software

Pepper robot will make first appearance in U.S. businesses this year

Posted in Business on 25th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

After its debut in July 2014, there are now more than 10,000 Pepper robots in use in other countries, primarily Japan.

Creating a Wikipedia resource for Robots to share knowledge and learning

Posted in Software on 24th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

People have learned to pool their knowledge. We need to help machines do the same.

The robots are coming for jobs that pay $20 an hour or less, White House finds

Posted in Hardware on 23rd Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

The question is whether the current pace of automation may in the shorter term increase inequality.

Where Artificial Intelligence Is Now and Whats Just Around the Corner

Posted in Hardware on 16th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

'For 50 years, we've ideated about this idea of AI. But it's only been in the last few years that we've seen a fundamental transformation in this technology.'

When machines can do any job, what will humans do?

Posted in Business on 15th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

Rice University computer scientist Moshe Vardi expects that within 30 years, machines will be capable of doing almost any job that a human can.