The robotics industry loves a good, healthy debate. Of late, one of the most intense ones centers around humanoid robots.
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Nov 21
CrowdStrike fires ‘suspicious insider,’ X rolling out the ‘About this account’ feature, and Trump’s FCC votes to scrap cybersecurity rules
-Cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike denied it had been hacked following claims from a hacker group, which leaked screenshots from inside CrowdStrike's network.
-X's new feature will show where users are based, how they're connected to X, and how many times they've changed their use ... Show More
8m 40s
Nov 20
Google releases Nano Banana Pro, its latest image generation model; and another fire broke out at aluminum plant that supplies Ford
Google is upgrading its image generation model with new editing chops, higher resolutions, more accurate text rendering, and the ability to search the web.
Also, the fire that broke out at the Oswego, NY Is the second major fire -- and the third overall -- in the last few months ... Show More
5m 8s
Aug 2019
Why the Robot Revolution is Our Fault
In recent years Amazon has quietly become one of the leaders in automation, reshaping its workforce of nearly 600,000 workers, and the way humans work with robots. We fear robots taking over the world, but do we understand just how we as consumers are making that future happen? L ... Show More
38m 46s
Sep 2023
Bipedal Robot Factory, AI-Powered Ultrasounds, and Panos Panay’s Departure from Microsoft.
Agility Robotics is building its first bipedal robot factory in Oregon, GE is working on AI-powered ultrasounds to combat pediatric and maternal mortality rates, and Microsoft’s Panos Panay leaves company after nearly 20 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm ... Show More
8m 38s
Sep 2021
Ruth Aylett and Patricia A. Vargas, "Living with Robots: What Every Anxious Human Needs to Know" (MIT Press, 2021)
There's a lot of hype about robots; some of it is scary and some of it utopian. In this accessible book, two robotics experts reveal the truth about what robots can and can't do, how they work, and what we can reasonably expect their future capabilities to be. It will not only ma ... Show More
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