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The robot ‘artist’ that’s challenging humanity’s concept of creativity

“People don’t judge an artwork on its own merit,” said Aidan Meller, the director of a prestigious U.K. gallery called, well, the Aidan Meller Gallery. “They always do it through the lens of the artist. When you look at a Picasso or you look at Tracey Emin, you have a very different response based on the personalities that created [the work]. That’s no different with a robot.”
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Google’s Transporter Network uses minimal data to teach robots to stack blocks

Google researchers claim they have built a Transporter Network AI model architecture that allows object-grasping robots to reason about which visual signals are relevant and how they should be rearranged in a scene. The researchers say their Transporter Networks have achieved “superior” efficiency during experiments on a variety of tasks, including stacking a block pyramid, […]
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Sam’s Club expands autonomous floor-sweeping robots to all U.S. stores

Walmart revealed in December 2018 that it will partner with Brain Corp, a robotics tech startup, to bring autonomous floor scrubbers to some of its brick-and – mortar stores. The companies today announced in an extension of the relationship the Walmart-owned Sam’s Club will add 372 robot floor scrubbers to the hundreds of units it […]
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Boston Dynamics has ‘big plans’ to go commercial in logistics

After decades of R&D and viral videos, the Softbank-owned technology firm is ready to scale up its commercial business. Boston Dynamics has long captured imaginations with viral videos of its advanced robotics The Softbank-owned technology firm is now ready to scale up its commercial business Boston Dynamics is an experimental robotics company whose viral videos […]
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Want to access Tesla’s ML technology? It might soon be possible

Elon Musk wants to make Tesla’s Dojo supercomputer available for machine learning to the public. The Dojo supercomputer will be a place for Tesla to train its full self-driving AI Tesla’s Dojo supercomputer will be capable of an exaFLOP In a slew of tweets that began through a response to notable software engineer John Carmack, […]
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Robot manuplating a cable.
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Letting robots manipulate cables

The soft-sensitive finger robotic gripper built at MIT can handle cables with unparalleled dexterity.  Manipulating small , flexible items like chains, wires, or cables can be difficult for humans. But if these problems are difficult for humans, then for robots they are almost impossible. As a cable slides between the fingers, its form changes constantly, […]
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US Air Force exercised robot dogs two weeks ago. @@Ghost_Robotics
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Robot dogs enter the US Air Force for big exercise, may be ‘essential to next-generation warfare’.

Robot dogs enter the US Air Force for big exercise, may be ‘essential to next-generation warfare’. The robot dogs — four-legged, headless, mechanical creatures — were made to exit an aircraft and look for signs of danger at Nellis Air Force Base in the US state of Nevada. At Nellis Air Force Base in the […]
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Google Maps gains driving mode and food delivery status

Google today revealed Google Maps updates aimed at warning users of pandemic-related threats. Soon, maps will display all-time COVID-19 cases identified in an area, along with fast links from local authorities to resources. Google will also start to demonstrate how bus, train, and subway lines are crowded in more locations across the globe. Maps also […]
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Hover raises $60 million to streamline home inspections with computer vision

Today, $60 million was raised by Hover, a startup creating AI-powered apps that build 3D models of homes from smartphone images. The 200-employee firm says the proceeds will be used as Hover expands its product offerings to strengthen established partnerships with insurance companies.  6.26% of insured homes experienced a claim in 2017, compared to just […]
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Google Maps gains driving mode and food delivery status

Google today revealed Google Maps updates aimed at warning users of pandemic-related threats. Soon, maps will display all-time COVID-19 cases identified in an area, along with fast links from local authorities to resources. Google will also start to demonstrate how bus, train, and subway lines are crowded in more locations across the globe. Maps also […]
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Hover raises $60 million to streamline home inspections with computer vision

Today, $60 million was raised by Hover, a startup creating AI-powered apps that build 3D models of homes from smartphone images. The 200-employee firm says the proceeds will be used as Hover expands its product offerings to strengthen established partnerships with insurance companies.  6.26% of insured homes experienced a claim in 2017, compared to just […]
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Motional receives permission to begin testing autonomous vehicles without safety drivers in Nevada

Motional, the joint autonomous driving alliance between Aptiv and Hyundai, announced today that the state of Nevada has obtained permission to test its autonomous vehicles without a driver behind the wheel. The firm claims this is part of the completion of a phase of self-imposed testing and evaluation.  In the U.S., relatively few businesses have […]
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Meet This Year’s WIRED25: People Who Are Making Things Better

WHEN SARTRE SAID hell is other people, he wasn’t living through 2020. Right now, other people are the only thing between us and species collapse. Not just the people we occasionally encounter behind fugly masks—but the experts and innovators out in the world, leading the way. The 17-year-old hacker building his own coronavirus tracker. The […]
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A graffiti representing a nurse by artist David "S.I.D." Perez is pictured on a wall and part of a serie to pay tribute to essential workers during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Gland, Switzerland, April 5, 2020. (Reuters)

Ethiopia marks six months of COVID-19 – Analysis and Visualization

13 September marks six months since the first coronavirus announced in Ethiopia.In the half-year since then, reported cases are close to 64 Thousend, with more than 996 deaths. At the onset, COVID-19 mainly affected the capital city. However, the virus is now moving from high-density urban areas to informal settlements and then onward to rural […]
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AI and self driving car

Present international artificial intelligence (AI) inventory and progression in self-driving vehicle research and development Complementary subjects in technology are also artificial intelligence ( AI) and self-driving vehicles. In brief, without someone involved, you just can’t debate one. While AI has been rapidly applied in different areas, a new hot topic has been the way you […]
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