ChatGPT for robots could change their future
Summarising a lot and with due proportion between the two worlds, it can be said that ChatGPT for robots is already among us. Creating a project conceptually similar to OpenAI’s text…
Waymo robotaxi to begin driverless services for employees in Austin
By Harshita Mary Varghese (Reuters) – Alphabet‘s Waymo said on Tuesday it will begin driverless passenger services for its employees in Austin, Texas starting Wednesday. Waymo is pulling ahead with…
Bezos, Nvidia join OpenAI in funding humanoid robot startup
By Jaspreet Singh (Reuters) – Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, Nvidia and other big technology names are investing in startup Figure AI that develops human-like robots, Bloomberg News reported on Friday,…
DeepMind: robotic constitution wants to avoid human accidents
DeepMind: We do not see them, but robots are increasingly present within companies, which use them to perform certain tasks to save time compared to manual activities. From large-scale distribution…
Krill inspired robot that wants to explore oceans (and beyond)
Often, more than one imagines that the animal world inspires science for its innovations. Not only the discovery of the human body but also smarter and safer ways to investigate…
ABB buys tech company to give industrial robots eyes and brains
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) – ABB has bought a company specialising in boosting the mobility of industrial robots – by using artificial intelligence and 3D vision to move around…
The first fast-food restaurant staffed entirely by robots
World’s first fully autonomous, AI-powered restaurant opens in California In Pasadena, California, the first fully automated fast-food restaurant is set to open in 2024, where robots will handle all operations. Flippy, the…
Humanoid robots in space: the next frontier
By Evan Garcia HOUSTON/AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Standing at 6 feet 2 inches (188 centimeters) tall and weighing 300 pounds (136 kilograms), NASA‘s humanoid robot Valkyrie is an imposing figure.…
Robots learn without code, just by “surfing” on the Internet
Google has announced a new Artificial Intelligence system that could significantly contribute to the training of robots to understand everyday tasks, such as garbage disposal. Dubbed the Robotics Transformer 2 (RT-2), this model…
As baby boomers retire, German businesses turn to robots
By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) – At machine parts producer S&D Blech, the head of the grinding unit is retiring. With Germany’s acute labour shortage leaving few candidates to take…