Country Garden, a property developer in China, revealed that its subsidiary Qianxi Robot Catering Group (Qianxi Group) opened a restaurant complex operated completely by robots. Located in Shunde, which is a city in China's Guangdong province, the restaurant eliminates most human-to-human contact and may be a harbinger of how businesses plan to handle the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak.
The restaurant complex is 2,000 square meters or about 21,527 square feet, and it has 20 robots equipped to serve a variety of dishes, including Chinese food, fast food, clay-pot rice and hot pot. The menu has 200 items, but they are available within 20 seconds of ordering. The restaurant can handle 600 diners at once.
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Medical robotics in China: the rise of technology in three charts
In 2006, China highlighted the importance of robotics in its 15-year plan for science and technology. In 2011, the central government fleshed out these ambitions in its 12th five-year plan, specifying that robots should be used to support society in a wide range of roles, from helping emergency services during natural disasters and firefighting, to performing complex surgery and aiding in medical rehabilitation.
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Guang-Zhong Yang, head of the Institute of Medical Robotics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, says that China's robotics research output has been growing steadily for two decades, driven by three major factors: "The clinical utilization of robotics; increased funding levels driven by national planning needs; and advances in engineering in areas such as precision mechatronics, medical imaging, artificial intelligence and new materials for making robots."
Don't Panic, But Russia Is Training Its Robot Tanks To Understand Human Speech
The Kremlin's Advanced Research Foundation—Russia's answer to the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency—has begun testing artificial intelligence that allows a Marker experimental ground-combat vehicle to respond to the same orders that a commander issues to human soldiers.
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But Uran-9 didn't quite work as its designers intended. After just a month of combat, the Kremlin admitted the unmanned ground vehicle wasn't ready for regular front-line use.
Can robots keep the salad bar safe? – RetailWire
The novel coronavirus pandemic is giving grocers a new reason to consider robots for food preparation.
The Chowbotics website bills Sally as “the most hygienic custom salad bar experience available on the market.” The current iteration can hold up to 22 ingredients.
A demonstration video of Sally 2.0, the machine's latest incarnation, shows people selecting and ordering meals from a touch screen. Sally then puts together the meal by dispensing the correct fresh ingredients from a rotating carousel of see-through ingredient containers.
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Rios raises $5 million for robots that can grasp 'thousands' of types of products |
Rios , a Stanford robotics spinout founded by former Xerox PARC engineers, emerged from stealth today after 18 months with $5 million in funding. The company plans to use the funds to bolster product R&D and to accelerate its go-to-market efforts as it signs on "global" customers and partners.
Around $1.2 billion in U.S. venture capital deals have targeted logistics-focused robotics and automation companies since 2015, according to PitchBook, and investments are poised to accelerate. During the pandemic, ecommerce order volume has increased by 50% compared with 2019 and shipment times for products like furniture more than doubled.
Robots to deliver groceries for free in Ann Arbor - mlive.com
ANN ARBOR, MI -- Delivery robots are being deployed to ship groceries to Ann Arbor residents during the coronavirus pandemic.
"Our expansion into grocery delivery was a no-brainer during this time when the need for contactless delivery is so strong," said Matthew Johnson-Roberson, co-founder and CEO of Refraction AI, in a statement. "We're really happy to provide a safer solution for grocery shopping, especially for the at-risk members of our community. Through this partnership with Produce Station, we'll be gathering insight and data to further expand our grocery delivery model."
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