major forms include vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia and frontotemporal dementia.
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While medical breakthroughs have fallen short, robotics and digital devices to help with coping are taking off.
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