Robotic process automation has become buzzy in the last few months. New York-based UiPath is on course to launch an initial public offering after gaining an astounding valuation of $35 billion in February. Over in China, homegrown RPA startup Laiye is making waves as well. Laiye, which develops software to mimic mundane workplace tasks like ... Sarah Connor was the mother of future human resistance leader John Connor, and the target of the first time-traveling assassination by Terminator robots. There are many jobs in the construction industry that fall under the “dull, *****, and dangerous” category said to be ripe for automation — but only a few can actually be taken on with today’s technology. One such job is the crucial but repetitive task of rebar tying, which a startup called SkyMul is aiming ...
Here is a brief look inside of Roentgen key-activated mechanical desk built in 1785. Abraham Roentgen started out as a clock maker and ended up incorporating clock-like mechanism into his courtly furniture designs. This desk was recently restore ... ... If the portfolio of a corporate venture capital firm can be taken as a signal for the strategic priorities of their parent companies, then National Grid has high hopes for automation as the future of the utility industry. The heavy emphasis on automation and machine learning from one of the nation’s largest privately held utilities ... Zoox, the autonomous vehicle company that was acquired this year by Amazon, revealed this week the product of six years of work: A purpose-built self-driving vehicle designed to carry people — and someday maybe even packages — in dense urban environments. The company’s story has captured the attention of skeptics and supporters alike, perhaps because ... Power Automate is Microsoft’s platform for streamlining repetitive workflows — you may remember it under its original name: Microsoft Flow. The market for these robotic process automation (RPA) tools is hot right now, so it’s no surprise that Microsoft, too, is doubling down on its platform. Only a few months ago, the team launched Power ... Honda claims it will be the first automaker to mass-produce vehicles with autonomous capabilities that meet SAE Level 3 standards, with plans to begin producing and selling a version of its Honda Legend luxury sedan with fully approved automated driving equipment in Japan from next March. Honda announced the news via press release (via Reuters) ...
Boston-based restaurant chain Spyce has been using automation to aid its cooking process for quite a while. Now, Spyce is upgrading its menu automation capabilities too along with what it calls The Infinite Kitchen. Read more... ... University of Hong Kong researchers are testing a mobile robot to patrol sidewalks, track clusters of pedestrians, and encourage social distancing. At this point though, I think this approach is more likely to attract crowds, not disperse them. From their technical paper: We introduce a fully autonomous surveillance robot based on a quadruped platform that ...
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Laiye, China’s answer to UiPath, closes $50 million Series C+
Sarah “O'” Connor tells the Financial Times why she was wrong about robots.
SkyMul’s drones secure rebar on the fly to speed up construction
A tour of Roentgen’s 1785 mechanical desk
National Grid sees machine learning as the brains behind the utility business of the future
Inside Zoox’s six-year ride from prototype to product
Microsoft brings new process mining features to Power Automate
Honda to mass-produce Level 3 autonomous cars by March
A restaurant chain in Boston is changing the food automation game — Strictly Robots
Quadruped robot patrols sidewalks to urge social distancing