When Boston Dynamics posted its latest video of its robots performing gravity-defying acrobatics, this time dancing to The Contours' "Do You Love Me," the internet was agog. A YouTube clip of Atlas and Spot robots moving with balletic fluidity has racked up over 23 million views since Dec. 30 and countless warnings that the 'Terminator series' Skynet is upon us.
One country making great strides in this nascent market is Japan, known for its prowess in robotics. In 2018, Japan was the world's top industrial robot manufacturer and delivered 52% of the global supply, according to the IFR. Japan has actively embraced robotics as its population shrinks, its workforce shrinks and the coronavirus pandemic makes human interaction difficult.
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America did not have a good week. U.S. employers shed jobs last month for the first time since April, with 140,000 positions cut, according to the Associated Press – mostly in restaurants, bars, hotels and entertainment venues. COVID-19 is on the rise. And the tumultuous transfer of power currently stumbling gracelessly toward the finish line briefly erupted into a riot that left Congresspeople hiding in their offices and the Capitol building full of smashed windows.
It was a week so bad that any reader who would rather draw the shades and think about absolutely none of it isn't just well within their rights – they're making the best possible decision.
LG says germ-blasting UV robots are here to stay - The Washington Post
Businesses across a broad range of industries continue to turn up the dial on Hi-Tech surface disinfection, and LG Electronics is among the latest tech companies to bank on the deep-cleaning boom extending beyond the pandemic.
LG's CLOi robot looks like a plug-in space heater on wheels and is set to be digitally unveiled Monday at CES, which was among the world's biggest tech conferences but went virtual this year.
The device will ship to LG's business customers in April — almost a year after several start-ups and organizations began hyping their automated germ-blasting machines in the face of a deadly respiratory virus. Still, LG thinks it is right on time as industries remain crippled by the outbreak and Americans face months of vaccine distribution ahead.
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Dancing Boston Dynamics Robots Show Off Their Sweet Moves | Smart News | Smithsonian
In its latest display of engineering excellence, Boston Dynamics released a video of its Atlas, Spot and Handle robots boogieing to “Do You Love Me?” by the Contours, Stan Horaczek reports for Popular Science .
The video—equal parts fun, mesmerizing and uncanny—gives the impression that the machines saw an engineer do “the robot” and felt compelled to make a point: these robots have rhythm. In reality, humans had to write the code for each sway, swivel and squat in order to create the expertly choreographed demonstration.
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