I'd watch with amusement as the little gadget puttered around my desk, occasionally looking back at me as if seeking my approval, and I couldn't help but think that this sensation is exactly what Amazon is trying to replicate with its recently announced Astro home robot .
While the utility of the Astro is currently up for debate, it's absolutely adorable. This is the key that's going to unlock a lot of doors for this robot, and Amazon knows it.
Robots: stealing our jobs or solving labour shortages? | Robots | The Guardian
With the worst days of the pandemic hopefully now behind us, the jobs story has turned out to be unexpectedly complicated.
Over the course of a decade or more, however, the overall impact of artificial intelligence and robotics on the job market is likely to be significant and in some specific areas the technologies may lead to dramatic change within the next few years.
Mars robots take cruise control during solar event - CNN
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Mobile Robots An Increasingly Important Part of Modern Manufacturing.
Whether they are going mobile or adding artificial intelligence, a range of robots are appearing on the manufacturing floor - and more are on the way.
"Things are really rocketing forward," says Jeff Burnstein, president of A3, "and it's a whole bunch of industries that are automating."
Project Y Team 4153 Building Much More Than Robots
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The slogan of Project Y Team 4153 High School Robotics Team is "we build more than robots." What more do they build?
"We're teaching leadership skills," Project Y Mentor Andy Erickson said. "Students lead the team and we support them. We're also teaching teamwork. It's like a sports team. It's about competing—it's a sport for the mind."
8 Adorable Robots That Are Dead Now
Here are eight of the cutest robots that landed in the trashpile of failed consumer electronics. Maybe Astro is next.
This lil buddy took CES by storm when it launched. Sure, it looked like a penguin nun, but it was genuinely adorable. Like Astro, it was meant to patrol your home, stream feeds, and recognize your family, but in a less ominous way.
Humans and robots go to school together - How robots help to qualify for the workplace of the
A push to automate is changing the way humans and machines work together. The number of industrial robots installed in factories reached about 3 million units worldwide in 2020 – more than doubling in ten years.
"Automating dull, dirty and dangerous tasks is changing job profiles of factory workers for the better," says Milton Guerry , President of the International Federation of Robotics. "Academies run by robot manufacturers play a key role in making this transition possible.
Insurers Increase Investments in Drones, Robots - WSJ
Insurance companies are increasing their investment in robotic systems aimed at helping claims adjusters evaluate storm-damaged properties with greater safety and less cost.
Travelers Cos., United Services Automobile Association and Farmers Insurance Group were among the major property and casualty companies to deploy aerial drones this summer to inspect property damage in the wake of Hurricane Ida.
Space jellyfish and subterranean robots — September’s best science images
Space jellyfish . On 15 September, four private astronauts blasted into space on SpaceX’s Inspiration4 — the first all-civilian mission to orbit Earth .
Rainbow river. Part of the Poisoned Beauty series, this photo of a river in Romania’s Apuseni Mountains shows the effects of contamination from gold and copper mining in the area. The bright colours are caused by chemical waste and runoff from the mines.
Why Amazon built a home robot – TechCrunch
iRobot's CEO once told me, with a wink, that he didn't become a truly successful roboticist until he became a vacuum salesman. It's a good line, and one that betrays some fundamental truths about the industry. Robots are hard, and in a lot of ways home robots are doubly so.
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