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AI in Robotics

As costs come down and robot capabilities increase, small business is poised to benefit in several ways from adopting automation. Uncover the future of robotics, and discover how robots emerging from the labs, algorithms and AI are becoming a part of our everyday lives.

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Annual Report 2020

This year, The Essentials Report, has curated & analyzed the content published by 174 influencers like RobotShop and Joanna J Bryson, discussing hashtags such as #robot , #robotics and #moralmachine.
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@kaifulee shared
On Sep 28, 2020
@CBinsights tech conference conversation now available on podcast https://t.co/3nLr41FXEe
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A Conversation with Kai-Fu Lee, Founder of Sinovation Ventures

A Conversation with Kai-Fu Lee, Founder of Sinovation Ventures

Listen to this episode from CB Insights - A Conversation with ... on Spotify. On today's episode we have author of "AI Superpowers" and Founder of Sinovation Ventures, Kai-Fu Lee, as he's ...

@j2bryson shared
On Mar 1, 2020
RT @jhimmelreich: The #moralmachine group is doubling down. What's the point of "crowdsourcing ethical opinion"? Oh right, technological change can't come fast enough: the risk is that "societal push-back will drastically slow down the adoption of intelligent machines". 1/n https://t.co/9zvLNH0lKx
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Crowdsourcing Moral Machines

Crowdsourcing Moral Machines

A platform for creating a crowdsourced picture of human opinions on how machines should handle moral dilemmas.

@singularityu shared
On Dec 29, 2020
The neural networks that power today’s #AI are incredibly powerful, but training them can require entire server farms and huge amounts of #energy. https://t.co/RAxYugCEVo
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New IBM Research Means We Could Soon Train Neural Networks on a Smartphone

New IBM Research Means We Could Soon Train Neural Networks on a Smartphone

It could be a major boon for an industry that is pumping out most of its headline-grabbing feats by building ever-larger and more power-hungry models.

@RoboticBusiness shared
On May 7, 2020
Industrial Robot’s Joanne Pransky sits down with Vision Robotics COO to discuss the company’s road to developing robotic pruners, weeders and lettuce thinners. Learn more: https://t.co/Kj3gniRGnH
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Developing Robots for Agriculture: Vision Robotics’ Harvey Koselka Interviewed

Developing Robots for Agriculture: Vision Robotics’ Harvey Koselka Interviewed

Vision Robotics COO Tony Koselka discuss the development of agriculural robotics systems including robotic pruners, weeders and lettuce thinners.

@RobotShop shared
On Dec 22, 2020
#TOPNEWS2020 Robot helps 3D print a home for less than $6,000 in materials https://t.co/Wlbd7UDHxO @therobotreport https://t.co/KlKE3qD2gB
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Robot helps 3D print a home for less than $6,000 in materials

Robot helps 3D print a home for less than $6,000 in materials

Robotics company SQ4D says it's robotic construction system was able to build a 1,900-square-foot home over 48 hours in an 8-day period through 3D printing.

@planetrobotics shared
On Jan 26, 2020
RT @RobotList: Today in History 1921: The word 'Robot' enters the English language - Boing Boing https://t.co/HakesXDQnc
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Today in History 1921: The word 'Robot' enters the English language

Today in History 1921: The word 'Robot' enters the English language

On January 25, 1921 the Czech play Rossum’s Universal Robots premiered, entering the word into the Science Fiction vocabulary. Wikipedia: R.U.R. is a 1920 science fiction play by the Czech ...

@singularityu shared
On Feb 21, 2020
Can you imagine using Rocket Travel to get from New York to Shanghai in 39 minutes? https://t.co/tpvVQqlsHG
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Within 10 Years, We’ll Travel by Hyperloop, Rockets, and Avatars

Within 10 Years, We’ll Travel by Hyperloop, Rockets, and Avatars

There are now ten major Hyperloop One projects—in various stages of development—spread across the globe. Hyperloop is targeting certification in 2023.

@singularityu shared
On Apr 30, 2020
Meet the world’s first “living robots." 🤖 https://t.co/xIMNemPH6J
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Not Bot, Not Beast: Scientists Create First Ever Living, Programmable Organism

Not Bot, Not Beast: Scientists Create First Ever Living, Programmable Organism

Xenobots are less than 1 millimeter long and are made of 500-1,000 living cells. Using their own cellular energy, they can live up to 10 days.

@svrobo shared
On Mar 28, 2020
Here's great weekend reading to your kids! "How to train your robot" by 10yr old Blooma Goldberg and her robot professor father Ken Goldberg - thanks to NSF https://t.co/oK41q6jEHc https://t.co/pTuD8kC9pd
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How To Train Your Robot, a free kids book by an engineer and his 10-year-old daughter

How To Train Your Robot, a free kids book by an engineer and his 10-year-old daughter

My buddy Ken Goldberg, a UC Berkeley professor of robotics, his 10-year-old daughter Blooma, and science communicator Ashley Chase wrote a delightful children’s book called How to Train ...

@RobotShop shared
On May 22, 2020
See Boston Dynamics robot dog Spot herd sheep like a pro in new video https://t.co/Udw25ykvjh @CNET https://t.co/Th3AJpeROZ
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See Boston Dynamics robot dog Spot herd sheep like a pro in new video

See Boston Dynamics robot dog Spot herd sheep like a pro in new video

The robot could end up being an ideal ranch hand that acts like a sheep dog but doesn't need to be fed.

@PeterDiamandis shared
On Jul 21, 2020
Elon Musk’s brain hacking startup @Neuralink is gearing up for a long awaited reveal on August 28. https://t.co/UFYxJvZVsE
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Elon Musk Says Neuralink Will Stream Music Straight Into Your Brain

Elon Musk Says Neuralink Will Stream Music Straight Into Your Brain

To make such features a reality, Neuralink is looking to add more, well, brains to its operations.

@j2bryson shared
On Feb 5, 2020
"Lethality-ENABLING autonomous weapons—a dangerously overlooked category in the debate on killer AI." – @WriteArthur in FP https://t.co/hHGzbNzMKm cc @StopTheRobotWar @NoelSharkey
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The Killer Algorithms Nobody’s Talking About

The Killer Algorithms Nobody’s Talking About

Activists fret about armies relying on killer robots, but some forms of artificial intelligence that don’t actually pull the trigger could still be a nightmare

@WIRED shared
On Nov 1, 2020
The Mayflower Autonomous Ship won’t be taking commands from a human captain like the first Mayflower did during its crossing back in 1620. Instead it will get orders from an “AI captain” built by programmers at IBM. https://t.co/qH7oAf4gQH
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The Robot Ships Are Coming … Eventually

The Robot Ships Are Coming … Eventually

As the pandemic fuels demand for less contact and fewer sailors, shipping companies turn to AI-assisted navigation.

@j2bryson shared
On Jan 30, 2020
@SurviveThrive2 @David_Gunkel @BoganiRonny @NoelSharkey https://t.co/IsigOokW5C people WANT that to be identical, because they don’t want to acknowledge their ownership by / debt to our shared phylogeny, including their individual genome. We will never construct real peers /equivalents out of other materials. 1/2
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Robots are more like novels than children

Robots are more like novels than children

artificial and natural intelligence, including politics, art, and higher education

@willknight shared
On May 11, 2020
A decade after creating IBM's Jeopardy-playing Watson, David Ferrucci has an AI system that learns common sense by reading stories and asking questions: https://t.co/EEYeB3cNTQ
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Watson's Creator Wants to Teach AI a New Trick: Common Sense

Watson's Creator Wants to Teach AI a New Trick: Common Sense

David Ferrucci built a computer that mastered Jeopardy!  Since then, he's been attacking a more challenging task.

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Market Intelligence for the Global Robotics Industry. Breaking News, Research, Analysis, Financial Transactions, and more!

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Chronicling technological progress in AI, robotics, health, & exponential tech. By @singularityu.

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Senior Writer @WIRED, covering AI, automation, China, and D&D. Ex @techreview / @newscientist.

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Planet robotics - all robotics in one place

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Senior editor at @IEEESpectrum. Co-creator of @RobotsApp. @MIT_Sciwrite alum. Engineer turned writer. Husband. Dad. [email protected]

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Speaker on #AI & #Ethics. CEO of @turalt. Passionate about #responsibleAI & #ethicalAI. Yes, I have a degree in AI. #womeninAI

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