Robot ranchers monitor animals on giant Australian farms
• newscientist.comFarmers, put your feet up. Autonomous robots are already being used to inspect crops, count yields and dig up weeds - now they are shepherds too.
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Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Bestselling Historian Says Promise Of AI Means Rise Of 'Useless Class' Of Humans
• technocracy.newsTN Note: While TN is not a fan of Harari in general, he makes an astute observation. In the past, it was the "haves" vs. the "have nots". With the progress of Technocracy, this gap will be closed and the new meme will be the "useful" vs.
One Year Ago Today, The Air Force Put A Secret Robot In Space
• http://www.popsci.com, By Kelsey D. AthertonIt's still there, doing secret space robot things...
Harvard-built soft exosuit helps patients with limited mobility
• gizmag.comDeveloped by researchers at Harvard's Wyss Institute, a new lightweight exosuit, which features a "soft" fabric-based design, could help patients with lower limb disabilities regain mobility.
New robot bee may soon be a spy's secret weapon
• mashable.comPeople fear robots are becoming too human, but, in reality, robots are becoming a little more bug-like every day.
Startup wants to put self-driving big rigs on US highways
• Associated PressPicture an 18-wheel truck barreling down the highway with 80,000 pounds of cargo and no one but a robot at the wheel.
You Can't Talk About Robots Without Talking About Basic Income
• motherboard.vice.comConversations about basic income, a government-funded salary given to every citizen, used to take place in the dingy offices of extremist left-wing politicians, or in the campus dorm rooms of idealistic students determined to fix the problems of the
New hybrid system gives robot arms human-like grace and precision
• http://www.gizmag.com, David SzondyDisney Research has come up with a glockenspiel-playing robot that can indulge in balloon toss ... when it isn't safely picking up fresh eggs.
THIS MEAT TRANSFORMER WANTS TO RETRIEVE THE WEIRD THINGS...
• http://www.popsci.com, By Kate BaggaleyTHIS MEAT TRANSFORMER WANTS TO RETRIEVE THE WEIRD THINGS YOU'VE SWALLOWED
NASA Jet Propulsion Lab's New Chief Has Big Plans for Space Robots
• WiredPropulsion Laboratory is kind of a misleading name.
Would You Be Fooled By An A.I. Teaching Assistant?
• popsci.comSome Georgia Tech students began to suspect their TA was not quite human
This Silicon Valley Billionaire Wants to Give Us All Robot Bodies
• http://motherboard.vice.com, by MARK MANN"Here" is a funny word. So says Scott Hassan, the media-shy Silicon Valley billionaire who once set out to build the first fully autonomous humanoid robot, and ended up hawking what looks like a flatscreen atop two long legs with wheels.
The creators of Siri just showed off their next AI assistant, Viv, and it's incredible
• theverge.comViv wowed the crowd during a public demo in New York
Robots Will Never Take Your Job? New KFC Restaurant Run Entirely by Robots
• http://www.dcclothesline.com, by Nick BernabeColonel Sanders is raising a robot army to serve fried chicken at a restaurant near you.
KFC opens futuristic restaurant run by ROBOTS called Dumi in Shanghai
• thesun.co.ukCOLONEL Sanders is now assembling a robot army - programmed to serve fried chicken.
Building AI Is Hard--So Facebook Is Building AI That Builds AI
• http://www.wired.comDeep neural networks are remaking the Internet. Able to learn very human tasks by analyzing vast amounts of digital data, these artificially intelligent systems are injecting online services with a power that just wasn't viable in years past.
This robot is better at soft-tissue surgery than a human
• http://www.cnet.com, by Michelle StarrA newly developed robot is capable of performing soft-tissue surgery, and indeed performed better on tests than a human surgeon.
Robot betters expert surgeons at soft tissue stitching
• gizmag.comIn the 2012 film Prometheus, archaeologist Elizabeth Shaw seals herself in a medical pod and undergoes a robotic surgical procedure to remove an alien growing in her abdomen.
Rich and powerful warn robots are coming for your jobs
• yahoo.comSome of the richest, smartest and most powerful humans have an important message for the rest of us as they convened this week to discuss pressing global issues: the robots are coming.
Target's New Robot Helper Is Busy At Work On Aisle 3
• Fortune.ComThe retail giant is testing robots in a San Francisco department store.
Humanoid Robot Can Dive Deep Underwater, Exploring Reefs And Shipwrecks
• http://www.popsci.comWhere no human has gone before
Google CEO Pichai Sees the End of Computers as Physical Devices
• bloomberg.comForget personal computer doldrums and waning smartphone demand. Google thinks computers will one day cease being physical devices.
Google CEO Pichai Sees the End of Computers as Physical Devices
• bloomberg.comForget personal computer doldrums and waning smartphone demand. Google thinks computers will one day cease being physical devices.
"Robo-mermaid" combs ocean depths for shipwreck treasure
• gizmag.comEven with bottled oxygen and elite training, there are underwater locations that lie well beyond our physical capabilities.
Bloomberg turning to robots to deliver the news
• http://nypost.comBloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait told his 2,400 journalists in a memo on Tuesday that he was forming a 10-person team to lead a study on how to use more automation in writing and reporting.
Inside OpenAI, Elon Musk's Wild Plan to Set Artificial Intelligence Free
• http://www.wired.comThe Friday afternoon news dump, a grand tradition observed by politicians and capitalists alike, is usually supposed to hide bad news. So it was a little weird that Elon Musk, founder of electric car maker Tesla, and Sam Altman, president of famed te
China Is Building a Robot Army of Model Workers
• technologyreview.comCan China reboot its manufacturing industry--and the global economy--by replacing millions of workers with machines?
The end of humans working in service industry? ...
• http://www.mirror.co, BY JOHN SHAMMASThe end of humans working in service industry? Theme park to open 'robot kingdom' where 200 androids make cocktails and food
Japan's Next Generation of Farmers Could Be Robots
• http://www.bloomberg.com, Aya TakadaAs the average age of farmers globally creeps higher and retirement looms, Japan has a solution: robots and driver-less tractors.
China Unveils "Anti-Riot" Security Robot That Will Patrol Public Places
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph WatsonMachine will act as a roving surveillance device to keep tabs on unruly citizens
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