Moravec‘s Paradox

Artificial intelligence is all the rage these days. In the popular media, regular cyber systems seem almost passe, as writers focus on AI and conjure up images of everything from real-life Terminator robots to more benign companions. In intelligence circles, China’s uses of closed-circuit television, facial recognition technology, and other…

Home News (Image credit: Image Credit: Wichy / Shutterstock) It may still be true that a business is only as strong as its employees. But, given our ever-increasing digital world, it might be time to give those employees some help.By nature, humans are prone to error. And as our digital…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption There is growing fear about the spread of the virus Executives from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Apple and Facebook met officials at Downing Street on Wednesday to discuss their role in the coronavirus crisis.One of the things discussed was their role in "modelling and tracking…

The History Of Human-Passing Robots This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. The third season of Westworld premieres this week, as HBO’s dystopian future show moves out of the amusement park to the outside world. But the core theme remains the same:…

The newest edition of NASA's small, foldable robots recently practiced their scouting skills and successfully traversed rugged terrain in the Mars Yard at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. JPL developed the Autonomous Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot (A-PUFFER) to scout regions on the Moon and gain intel about…

KENNESAW, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today at MODEX 2020, KNAPP, a leading supplier of intralogistics systems, and Covariant, a leading AI Robotics company, announced a partnership to deploy and bring to market advanced AI Robotics solutions. KNAPP and Covariant have already developed several solutions together. The Pick-It-Easy Robot powered by Covariant AI, is…

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The MODEX 2020 show at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta features GreyOrange illustrating how companies are modernizing fulfillment centers using the Company’s Fulfillment Operating System, which combines Artificial Intelligence (AI) software and smart robots working together. GreyOrange demonstrations are in Booth #12012 March 9 – 12. Real-time…

SPACE Inside Elon Musk’s Plan to Build One Starship a Week—and Settle MarsEric Berger | Ars Technica “Musk always wants to go fast. He will not live forever, and the money may eventually run dry. He knows this. One day, the window to spread humanity to Mars may close, but…

Nearly 60 years after Americans watched cartoon mother of the future Judy Jetson have a machine prepare a full meal with the press of a few buttons, a robotics company in Somerville is turning that science fiction into reality. Dexai Robotics has unveiled a robot sous chef that uses artificial…

One view is that in the world of abundance we would all act as the British upper class acted, as portrayed in the books off Jane Austen. But even there the fear of descending in the class hierarchy—of failing to marry well, or marrying a husband whose gambling and debauchery…