Top news of the week: 02.02.2021.
Robotics
The Clearest Guide to Cobot Safety You'll Read Today
Collaborative robot safety is supposed to be simple… but it can sometimes seem infuriatingly complex. Are cobots really safe? How can you tell?
The Next Target for a Facial Recognition Ban? New York
San Francisco, Oakland, and other cities have enacted moratoriums on government use of the tech. New York looks like a harder sell.
The first ‘robots’ were made of flesh and bone
The linguistic root of the word "robot" doesn't refer to android, metal, or anything else machine-like. Instead it comes from the Slavic term for "slave."
New ‘Liquid’ AI Learns Continuously From Its Experience of the World
While most machine learning algorithms can't hone their skills beyond an initial training period, the new approach has a kind of built-in "neuroplasticity."
RAS TC on Soft Robotics Hosts Upcoming Debate!
Focus is on both applied and theoretical issues in robotics and automation. Robotics is here defined to include intelligent machines and systems; whereas automation includes the use of ...
This Self-Driving Robot Has Made A Million Deliveries During The Pandemic
Starship, the small self-driving American robot, capable of delivering food or small equipment over short distances, has just passed the symbolic milestone of one million deliveries. ...
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through January 30)
From a 3D-printed house on Zillow to the Reddit-fueled GameStop stock rollercoaster, check out this week's awesome tech stories from around the web.