#429246 Lessons learned when commercialization ...

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Android

Commercializing a new, innovative product is often the greatest challenge across the research and development landscape, as is evident in the failed attempt to bring jamming-based robotic gripper technology to market. The company developing the VERSABALL tells the story of its demise and the valuable lessons learned in a compelling article published in Soft Robotics.[Read more…]

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#429243 When the Worst Happens, These Amazing ...

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Android

The attacks of September 11, 2001, will go down in American history for many reasons—the deaths of nearly 3,000 people chief among them.
A footnote in that particular history book is of interest to us here: 9/11 was the first time robots were used in a real search and rescue effort in the United States. That bit of unofficial history comes from Robin Murphy, director of the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR) at Texas A&M University, and a […] Continue Reading…

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#429239 This Week’s Awesome Stories From ...

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Android

QUANTUM COMPUTING
Quantum Computing Is Real, and D-Wave Just Open-Sourced ItKlint Finley | WIRED"Qbsolv is designed to help developers program D-Wave machines without needing a background in quantum physics… today the company released Qbsolv as open source, meaning anyone will be able to freely share and modify the software… The goal, Ewald says, is to kickstart a quantum computing software tools ecosystem and foster a community of developers working on quantum computing problems."
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Thanks to AI, Computers Can Now See […] Continue Reading…

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#429234 RIP Lily Robotics: the Flying Camera ...

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Android

$34-million in drone pre-orders weren't enough to keep Lily open[Read more…]

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#429225 Meet the New AI Challenging Human Poker ...

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Android

An artificial intelligence will play 120,000 hands of heads-up, no-limit Texas Hold'em against four human poker pros[Read more…]

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