Tiny Mile’s delivery robots will pause operations in Toronto while the City Council decides on whether or not to approve the ban. | Photo Credit: Tiny Mile
The provision was originally put forward by the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee. The committee voiced concerns about sidewalk robots being hazards for people with low mobility or vision as well as elderly people and children.
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The US mortgage firm Better sacked 900 workers in a video meeting. It's time to entrust such tricky human resources tasks to artificial beings
"I come to you with not great news," Garg began. "I do not want to do this. The last time I did it, I cried. This time I hope to be stronger." Everyone was rooting for him. "If you're on this call," he continued, "you are part of the unlucky group being laid off.
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Gijs Dubbelman became enamored with artificial intelligence during his studies. Fifteen years later, as co-founder and CTO of AIIM (AI in Motion), he is still busy working every day on making systems more intelligent.
During his research for the Mobile Perception Systems lab which he himself leads at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e, the Netherlands), Dubbelman has noticed that the technology is often so mature that it no longer needs any more scientific research.
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When you think of a robot, images of R2-D2 or C-3PO might come to mind. But robots can serve up more than just entertainment on the big screen. In a lab, for example, robotic systems can improve safety and efficiency by performing repetitive tasks and handling harsh chemicals.
The Psychology Behind Our Attachment to Robots | Psychology Today
Consider Paro, the cute, furry robotic seal that can reach to touch and learn to respond to its name. You could easily imagine an infant child fawning for one and it quickly becoming a best friend–like a sentimental teddy bear, but supercharged.
Indeed, one of the largest target markets for loneliness innovations is older adults, who sadly have some of the highest isolation rates. Human visitors to elderly care facilities can be few and far between, so the synthetic has been picking up the extra slack.
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