#439908 Why Facebook (Or Meta) Is Making Tactile ...Facebook, or Meta as it's now calling itself for some reason that I don't entirely understand, is today announcing some new tactile sensing hardware for robots. Or, new-ish, at least—there's a ruggedized and ultra low-cost GelSight-style fingertip sensor, plus a nifty new kind of tactile sensing skin based on suspended magnetic particles and machine learning. It's cool stuff, but why?Obviously, Facebook Meta cares about AI, because it uses AI to try and do a whole bunch of the things […] Continue Reading…
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#439904 Can Feminist Robots Challenge Our ...This is a guest post. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not represent positions of IEEE Spectrum or the IEEE.Have you ever noticed how nice Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant are? How patient, and accommodating? Even a barrage of profanity-laden abuse might result in nothing more than a very evenly-toned and calmly spoken 'I won't respond to that'. This subservient persona, combined with the implicit (or sometimes explicit) gendering of these systems has […] Continue Reading…
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#439902 Boston Dynamics robots imitate Rolling ...The team at robotics company Boston Dynamics has released a video promoting itself while also honoring the Rolling Stones—this year marks the 40th anniversary of the release of the song 'Start Me Up.' The release of the song was notable also for the video that accompanied the song, with the members of the group playing their instruments and lead singer Mick Jagger strutting around on stage.[Read more…]
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#439897 Video Friday: Robot HalloweenVideo Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We'll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here's what we have so far (send us your events!):BARS 2021 – October 29, 2021 – Stanford, CA, USALet us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos. Happy Halloween from HEBI Robotics![ HEBI Robotics ]Thanks, Kamal!Happy Halloween from UCL's Robot […] Continue Reading…
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