AI, Robotics, Automation: The Fourth Industrial Revolution Is Here

Originally shared by Wasim Muklashy

AI, Robotics, Automation: The Fourth Industrial Revolution Is Here

"For Chinese guests at Marriott International hotels, the check-in process will soon get easier. The hotel giant announced last summer that it's developing facial recognition systems that will allow guests to check in at a kiosk in less than a minute via a quick scan of their facial features.

Half a world away, fearful of what such technological advances will mean to their future job security, thousands of Marriott workers across the United States voted this fall to authorize their union to strike. In addition to calls for higher wages and better workplace safety, they pushed for procedures to protect them from the looming impact of technological advancement. "You are not going to stop technology. The question is whether workers will be partners in its deployment or bystanders that get run over by it," the union's president told The New York Times.
Indeed, what many are calling "the Fourth Industrial Revolution" is already here, disrupting jobs and labor markets, largely because of the rise and advance of artificial intelligence and robotics..."
https://www.ecnmag.com/news/2019/01/ai-robotics-automation-fourth-industrial-revolution-here

#future = #REALnews #robots #tech #innovation #science #design #singularity #engineering #automation #AI #artificialintelligence #economy #finance #universalbasicincome #basicincome #money #UBI 
https://www.ecnmag.com/news/2019/01/ai-robotics-automation-fourth-industrial-revolution-here

#Creator, formerly known as #MomentumMachines, is one of a rising new type of automated restaurant, mixing the best...

Originally shared by Rick Li

#Creator, formerly known as #MomentumMachines, is one of a rising new type of automated restaurant, mixing the best of the #techindustry’s software, #robotics, and #artificialintelligence skills with top-tier culinary expertise. The goal is not to automate away humans entirely, but to automate the portion of the restaurant experience that can be done better, faster, and be more cost efficient with machines. Creator joins companies like San Francisco-based quinoa bowl chain Eatsa, pizza-delivery company Zume in Mountain View, CaliBurger parent company and Miso Robotics investor Cali Group, and a smattering of up-and-coming locations around the country like Boston’s Spyce and Seattle’s Junkichi.

The Eatsa experience involves no human beings whatsoever in the standard ordering process and instead lets customers order from an iPad. #Food is prepared partially by automated machines and partially by humans in the kitchen before being placed into mechanized cubbies a customer opens with the tap of a finger on the glass.


#DigitalStrategy #DisruptiveStrategy #DigitalEconomy #DisruptiveInnovation #DigitalDisruption #DisruptiveTechnology #Disruption #Technology #SmartRobots #Robots #Cobots
WHY YOU SHOULD LET A ROBOT COOK YOUR NEXT MEAL
https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/11/17550848/future-of-dining-automation-robotics-creator-sf-robot-burgers-ai
https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/11/17550848/future-of-dining-automation-robotics-creator-sf-robot-burgers-ai

Artificial intelligence is entering the justice system

Originally shared by Wasim Muklashy

Artificial intelligence is entering the justice system

Bad news for crooks: RAVN’s AI speeds up the document-sifting process - and is more accurate than humans...

"The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had a problem. Its investigation into corruption at Rolls-Royce was inching towards a conclusion, but four years of digging had produced 30 million documents. These needed to be sorted into "privileged" and "non-privileged", a legal requirement that involves paying junior barristers to do months of repetitive paperwork. "We needed a way that was faster," says Ben Denison, chief technology officer at the SFO. So, in January 2016, he started working with RAVN..."

#future = #REALnews #robots #tech #innovation #science #design #singularity #engineering #automation #AI #artificialintelligence #economy #finance #universalbasicincome #basicincome #money #UBI 

Artificial intelligence is entering the justice system | WIRED UK http://www.wired.co.uk/article/ravn-artificial-intelligence-peter-wallqvist
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/ravn-artificial-intelligence-peter-wallqvist

#Robots are not just having a huge impact in the #automation market but in higher #education as well.

Originally shared by Esben Østergaard

#Robots are not just having a huge impact in the #automation market but in higher #education as well. It’s great to see how #innovation and #research in #robotics have become more and more popular with students. In this article some interesting stories from universities are listed:
http://bit.ly/2oXx1k4

Researcher Points to How We Will Work with AI in the Near Future

Originally shared by Wasim Muklashy

Researcher Points to How We Will Work with AI in the Near Future

"Dr. Michael Harré an artificial  intelligence enthusiast and lecturer in Complex Systems at the University of Sydney, believes living and working with AI will force the world to reassess basic assumptions about our sense of self.

"What will it be like to regularly confront an AI, or a robot with an AI in it, that behaves like a human?"

"What will it be like to regularly confront an AI, or a robot with an AI in it, that behaves like a human?" Harré asks. "The fact that we will be interacting with the appearance of consciousness in things that are clearly not biological will be enough for us to at least unconsciously revise what we think consciousness is."..."

#future = #robots #tech #innovation #science #design #singularity #engineering #automation #AI #artificialintelligence #economy #finance #universalbasicincome #basicincome #money #UBI 

http://www.33rdsquare.com/2017/04/researcher-points-to-how-we-will-work.html

Register for the #Robotics Conference at #CES2017 covering delivery #robots, #AI, deep learning & real-world robots!

Originally shared by Robotics Trends

Register for the #Robotics Conference at #CES2017 covering delivery #robots, #AI, deep learning & real-world robots! bit.ly/2fLJbKi

Robots 0 Animals 1

Robots 0 Animals 1

#robotsvsanimals #robots #animals #robotics

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Lawn mower VS Moose

Attracting young talents to #STEM subjects and encouraging them to pursue careers in #engineering is important in...

Originally shared by Esben Østergaard

Attracting young talents to #STEM subjects and encouraging them to pursue careers in #engineering is important in order to guarantee future innovation. As there is a gender gap in this field, e.g. only 18-20 per cent of engineering students at US colleges are women, there is a need for strong figures to attract new talents. Simone Giertz, 25 and YouTube star, is just that: a charismatic engineer, building functional (and funny) #robots. In your opinion: Is this the right approach? What would you suggest for attracting kids to #technology? http://bit.ly/2cwwsrQ
http://bit.ly/2cwwsrQ

What can #robots do beyond working in #manufacturing?

Originally shared by Universal Robots

What can #robots do beyond working in #manufacturing? For instance, #cobots can be a cameraman at a #Championsleague game, whip up the perfect crab bisque or help Greenpeace save the bees. For new #innovations in the field of #robotics, visit our blog and read on:
http://www.universal-robots.com/blog/cobots-are-making-a-difference/

LOL, looking forward to the day when everyone starts considering the possibility of everything being free, via easy...

Originally shared by Singularity 2045

LOL, looking forward to the day when everyone starts considering the possibility of everything being free, via easy access to limitless resources. #Basicincome #UBI will ensure a smooth transition. UBI is mentioned in the following article.

Zoltan Istvan writing in Tech Crunch (29 March 2016):  "If 90 percent of human jobs are replaced by robots in the next 50 years — something now considered plausible — is capitalism still the ideal economic system to champion? No one is certain about the answer, but the question is making everyone nervous — and forcing people to dig deep inside themselves to discover the kind of future they want."

"Whichever system we choose will have to incorporate an improving standard of life for people and society. For this reason, I tend to support a Universal Basic Income as one way to desire robots to take our jobs but not leave the world poor. However, that doesn’t really say what will happen to economies after the robot revolution is really underway." 

Zoltan seems to touch upon the idea of everything being free in the following quote: "In fact, I doubt money will even survive this century. If anything, in the future, only knowledge will have tradable value — the knowledge to create better machines, software and experiences from technology." http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/29/will-capitalism-survive-the-robot-revolution/

#robots #robotics #revolution #artificialintelligence #capitalism #money #working #jobs  
http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/29/will-capitalism-survive-the-robot-revolution/

#Robots should go to #school.

Originally shared by Esben Østergaard

#Robots should go to #school. Well, not as pupils of course. Two schools in #Australia are going to start a three year research #project, which will include humanoid robots as tools used in the classroom constantly. The project aims at identifying "best practices" of implementing robots in schools. Obviously, the #children will get the chance to develop #coding skills, but beside that, how do you think such a robot should be used?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Robots-to-attend-school-in-Australia/articleshow/48500482.cms

"The algorithm purchased twelve items – everything from a pair of Air Jordan shoes to ten ecstasy pills".

Originally shared by Oscar Rivera

"The algorithm purchased twelve items – everything from a pair of Air Jordan shoes to ten ecstasy pills". #Robots #Robot #Robotics
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150721-my-robot-bought-illegal-drugs?ocid=global_future_rss

Without doubt, soccer is the most popular type of #sport in the world.

Originally shared by Esben Østergaard

Without doubt, soccer is the most popular type of #sport in the world. Many people love it, as it brings them together. What about robotic football players then? This year, the Chinese city Hefei hosted the #RoboCup, which could be called the robotic equivalent of the human World #Soccer #Championship. Have some of you watched Japan winning the Cup? #robots #football
http://qz.com/461061/the-japanese-have-just-won-the-world-cup-of-robot-soccer/

Is #India on the edge of breaking out as a major market for #robots and #automation?

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Is #India on the edge of breaking out as a major market for #robots and #automation? 
http://bit.ly/1Hvws5M

Impressive trial and error #deeplearning #artificialintelligence #robots - mimicking human learning, May 2015...

Originally shared by Singularity 2045

Impressive trial and error #deeplearning #artificialintelligence #robots - mimicking human learning, May 2015 via UC Berkeley.

You don't need to be super-intelligent to see how thirty years of progress, from 2015 to 2045, will entail the #Singularity - explosive intelligence.

Robots have now matched human speed and dexterity. Baby robots will soon grow up.

UC Berkeley News Center (21 May 2015): "...researchers have developed algorithms that enable robots to learn motor tasks through trial and error using a process that more closely approximates the way humans learn, marking a major milestone in the field of artificial intelligence." https://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2015/05/21/deep-learning-robot-masters-skills-via-trial-and-error/ (https://archive.is/N7SNe#selection-381.0-381.249 https://web.archive.org/web/20150523092201/https://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2015/05/21/deep-learning-robot-masters-skills-via-trial-and-error/).

The New York Times wrote (21 May 2015): "...putting a clothes hanger on a rod, inserting a block into a tight space and placing a hammer at the correct angle to remove a nail from a block of wood — may seem like pedestrian actions. But they represent significant advances in robotic learning, by a group of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, who have trained a two-armed machine to match human dexterity and speed in performing these tasks." http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/22/science/robots-that-can-match-human-dexterity.html?_r=0

The NY Times added: "By combining several types of pattern recognition software algorithms known as neural networks, the researchers have been able to train a robot to perfect an action such as correctly inserting a Lego block into another block, with a relatively small number of attempts."
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/22/science/robots-that-can-match-human-dexterity.html?_r=0

The mere existence of this article is an impressive sign of the #futuristic times were are experiencing in May...

Originally shared by Singularity 2045

The mere existence of this article is an impressive sign of the #futuristic times were are experiencing in May 2015.

Could #robot restaurants be a threat to US national security, Gizmodo (22 May 2015) asked.

Gizmodo wrote: "You might be saying to yourself, but Matt, robot restaurants are a dumb gimmick meant to distract the ignorant masses while hiding sinister technological advances that endanger the world. Why should we be building robot restaurants? Well, they said the same thing about NASA."

#robots #robotics
http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/are-chinas-robot-restaurants-a-threat-to-american-natio-1706036651

There are machines cranking out articles for The Associated Press and robots slicing the perfectly shaped noodle in...

Originally shared by Oscar Rivera

There are machines cranking out articles for The Associated Press and robots slicing the perfectly shaped noodle in restaurants across China — and that’s just the start of it.

#Robot #Robots #Robotics
#Robotic #China
#TBT 
https://agenda.weforum.org/2015/05/14-surprising-jobs-that-robots-are-doing/?utm_content=buffer2df6b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer

#Robots can be a scary bunch.

Originally shared by Linkis.com

#Robots can be a scary bunch. The robots you're about to see are all designed to #help people. Some of them are even quite #cute. But make no mistake; if given the chance, they will kill you.
http://linkis.com/www.pcmag.com/slides/uilyC

MIT’s Humanoid Robot Goes to Robo Boot Camp

Originally shared by Ward Plunet

MIT’s Humanoid Robot Goes to Robo Boot Camp

As one of the Darpa Robotics Challenge’s 25 robot finalists, Atlas will be representing Tedrake’s team at the 2015 challenge in Pomona, California in two weeks. Its purpose in life—along with the other finalists—is to be the best search-and-rescue robot possible. In terrain too dangerous for humans to traverse, a robot that can lift hundreds of pounds and work power tools could save lives without endangering others. The challenge will put those skills to the test.

#robots  
http://www.wired.com/2015/05/mits-humanoid-robot-goes-robo-boot-camp/

#robotics #drones #swarmintelligence #swarmrobotics

#robotics #drones #swarmintelligence #swarmrobotics

Originally shared by Lacerant Plainer

The SMAVNET project aims at developing swarms of flying robots that can be deployed in disaster areas to rapidly create communication networks for rescuers. Flying robots are interesting for such applications because they are fast, can easily overcome difficult terrain, and benefit from line-of-sight communication. 

To make aerial swarming a reality, robots and controllers need to be made as simple as possible. 

Designing swarm controllers is typically challenging because no obvious relationship exists between the individual robot behaviors and the emergent behavior of the entire swarm. For this reason, we turn to biology for inspiration. 

In a first approach, artificial evolution is used for its potential to automatically discover simple and unthought-of robot controllers. Good evolved controllers are then reverse-engineered so as to capture the simple and efficient solutions found through evolution in hand-designed controllers that are easy to understand and can be modeled. Resulting controllers can therefore be adapted to a variety of scenarios in a predictable manner. Furthermore, they can be extended to accommodate entirely new applications. Reverse-engineered controllers demonstrate a variety of behaviors such as exploration, synchronization, area coverage and communication relay. 

Designing swarm controllers is typically challenging because no obvious relationship exists between the individual robot behaviors and the emergent behavior of the entire swarm. For this reason, we turn to biology for inspiration. 

Full Article: http://lis.epfl.ch/smavs

Video link: Deployment of Large Aerial Swarms

#swarm   #swarmintelligence   #robots   #science   #sciencesunday   #scienceeveryday   #biology