While our facial expressions play a huge role in building trust, most robots still sport the blank and static visage of a professional poker player. With the increasing use of robots in locations where robots and humans need to work closely together, from nursing homes to warehouses and factories, the need for a more responsive, facially realistic robot is growing more urgent.
Long interested in the interactions between robots and humans, researchers in the Creative Machines Lab at Columbia Engineering have been working for five years to create EVA, a new autonomous robot with a soft and expressive face that responds to match the expressions of nearby humans. The research will be presented at the ICRA conference on May 30, 2021, and the robot blueprints are open-sourced on Hardware-X (April 2021).
Data center project to test crop-picking robots that could be used in space and on farms |
Purdue University Northwest will test out crop-picking robots at a new greenhouse at the Digital Crossroads Data Center in Hammond.
A team of Purdue University Northwest College of Technology researchers have landed more than $1 million in federal and private funding to test the new agricultural technology, which has the potential to help farmers facing labor shortages, foster a new agtech industry and save astronauts from doing manual labor on a lunar or Martian colony.
A helping hand for working robots | EurekAlert! Science News
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Army seeks a way for soldiers to team up with robots | Federal News Network
Robots, drones, and AI: The new technology making waves in WASH | Devex
In India, robots search through sewers to identify needed repairs. In Israel, satellite sensors roam the skies to detect drinking water leaks. And in the Republic of Congo, satellites and artificial intelligence track floods in near real time, allowing for swift remedial action.
While the use of robotics, drones, and AI in development may not be new, the water, sanitation, and hygiene — or WASH — space has seen many advances lately, according to Vanessa Speight, a professor of integrated water systems at The University of Sheffield. COVID-19 may have accelerated their implementation.
FPL will use drones, robots to get your power back faster in a hurricane
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Florida Power & Light gave Local 10 News a look at some of its newest technology to make sure that when the power goes out this hurricane season, it won't go out for long.
"The technology is a game-changer," FPL CEO Eric Silagy said at the company's command center in Riviera Beach.
"We'll also have people on the ground, but we're going to be pushing the technology on how we can do this, so we can get out there even faster," Silagy said. "Speed is everything."
Teaching Robots to Navigate Hectic Emergency Rooms Is No Easy Task | PCMag
Robots are already proving useful in assisting medical staff and supporting those who need in-home care, such as those with dementia. But just how autonomous can they actually be when it comes to providing care to vulnerable humans?
Ahead of her talks at next week's International Conference on Robotics and Automation in China, and the We Robot conference in September, we spoke with Dr. Laurel Riek , Associate Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), who also holds joint appointments in the Department of Emergency Medicine and Contextual Robotics Institute.
The robots are coming! But could they—and should they—take your job? | OUPblog
Read "No automation please, we're British: technology and the prospects for work" from the journal.
Will a robot take your job? The fear of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital automation as a growing threat to human labour has been on the rise in recent years. The widespread potential impact of these technologies has fuelled media interest. Some reports claim that between half and one-third of jobs could be eliminated in the near future. The BBC has even provided a helpful calculator where you can assess the risk to your own occupation from automation .
