U.S. companies installed fewer robots in 2019 than they did the year before, the first cut back since 2015, as a downturn in manufacturing fueled by trade wars and weaker demand dampened appetite for the machines.
Shipments fell to 23,758, a more than 16% drop, according to data seen by Reuters that was set for release on Tuesday by the Association for Advancing Automation, an industry group based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Robot shipments also fell in Mexico last year, declining 25% to 3,263, while shipments in Canada roughly held steady at just over 3,000 units.
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Robots used to prevent spread of coronavirus -
Digital and robotic technology is playing an important part in preventing the spread of coronavirus, according to press reports.
Evidence so far suggests that the virus is spread by coughs and sneezes and from surfaces, so it's important for healthcare professionals to avoid direct contact with patients.
The best way to prevent further infections is limit patients' movement and treat them in isolation.
CNN reports that the first person diagnosed with the Wuhan coronavirus in the US is being treated by a small crew of medical workers using a robot.
US Army to use gamers' brain waves to train military robot swarms | Fox News
A group of experts wants to study the brain waves and eye movements of people playing a video game in order to build an advanced AI that could coordinate the actions of military robots.
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, known as DARPA, awarded a team from the University of Buffalo's Artificial Intelligence Institute a $316,000 grant for the study.
Although swarm robotics is inspired by many things, including ant colonies, researchers believe that humans have a lot of potential to improve AI learning systems. The study of 25 video game players will include real-time strategy games such as StarCraft, Stellaris and Company of Heroes.
Denmark opens swanky HQ for robot coworkers | ZDNet
You want windmills, go to the Netherlands. But if you want robots that can work intelligently and safely alongside humans, Denmark ought to be your first stop.
The country has long been a hub of collaborative robotics, which are user-friendly, typically task-agnostic robots that can work closely with humans without the need for cages. Universal Robots, the leader in (and in many respects creator of) the space, has called Denmark home since its founding in 2005.
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Robot With Coronavirus Advice Hits Times Square - The New York Times
NEW YORK — Worried about the spread of coronavirus? A five-foot tall (1.5 meter) Promobot might have your answer.
The robot with a friendly face rolled into Times Square on Monday to help provide information about the new virus.
Curious passersby stopped, filled out a short questionnaire on an iPad-like touch screen attached to the robot's chest, and even had a conversation with the machine.
Promobot was created by a Philadelphia-based startup that makes autonomous service robots for businesses and is run by a group of Russians.
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What the world can learn from Japan's robots - BBC Worklife
Japan is changing: a rapidly ageing society, a record-breaking influx of visitors from overseas, and more robots than ever. That's where the country's young people come in. Gen J, a new series by BBC Worklife , keeps you up to speed on how the nation's next generation is shaping the Japan of tomorrow.
At a sleek office building in Shinagawa, Tokyo, workers are strolling in and out for lunch. As they walk through the glass doors, they pass two security guards, each dutifully flanking the passage in stern silence. It all seems pretty unremarkable, until you realise one of those security guards is a robot.
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The adoption of industrial robots in France makes manufacturing businesses more productive and profitable but at the expense of jobs, according to a recent paper presented by the National Bureau of Economic Research, a private, non-profit, non-partisan research organization in America.
In a paper titled "Competing with Robots: Firm-Level Evidence from France," economics professors Daron Acemoglu (MIT), Claire LeLarge (University of Paris Saclay), and Pascual Restrepo (Boston University) analyzed 55,390 French manufacturing firms to study the economic impact of robot adoption.
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