Category Archives: robots

When AI Met Robotics, SHAKEY Was Born

Posted on October 20, 2022 by GilPress

The robot that was going to start the Third Industrial Revolution. Continue reading →

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AI-based Companion Robot Upgraded to Physician Assistant

Posted on July 1, 2021 by GilPress

Intuition Robotics has developed the AI-based, award-winning proactive social robot ElliQ which has spent over 30,000 days in older adults’ homes over the past two years. Now ElliQ will help increase patient engagement while offering primary care providers continuous actionable … Continue reading →

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AI by the numbers: The impact of automation on jobs

Posted on June 2, 2020 by GilPress

Recent surveys, studies, forecasts and other quantitative assessments of AI highlight the number of manufacturing jobs eliminated by robots; why robots could replace financial analysts; the very small number of organizations not evaluating or using AI today; and the debate … Continue reading →

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Shakey, the World’s First Mobile Intelligent Robot

Posted on January 21, 2020 by GilPress

Developed at the Artificial Intelligence Center of the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) from 1966 to 1972, SHAKEY was the world’s first mobile intelligent robot. According to the 2017 IEEE Milestone citation, it “could perceive its surroundings, infer implicit facts from explicit ones, … Continue reading →

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Spending on Robots and Drones to Reach $241 Billion in 2023

Posted on January 3, 2020 by GilPress

IDC: Worldwide spending on robotics systems and drones will be $128.7 billion in 2020, an increase of 17.1% over 2019… By 2023, IDC expects this spending will reach $241.4 billion with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.8%.

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When Robots Will Overtake Humans

Posted on November 10, 2019 by GilPress

This is when #Robots will overtake humans by @wef#ArtificialIntelligence #innovation #AI Cc: @sallyeaves @SpirosMargaris @TopCyberNews @chboursin @kuriharan pic.twitter.com/q8Zrd3nrnW — Ronald van Loon @Microsoft #MSIgnite @Citrix booth (@Ronald_vanLoon) November 6, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsv

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The Roomba Envisioned in 19th Century France

Posted on November 7, 2019 by GilPress

The Public Domain Review: A series of futuristic pictures by Jean-Marc Côté and other artists issued in France in 1899, 1900, 1901 and 1910. Originally in the form of paper cards enclosed in cigarette/cigar boxes and, later, as postcards, the … Continue reading →

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Robots for Surgery and Tomato Harvesting

Posted on August 9, 2019 by GilPress

The Mazor X system consists of sophisticated 3D planning tools and an intra-op guidance system with a precision Surgical Arm indicated for implant and instrument positioning in spine surgery – the core of the Surgical Assurance Platform. GRoW- Greenhouse Robotic … Continue reading →

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The Future of the Robotics Industry

Posted on July 25, 2019 by GilPress

Steve Crowe, Editor of The Robot Report, catches up with 10-year-old robotics prodigy Michael Wimmer at the Robotics Summit & Expo 2019.

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Elephant Robotics Launches Catbot, a Low-Cost Robotic Arm for Small Businesses

Posted on July 21, 2019 by GilPress

Robotics are undergoing the same development route that we’ve witnessed with computers, going from chunky big machines that only engineers could control, to elegant, and easy to operate laptops that even a teenager has in their school backpack. It opens … Continue reading →

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