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USC Researchers Design a System that Allows Robots to Learn Complicated Tasks

Imagine if robots could learn from watching demonstrations: you could show a domestic robot how to do routine chores or set a dinner table. In the workplace, you could train robots like new employees, showing them how to perform many duties. On the road, your self-driving car could learn how to drive safely by watching you drive around your neighborhood.

20 Nov 2020

Allterco Robotics and Jorvo Partner to Simplify the Automation of Smart Homes

Allterco Robotics US and its flagship line of Shelly smart home products, today announced a new partnership with Jorvo, a leading installer of smart home products.

19 Nov 2020

AMP Robotics Partners With Waste Connections To Deploy AI-Guided Recycling Robots

AMP Robotics Corp. (“AMP”), a pioneer in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics used to recover recyclables reclaimed as raw materials for the global supply chain, has signed a long-term agreement with Waste Connections, Inc. (“Waste Connections”, NYSE: WCN) to deploy 24 AI-guided robotics systems. The deal is AMP’s largest to date; Waste Connections plans to deploy the systems on container, fiber, and residue lines across numerous materials recovery facilities.

18 Nov 2020

Scientists Hack Robotic Vacuum Cleaner to Record Music and Speech Remotely

Scientists have shown how commonly used robotic household vacuum cleaners could be remotely hacked to serve as microphones.

18 Nov 2020

Building Soft Robots to Help Humans in Orchards and Operating Rooms

Smarter. Better. Faster. Softer.

12 Nov 2020

Researchers Develop Versatile Assistance Robots for Managing Everyday Life

Staying independent and in familiar surroundings as long as possible in old age - this is the wish of the most of us.

11 Nov 2020

Praise Delivered by Two Artificial Beings Leads to an Increase in Task Performance

Social rewards such as praise are known to enhance various stages of the learning process. Now, researchers from Japan have found that praise delivered by artificial beings such as robots and virtual graphics-based agents can have effects similar to praise delivered by humans, with important practical applications as social services such as education increasingly move to virtual and online platforms.

6 Nov 2020