For more than two decades, robotics market commentaries have predicted a shift , particularly in manufacturing, from traditional industrial manipulators to a new generation of mobile, sensing robots, called "cobots." Cobots are agile assistants that use internal sensors and AI processing to operate tools or manipulate components in a shared workspace, while maintaining safety.
It hasn't happened. Companies have successfully deployed cobots , but the rate of adoption is lagging behind expectations.
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Robots Are Stringing Together These Adidas Running Shoes | WIRED
That is, until now. Adidas has revealed that for the last four years its computer and sports scientists have been secretly working on a brand new way to create a shoe's upper. Called "Futurecraft.Strung," the technology sees a robot quickly place more than a thousand individual threads at mind-bending angles across the material part of the shoe.
To create this stringy canvas, the company built custom robotics and software, and conducted high-resolution scans of how runners' feet move as they travel. For its prototype shoe (above) to demonstrate the tech, Adidas combined the new material process with a 3D-printed sole to create one of the brand's most advanced shoes to date.
Toyota's robot butler prototype hangs from the ceiling like a bat - The Verge
The Earth's population is rapidly aging, with people aged 65 and over constituting the world's fastest-growing age group. This is going to create problems for lots of countries as they struggle to find resources to look after seniors. And it's why Toyota's robotics division is focused on developing mechanical helpers for the home, keeping older generations healthy and happy as they age.
This week Toyota offered a closer look at some of the prototypes it's testing in mock-up home environments built in its labs in California. These include a "gantry robot" that hangs from the ceiling and is able to complete tasks like cleaning and loading the dishwasher.
Will robots and AI take our jobs in covid-19's socially distanced era? | New Scientist
This trend towards automation and roboticisation isn’t new – but covid-19 is vastly accelerating it. “What this pandemic has done is make people extremely aware of hygiene and the need to distance”, says Richard Pak at Clemson University in South Carolina. “In these times, robots and automation definitely provide a safety benefit.”
And perhaps also a huge problem. Unemployment has shot up as coronavirus has hit the global economy. What happens if we emerge from the covid-19 recession to find that jobs have permanently gone – with no plan B to keep us gainfully employed?
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Neocis, the maker of dental surgery robots, roots out another $72 million – TechCrunch
Since the robotic dental surgery assistant Yomi first came on the market in 2019, more than 2,700 patients have stared up at its plastic sheathed metal arms . Now the company behind it, Neocis , has raised $72 million to bring it into more dentists’ offices.
Robots are proliferating in operating rooms around the country, with more than 6 million robotic-assisted surgeries taking place across multiple specialties. They’ve been scanning, excising and drilling into brains, hearts and bones for years, but it has only been in the past few years that robots have acquired the dexterity necessary to start rooting around in people’s mouths.
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Virtual robot comedy show helps STEM education
Have you ever seen a robot do stand-up? Jon the Robot was the highlight of last weekend's comedy show "Robots versus Humans," presented by DC Science Comedy for the Maryland STEM Festival. Jon's real purpose is to help scientists research artificial intelligence.
"Social robots and social AI isn't yet socially engaging or funny as it could be, and some techniques for helping that are relatively simple. So, Jon the Robot, is just using audio to make decisions throughout the set," said his creator, Dr. Naomi Fitter, of Oregon State University.
Human Attitudes toward the Robot in the Room
The increasing presence of robots in society calls for a deeper understanding into what attitudes humans have toward robots. People may treat robots as mechanical artifacts, or may consider them to be intentional agents.
The Global Commercial Robotics Market Size is projected to reach $24,760 million by 2026, from $8,310.7 million in 2020, at a CAGR of 20.0 percent During 2021-2026, according to Industry Research Biz.
And, according to a Mordor Intelligence report, Social Robots Market: Growth, Trends, and Forecasts (2020-2025) , the social robots market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of about 14 percent over the forecast period 2020 to 2025. The rise of research in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and development platforms such as the Robotic Operating System has enabled the rise in a class of robots called Social Robotics.
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