Tognazzini now has three of the dirt-sucking robots stationed around her house. All are set to clean when she heads out to the barn. "It's a huge timesaver for me," she says.
While vacuums may be the most common home cleaning robots, other automations use sensors, artificial intelligence technology and robotics to tackle projects that include mopping floors, cleaning windows, mowing lawns, dry cleaning clothes and even patrolling the house via cameras from an app on the phone. While more specialized products, like laundry-folding, haven't come as far, there are promising advances.
“Like science fiction,” Seattle startup sends laser-equipped robots to zap weeds on
When vegetable farmer Shay Myers needs to weed 30 acres of organic onions, he’s typically hired a crew of around 30 people for a day of work that can be tedious, including sometimes using pocket knives to carve away weeds around the onions. This season, he hopes to use two robots instead.
The first sight of the machine in a field of crops "was like science fiction," said Myers, who grows hundreds of acres of onions, asparagus, sweet potatoes and other vegetables in Idaho and Oregon. He expects the machines "should pay for themselves in two or three years."
'Snakebot' takes a dive to go where other robots can't -- GCN
A snake-like robot can now slither its way through water, allowing it to inspect ships, submarines, and underwater infrastructure for damage.
Researchers from the Biorobotics Lab in the School of Computer Science's Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University tested the hardened underwater modular robot snake (HUMRS) last month in the pool, diving the robot through underwater hoops, showing off its precise and smooth swimming, and demonstrating its ease of control.
Robots are now scanning shelves at Save Mart and Lucky Supermarkets in California | Fortune
Save Mart rolls out robots to reduce out-of-stocks | Chain Store Age
The Save Mart Companies is deploying Simbe Tally inventory robots to autonomously audit store shelves in an effort to ensure products are in stock and in the correct location on the sales floor. The retailer is testing the robots in select Save Mart, Lucky/Lucky California and FoodMaxx banners in the Modesto and East Bay areas of California.
The real-time data and inventory insights collected by Tally can help reduce out-of-stocks by up to 30%, while providing store associates more time to focus on servicing customers. Utilizing Tally, Save Mart can scan up to 30,000 products per day.
Female robots are seen as being the most human. Why?
Sylvie Borau does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
With the proliferation of female robots such as Sophia and the popularity of female virtual assistants such as Siri (Apple), Alexa (Amazon) and Cortana (Microsoft), artificial intelligence seems to have a gender issue.
Save Mart pilots autonomous inventory robots – Produce Blue Book
MODESTO, Calif. & SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Today, The Save Mart Companies BB #:113903 launched a pilot program, in partnership with Simbe, to roll out the autonomous inventory robot Tally in select Save Mart, Lucky/Lucky California and FoodMaxx banners in the Modesto and East Bay areas.
Tally robots autonomously audit store shelves to ensure products are in stock and in the correct location on the sales floor. The real-time data and inventory insights collected by Tally help retailers reduce out-of-stocks by up to 30% and enable store teams to focus on servicing customers.
Baubot comes out with two new robots to aid in construction projects
Users can switch out the type of digits at the end of each arm depending on what type of task they need the bot to perform. For example, an arm tip has the ability to cut, drill, sand and also use a suction feature to elevate heavy rocks into the proper location. Both types of robot can transport over one ton of material.
While both robots are still in pre-production, many human construction workers have already begun to express concern that these machines might replace them in the work they do. Still, the benefit of such developments remains obvious, especially in already-released products such as the SRS100-400 3D printer utilized for construction that sits inside a regular shipping container.
A Huge New Kroger Warehouse Is Staffed by 1,000 Grocery-Picking Robots
Kroger has over 2,700 stores in 35 US states, and its annual sales total more than $121.1 billion, making it the biggest traditional grocery chain in the US and one of the world's biggest retailers. But even before the pandemic, Kroger was falling behind competitors, some of whom already had robust online shopping programs in place before Covid hit .
Construction on the first such warehouse is complete; a 375,000-square-foot fulfillment center outside the company's headquarters in Cincinnati opened this week , and it will soon be followed by one outside Orlando, to the tune of around $50 million apiece. While they'll rely on robots and automation, these warehouses will operate a little differently than, say, Amazon's. But what's not to love about a robot that looks like a dishwasher (and doesn't wash any dishes)?
Robots Deliver Food at University of Denver, CSU Could Be Next
The robots I'm talking about are small, 6-wheeled, autonomous coolers... at least, that's what they look like to me.
After reading an article about Domino's dispatching robot delivery cars through a partnership with Nuro , I decided to dig deeper. These look like little smart cars without a driver in the front seat. In fact, there are no people in the car at all. Apparently when your order arrives you will need to enter a pin code into the robot in order to receive your meal. If these tests are successful, these self=-driving robots will be on the streets with the rest of us.
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