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News Nicholas Bayley 7 Hrs Ago The National Lotteries Control Board's (NLCB) lottery services provider is hosting a coding and robotics youth camp from July 20-29 and August 15-26. The programme's theme is Youth Coding For A Sustainable Future and various Caribbean countries will feature as participants, including: Barbados, Jamaica,…

A quadruped robot can learn how to walk by adjusting its gait after every stumble, mimicking the way animals learn how to move Technology 18 July 2022 By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan Morti the robot learns to walk by stumbling about Felix Ruppert and Alexander Badri-Sprowitz A four-legged robot took only an…

The robot dog is waving its legs in the air like an exasperated beetle. After 10 minutes of struggling, it manages to roll over to its front. Half an hour in, the robot is taking its first clumsy steps, like a newborn calf. But after one hour, the robot is…

At a time when fast-changing consumer preferences, co-existence of multiple propulsion technologies and supply-chain inconsistencies are making production planning difficult for automakers, Mercedes-Benz has turned the clock backwards at its flagship factory by reducing automation and increasing human dependence to improve flexibility. At Factory 56 here, where the German automaker’s…

A self-driving pioneer stumbles A crash resulting in injuries. Incidents in which robotaxis cluster at intersections and block traffic. A car operating without headlights at night, which then repositions itself before a police officer can complete a traffic stop. Now an alleged whistleblower's letter has emerged, highlighting safety concerns. Self-driving tech…

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AI is becoming increasingly ubiquitous -- from enterprises to the edge. It’s a movement accelerated by the pandemic, which sped up many companies’ planning and implementation of AI projects. Some 86% of respondents surveyed by consulting firm PwC reported that AI is becoming a mainstream technology at their companies. The…

Update | Preferred Partner Feature Game Hollywood has announced a major update for Robot Tactics X, the studio's mecha-themed RPG on mobile. Fans of the turn-based strategy title can look forward to massive upgrades, particularly as they fight for dominance across the battlefield in 3D. In particular, the latest update…

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Dear readers, Welcome to Quartz’s newsletter on the economic possibilities of the extraterrestrial sphere. Please forward widely, and let me know what you think. This week: Github for hardware, that space telescope you might have heard about, and the one year anniversary of Richard Branson’s trip to space. One reason…