Moravec‘s Paradox

Home » Interviews » Frobots founder Jerry Chan talks battle robots and NFT utility on CoinGeek Backstage width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"> There has been a lot of talk about non-fungible token (NFT) utility and why these tokens must go beyond pure speculation. For Jerry Chan, this will only come about when NFTs…

A survey of 181 mid-sized manufacturing businesses, commissioned by MYOB, found 39 per cent were worried about a shortage of skilled workers as a challenge for their business. The report found that 33 per cent were planning more automation of manual processes and 44 per cent planned to invest in…

In a physics lab in Amsterdam, there’s a wheel that can spontaneously roll uphill by wiggling. This “odd wheel” looks simple: just six small motors linked together by plastic arms and rubber bands to form a ring about 6 inches in diameter. When the motors are powered on, it starts…

Acting for nearly 12 years, Brian Chu (朱敏瀚) started with minor roles before slowly climbing to the top. After winning TVB Most Improved Male Actor in 2020 and Best Supporting Male Actor in 2021, Brian is finally on the path to becoming TVB’s next male lead. The 30-year-old actor is…

Trimble Ventures, Trimble's corporate venture capital fund, has invested in Civ Robotics, a San Francisco-based construction tech startup focused on transforming surveying layouts for civil engineering and infrastructure projects. This investment supports Trimble Ventures' mission to invest in early and growth-stage companies that are accelerating innovation, digital transformation, and sustainability…

Myongji Hospital, a tertiary healthcare institution in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province, is developing an AI-driven care robot to assist patients with dementia.  The AI robot called "PIO" will be developed as part of a recently-signed technology development agreement with Whydots, a local robot maker. WHAT IT'S ABOUT The PIO robot,…

Credit: Cowarobot As developers struggle to overcome a long list of challenges after years of research and with billions in cash burned, the autonomous vehicle sector is entering a new adjustment phase. While some investors are rethinking their initial optimism for the autonomous vehicle sector, industry players argue that the…

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A robot that laughs might be seen as ominous, but would it appear less eerie if it laughed at the right time during a conversation? That’s a theory that scientists have recently been testing. A group of researchers from Kyoto University in Japan have mocked up a laughing robot called…

HP SitePrint, a new robot that prints construction site layouts with pinpoint accuracy, laid out 2,400 square feet of walls in 45 minutes on a recent pilot project with Skanska, the company reports. It’s a task that Michael Hill, regional director for Siteline 360, says would have taken a layout…