Watch the two simulated robots above, and you'll notice a big difference. Even though both of their "brains" have evolved over 300 generations to allow them to walk, only one succeeds; the other falls flat on its back.
That's because only the bot on the left has learned to adapt to new circumstances. Artificial intelligence (AI) often relies on so-called neural networks, algorithms inspired by the human brain. But unlike ours, AI brains usually don't learn new things once they've been trained and deployed; they're stuck with the same thinking they're born with.
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Monroe robotics gearing up for spring competition | News | dailyprogress.com
Senior Nikkita Joy is testing out the high school's 3D printer in preparation for printing robot parts for the team.
Senior Jonathan Ross works on electronic components for this year's robot. The theme for 2020-21 is "Star Wars: Force for Change."
Ninth-grader Akhil Marri, who competed with the middle school Electro Wizards in 2019, works on disassembling last year's robot during a recent team practice.
With the difficulty of planning for social distancing, modified school schedules and with many students attending school virtually or in a blended format, after-school activities have taken a big hit this year. Thanks to one dedicated coach, the high school robotics team is already working to prepare for an early spring competition.
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How industrial robots that can 'see' and 'understand' can improve ROI
Henry Ford’s “You can have any colour as long as it’s black” manufacturing style is long gone. Our era of hyper-consumerism means manufacturers need to innovate and update product pipelines much faster. This demand drives the need to invest in better automation to streamline global supply chains, improve quality control, and stay competitive in a fast-paced global market.
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But manufacturers today are faced with a peculiar Catch-22 situation when it comes to investing in automation.
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Pratt Miller launches disinfecting robots at Detroit Metro Airport
The COVID-19 pandemic is providing new business growth for New Hudson-based Pratt Miller Engineering.
The engineering and prototype development company secured a contract with facility services company ISS A/S, which provides custodial services to airports, casinos, stadiums and office buildings, and service provider for Delta Air Lines. ISS placed two of the robots, called Safi, at the McNamara Terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Another robot is on order for the airport, said Christopher Andrews, director of mobility and innovation at Pratt Miller.
Horizon Robotics, a Chinese rival to Nvidia, seeks to raise over $700M – TechCrunch
The round arrived less than two years after Horizon completed its $600 million Series B round , which valued the firm at $3 billion post-money and also saw the participation of prominent Korean financiers including SK China, the China subsidiary of conglomerate SK Group, and SK Hynix, SK's semiconductor unit.
The startup, founded by a Baidu veteran, raised its Series A round of more than $100 million, led by Intel Capital, in late 2017.
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For the past couple of years, China has been striving to wean dependence on western chip giants in sectors ranging from smartphones to vehicles. Local startups like Horizon Robotics and Black Sesame Technologies, as well as telecoms titan Huawei, are pouring resources into autonomous driving processors, hoping to match or overtake the technologies from Nvidia and Intel’s Mobileye.
2020 - the year the robots rose, but the 'shock horror' revolution didn't arrive
While COVID-19 tore up cities like a microbial Godzilla, the potential of robots to automate a range of essential industries, such manufacturing, agriculture, and energy, began to look more like a key to human survival than a threat to our jobs and existence. Meanwhile Artificial Intelligence (AI) offered a means of finding new solutions quickly, or giving intractable social problems a veneer of digital neutrality. Both views held fast in 2020.
Robots can already run lights-out factories, manufacturing goods 24/7, 365 days a year. They can help run and maintain warehouses and keep orders moving. Robots can pick fruit, harvest crops, help irrigate fields, and – with the aid of drones and sensors – get fertiliser to where it needs to go. All of these things are currently a problem for humans in a locked-down world.
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At an open house at its Italian headquarters this past fall, Campetella Robotic Center (CRC) discussed several new developments in robotic hardware and a new customer web portal for robot condition monitoring and remote maintenance. “We have used the past few months to bring new robot developments to series production readiness,” explained general manager Elia Campetella.
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At the Campetella open house, four-cavity PP yogurt cups with IML were molded in just 1.9 sec.
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Watch an #AI #robot walk with a broken leg, thanks to a #brain that never stops #learning… https://t.co/Rz2XesSecI SpirosMargaris (from All Over the World) Mon Dec 21 17:01:31 +0000 2020
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