Moravec‘s Paradox

Artificial intelligence has seeped into many creative trades — from urban planning to translations to painting. The latest: visualizations in journalism. Why it matters: Computers are getting better at doing what humans can do, including creating art from scratch. But design is much more than mashing together some known shapes…

Toyota Research Institute Gill Pratt, Toyota’s Chief Scientist and the CEO of TRI, believes that robots have a significant role to play in assisting older people by solving physical problems as well as providing mental and emotional support. With a background in robotics research and five years as a program…

What just happened? Bandai Namco Entertainment has reportedly selected an unlikely candidate as the source material for an upcoming live-action film adaptation. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bandai Namco is teaming up with Wayfarer Studios to create a Pac-Man movie. The film will be based on an original idea from…

Your browser does not support the audio element. On August 9, SenseTime, an artificial intelligence software company, held a new product launch event and launched its first household consumer artificial intelligence product – “SenseRobot”, an AI Chinese chess-playing robot. This product combines traditional Chinese chess culture and artificial intelligence technology.…

Tech and e-commerce giant Amazon has reportedly purchased iRobot, the maker of the popular automated home vacuum Roomba, for $1.7 billion. Jeff Bezos’ company is likely just as interested in the ability to map customers’ homes as it is in adding vacuums to its growing empire of products and services.…

Amazon acquires iRobot, federal government employees resent the idea of returning to office, and public figures are not happy with flight trackers. That’s all the tech news that’s trending right now, welcome to Hashtag Trending. It’s Monday, August 8, and I’m your host, Tom Li. Amazon has acquired iRobot, the…

We love animated robots that don’t act like robots. They don’t have monotone voices, and they have personalities and feelings like humans. Those robots are rarer than people realize, so we were happy to see a new series that features two robots with decidedly different personalities. SUPER GIANT ROBOT BROTHERS:…

After decades of creating war machines and home cleaning appliances, iRobot agreed to be acquired by Amazon for $1.7 billion, according to a joint statement by the two companies. If the deal goes through, it would give Amazon access to yet another wellspring of personal data: interior maps of Roomba…

Dynamic Business brings you the key startup fundraising from this week: Change Financial How much: $5.7 million Participants: new and existing investors  Hysata (Series A) How much: $40 million Participants: Virescent Ventures led the funding round on behalf of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) (Aus), with participation from Kiko Ventures (UK), IP Group Australia,…

Toyota Research Institute Gill Pratt, Toyota’s Chief Scientist and the CEO of TRI, believes that robots have a significant role to play in assisting older people by solving physical problems as well as providing mental and emotional support. With a background in robotics research and five years as a program…