Workers with college degrees and specialized training once felt relatively safe from automation. They aren't.
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These robots are here to merge purchase orders into columns J and K of next quarter's revenue forecast, and transfer customer data from the invoicing software to the Oracle database. They are unassuming software programs with names like "Auxiliobits — DataTable To Json String," and they are becoming the star employees at many American companies.
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Albertsons taps Tortoise for remote-controlled grocery delivery robots – TechCrunch
Albertsons Companies, the grocery giant that owns Safeway and Jewel-Osco, has launched a pilot program that will test grocery delivery using remote-controlled delivery robots developed by Silicon Valley startup Tortoise.
The pilot will start at two Safeway locations in Northern California, although Tortoise co-founder and president Dmitry Shevelenko said if successful, he expects the pilot to continue to scale to other stores in the state and possibly throughout the West Coast .
Soft robot reaches the deepest part of the ocean
The authors' robot is designed to have a fish-like body shape and two flapping side fins (Fig. 1). The authors used a well-established mechanism to drive flapping. The fins are attached to 'muscles' on the robot's body; these are made of a soft material that converts electrical energy into mechanical work — when an electric current from the robot's battery is applied to the muscles, they contract. Tiny solid structures mechanically connect the contracting muscles to the fins, making them flap.
Robots help patients stay connected
Not in their own bed or home. Imagine how they feel. Not sure what is going on. Feeling afraid, alone and isolated.
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"The patients and families continue to be excited about them. The kids are completely into this new technology and they want to jump right into using it," patient activity specialist Jalessa Warren said.
Approximately 56 inches tall, lightweight, mobile and hands-free, these robots allow for patients and their families to communicate when they are not able to be together.
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At Bridgewater State, the food-delivery workers are robots - The Boston Globe
The robots have arrived at Bridgewater State University , and they're delivering burgers and fries.
From dawn to dusk, 15 squat, white, six-wheeled machines trundle across the campus, toting snacks and drinks between the university's four restaurants and the 1,200 students in the school's residence halls. The self-driving machines are engineered in the tiny eastern European nation of Estonia by San Francisco-based Starship Technologies , and Bridgewater State is the first university in Massachusetts to deploy them.
Insect-Size Flying Robots Could Help On Rescue Missions, MIT Scientist Says : NPR
Kevin Chen, an assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, envisions a time when his insect-sized drone could be used as a search and rescue robot — to find survivors in disaster debris that bigger drones couldn't reach. Kevin Yufeng Chen hide caption
Kevin Chen says he spends "a lot of time looking at the flapping-wing physics, that is understanding how an insect can flap their wings and generate lift and drag forces."
Bridgewater State University Using Robots To Deliver Food To Students – CBS Boston
BRIDGEWATER (CBS) – A new addition to the campus at Bridgewater State University – robots delivering meals to students, everything from pizza to coffee.
We came across Sophomore Justin Snow, who had just received a delivery. "I love them. I'm in my flip flops and everything. I'm lazy. And it's very easy to just order food and whenever you want," Snow said.
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"You get those cold, windy days. Students don't really want to go outside. So they enjoy the opportunity of being able to have a robot deliver for them," said DeSimone.
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