robotics
Robotics Startup Attracts Stellar Cast
A robotics startup developing a “cognitive engine” that would allow industrial robots to operate autonomously on the factory floor announced a $15 million funding round, supplementing earlier bets by ...Full Article
Microsoft Azure Adds Graphcore’s IPU
Graphcore, the U.K. AI chip developer, is expanding collaboration with Microsoft to offer its intelligent processing units on the Azure cloud, making Microsoft the first large public cloud vendor ...Full Article
Robots Take Aim at Low Wage Workers, 20M Job Losses by 2030 Predicted
A new report on robotics in manufacturing paints a bleak picture for lower wage manufacturing workers, predicting 20 million jobs will disappear over the next decade and that for ...Full Article
AI Definitions: Machine Learning vs. Deep Learning vs. Cognitive Computing vs. Robotics vs. Strong AI….
AI comes in many forms, each at its own stage of development with its own definition, techniques and capabilities. Some forms – such as Artificial General Intelligence, AI super-intelligence ...Full Article
As AI Begets IA, Whither Tomorrow’s Workers?
Deep thinkers pondering the role of automation in the workplace are defining a new domain of appropriate—and controllable—technologies under the rubric of “intelligent automation” that promises to handle rote ...Full Article
Manufacturing Effort Focuses on Human-Machine Interface
The rush to automate manufacturing has revealed some unintended consequences as market pressures and assembly line realities underscore the fact that, sometimes, machines simply cannot replace humans when making ...Full Article
Nvidia Accelerates AI Inference in the Datacenter
Nvidia is bringing AI inference to the datacenter with a new platform consisting of an inference accelerator chip--the new Turing-based T4 GPU--and a refresh of its inference server software ...Full Article
Study Predicts Many AI False Starts
There is no shortage of corporate AI projects underway and most will fail because companies have not laid the proper foundation in the form of pilot projects or proof ...Full Article
Robotic Process Automation: Best Friend for Back-Office Workers
Robotic process automation (RPA) — a close cousin of and a first step on the way to AI — is changing the way companies work. Enterprises look to RPA ...Full Article
Musk Finds Car Making Harder Than Rocket Science
An enterprise, our turf, is defined by Mr. Webster as “an undertaking, one of great scope, complication, or risk.” Add layers of technology, and the goal of the ...Full Article
