robotics

Coronavirus May Mean Automation Is Coming Sooner Than We Thought

Posted in Business, Hardware, Reviews on 22nd Jul, 2020
by Alex Muller

The coronavirus epidemic is presenting us with ample opportunities for increased automation and remote delivery of goods and services.

Retail Robots Are on the Rise

Posted in Business, Hardware on 21st Dec, 2019
by Alex Muller

As countless robots work behind the scenes to stock shelves, serve customers, and deliver products to our doorstep, the speed of retail will accelerate. These changes are already underway.

Google Brain’s ROBEL benchmark lets devs track AI quality on affordable robots

Posted in Business, Hardware, Software on 11th Oct, 2019
by Alex Muller

More affordable robots designed to work with platforms and performance benchmarks make adoption more likely by developers, students, or startups interested in iterating to advance the field.

How Facebook’s New ‘Mirror World’ Will Help Train AI

Posted in Hardware, Software on 4th Jul, 2019
by Alex Muller

The dream of a robot butler seems tantalizingly close, but first we need to teach them how to navigate our cluttered human environments.

Bright Machines raises $179 million for factory automation with robots

Posted in Hardware on 25th Oct, 2018
by Alex Muller

Bright Machines operates on the belief that low-cost manufacturing in developing nations has reached its limits.