#435150 Fieldwork Robotics completes initial ...

Posted on May 30, 2019 by Android

University of Plymouth spinout company Fieldwork Robotics has completed initial field trials of its robot raspberry harvesting system.[Read more…]

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#435145 How Big Companies Can Simultaneously Run ...

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Android

We live in the age of entrepreneurs. New startups seem to appear out of nowhere and challenge not only established companies, but entire industries. Where startup unicorns were once mythical creatures, they now seem abundant, not only increasing in numbers but also in the speed with which they can gain the minimum one-billion-dollar valuations to achieve this status.
But no matter how well things go for innovative startups, how many new success stories we hear, and how much space they […] Continue Reading…

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#435140 This Week’s Awesome Stories From ...

Posted on May 26, 2019 by Android

GENETICS
Gene Therapy Might Have Its First BlockbusterAntonio Regalado | MIT Technology Review“…drug giant Novartis expects to win approval to launch what it says will be the first ‘blockbuster’ gene-replacement treatment. A blockbuster is any drug with more than $1 billion in sales each year. The treatment, called Zolgensma, is able to save infants born with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1, a degenerative disease that usually kills within two years.”
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
AI Took a Test to Detect Lung Cancer. It […] Continue Reading…

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#435129 Ford Self-Driving Vans Will Use Legged ...

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Android

Agility Robotics’ Digit will bring packages from a delivery vehicle to your front door[Read more…]

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#435127 Teaching AI the Concept of ‘Similar, ...

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Android

As a human you instinctively know that a leopard is closer to a cat than a motorbike, but the way we train most AI makes them oblivious to these kinds of relations. Building the concept of similarity into our algorithms could make them far more capable, writes the author of a new paper in Science Robotics.
Convolutional neural networks have revolutionized the field of computer vision to the point that machines are now outperforming humans on some of the most […] Continue Reading…

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