Moravec‘s Paradox

Amazon warehouse workers could soon be joined by a couple new co-workers: Ernie and Bert. Those are the names of the new robots Amazon is testing with the goal of reducing strenuous movements for workers. While the introduction of robots to the workplace often raises questions about whether human jobs…

Home News Tech Xu Li, CEO of SenseTime Group Ltd., is identified by the A.I. company's facial recognition system at the company’s showroom in Beijing, China, on June 15, 2018. (Image credit: Gilles Sabrie/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Artificial intelligence could lead to an Orwellian future if laws to protect the public…

Amazon is testing new technologies in an effort to make handling packages safer for employees. One such project in early development involves the use of motion-capture software. A recent analysis found Amazon workers suffer injuries at higher rates than other companies. See more stories on Insider's business page. Amazon is…

In games, mech pilots often have the job perk of dying in their seats. With mech windshields spiderwebbed with bullets, arm-guns overheated, energy cores depleted of uranium, and bipedal legs leaking hydraulic fluid across whatever near-future landscape they’re fighting in, oftentimes these mechs just blow up and players respawn across…

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Home News Spaceflight The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this photo of China's Mars rover Zhurong (lower bright spot) and its lander on June 6, 2021. (Image credit: NASA/JPL/UArizona)A sharp-eyed NASA spacecraft has given us a bird's-eye view of China's first Mars rover. The HiRISE camera aboard…

(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) By Peter Apps LONDON, June 10 (Reuters) - In March 2020, as COVID-19 locked down the world, what may have been the first autonomous drone attacks in history were taking place on a largely unwatched battlefield in…

This image made available by NASA shows the planet Venus made with data produced by the Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter from 1990 to 1994. On Thursday, June 10, 2021, the European Space Agency said it will launch a Venus-orbiting spacecraft in the early 2030s. Named EnVision, the orbiter…

WALTHAM, Mass. - June 10, 2021 - PRLog -- KinderLab Robotics today announced a partnership with the David Lear Sulman Computing, Science, and Engineering Fund, which is offering the Limudei Code-Esh Curriculum (LCE) for Jewish day schools and Jewish supplemental schools. LCE is an integrated curriculum for students in grades…

iStock Today’s chief information officers (CIOs) do a lot more than manage the technology that runs the business. They’re also increasingly responsible for building a culture of innovation that’s essential to thriving in a crowded and competitive market. And for a growing number of CIOs, automation technology such as robotic…