Nvidia has announced its new software-defined platform for autonomous vehicles and robots. Nvidia Drive AGX Orin is set to be powered by the company’s new Orin system-on-a-chip (SoC) which is the result of four years of R&D investment. The Nvidia Orin SoC consists of 17 billion transistors and integrates Nvidia’s …
Read More »LG to showcase robots at CES 2017
CES 2017 is just a few days away at this point and LG wants to give everyone a sneak peek at what it's been working on. In short: robots. Robots that will manage your home, robots that will manage your garden and robots designed with businesses and public spaces in mind. The …
Read More »Foxconn to replace 60,000 workers with robots
This week, news broke that Foxconn would be shedding 60,000 jobs and replacing those factory workers with robots. Foxconn is known for having a hand in the making of devices like the iPhone or Samsung Galaxy and this week, it confirmed that its employee count would shrink from 110,000 down to …
Read More »U.S. army halts plans for Big Dog automated robot deployment
The Big Dog robot developed by the now Google owned Boston Dynamics, has been exciting and scaring robotics fans for several years since its original test videos were released to the public. While initially expected to be a helpful pack-animal for the U.S. military though, the army contract has now …
Read More »You can watch Aperture Science robots build the Steam Controller
Back in 2013, Valve set out on a mission to reinvent the gamepad to bring PC gaming to the living room. It has taken a while but the Steam Controller finally launched this year and now, we can see how it is put together be the Aperture Science branded robots …
Read More »Samsung to build robots for South Korean factories
Samsung and South Korea are aiming to cut down on manufacturing costs for electronics by building robots to replace factory workers. The idea is to replace human employees with cheap to run robots, to deal with plenty of tasks, including those that currently require a more delicate touch. The South …
Read More »Australia takes home the robot football world cup
While most of us might still be trying to perfect our aerial shots on Rocket League, the ability to manipulate the ball without a human foot going anywhere near it has been pushed to the limits at the 19th annual robot world cup, held in China as part of the …
Read More »These tiny robots can lift 100 times their weight
The robot uprising is approaching and these tiny robots may have a part to play as they can lift 100 times their own weight. The super strong, pocket-sized robots were built by mechanical engineers at Stanford University in California, who will present them next month at the International Conference on …
Read More »Analyst warns that robots could take a third of UK jobs
According to analyst firm, Deloitte, a third of human jobs in the UK could soon be taken up by robots over the coming years with lower paid jobs being among the first to go. According to the firm, 35 per cent of UK jobs in total are at “high risk …
Read More »Google and Oxford University team up to work on AI
Google and a small team of Oxford University professors and graduates are set to work together on advancing machine learning and AI technology at the university's Dark Blue labs. In return, Google will provide funding for the research. Professor, Mike Woolridge, head of the Department of Computer Science, said: “Machine …
Read More »Japan wants to host the first Robot Olympics in 2020
Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, wants the country to host the world's first Robot Olympics in 2020. Tokyo is already the host of the regular 2020 summer Olympics so Japan is in a unique position to make this happen but the question is, will the rest of the world play along? …
Read More »AI will match human intelligence in the next 30 years – robot expert
Robots, self-driving cars and smart home appliances are just around the corner. A number of companies foresee big robot revolution, which will likely change the world rather significantly since robots will be able to assist humans seriously in many situations. But will robots ever be as smart as people? Apparently, …
Read More »Asustek to build smart robots as part of its long-term vision
Asustek Computer has transformed from a maker of mainboards into a leading supplier of various computer components as well as notebooks. But the company does not want to stop here. Its long-term vision includes smart robots and other innovative devices, the chairman of Asus said at the company's annual shareholders' …
Read More »Milton Keynes to get driverless cars by 2015
The UK will be testing driverless cars within the next year, starting with a small group of 20 automated cars that drive on specific routes, have a speed cap of 12 miles per hour and only carry two people. The limitations make sense as this kind of testing needs to …
Read More »What’s the probability of a robot rebellion?
In what sounds like the creation for the perfect tech, buddy movie, dream team, philosopher Huw Price, astrophysicist Martin Rees and co-founder of Skype Jaan Tallinn, have come together to work out the chances of technology turning on its masters and doing a Matrix on us. “In the case of …
Read More »Robots will be able to work alongside people
For many years robots have been unable to work alongside humans, due to safety issues. However recent developments in motion sensing could translate into massive improvements for various industries. NASA technicians sent a humanoid robot to the International Space Station last year. The Robonaut 2 (R2) was a torso with …
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