#431383 Sony revives robot pet dog

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Android

Japanese electronics giant Sony is marking the year of the dog by bringing back to life its robot canine—packed with artificial intelligence and internet capability.[Read more…]

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#431378 The Origin Story of ROS, the Linux of ...

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Android

Created by a small team at Willow Garage in Silicon Valley, ROS went on to become the world's most influential robotics software platform[Read more…]

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#431377 The Farms of the Future Will Be ...

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Android

Swarms of drones buzz overhead, while robotic vehicles crawl across the landscape. Orbiting satellites snap high-resolution images of the scene far below. Not one human being can be seen in the pre-dawn glow spreading across the land.
This isn’t some post-apocalyptic vision of the future à la The Terminator. This is a snapshot of the farm of the future. Every phase of the operation—from seed to harvest—may someday be automated, without the need to ever get one’s fingernails dirty.
In fact, […] Continue Reading…

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#431372 Lifelike ‘Sophia’ Robot ...

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Android

The government of Saudi Arabia has awarded citizenship to a humanoid robot named "Sophia."[Read more…]

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#431371 Amazon Is Quietly Building the Robots of ...

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Android

Science fiction is the siren song of hard science. How many innocent young students have been lured into complex, abstract science, technology, engineering, or mathematics because of a reckless and irresponsible exposure to Arthur C. Clarke at a tender age? Yet Arthur C. Clarke has a very famous quote: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
It’s the prospect of making that… ahem… magic leap that entices so many people into STEM in the first place. A magic leap […] Continue Reading…

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