Moravec‘s Paradox

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…

Sucking up dirt — Both companies agreed to share data for FTC's investigation. Ashley Belanger - Sep 20, 2022 7:51 pm UTC After Amazon made a blockbuster of a deal to acquire Roomba-maker iRobot in August, it looked like Amazon was primed to suddenly dominate the consumer robotics industry. However,…

A survey of artificial intelligence researchers found that 36 per cent believe AIs could cause a catastrophe on the scale of nuclear war Technology 20 September 2022 By Jeremy Hsu Fears that AI could cause a nuclear-level catastrophe were common among researchers who study artificial intelligence Sahara Prince / Shutterstock…

Soul Hackers 2 Throws Players into the Labyrinth of the Mind by Joseph Luster September 20, 2022 In Soul Hackers 2, an artificial intelligence known as Aion gets wind of an impending calamity, and manifests itself into two parts named Ringo and Figue in an attempt to prevent the Great…