The Robotics and Autonomous Systems Mission 2014 took eight UK startups out to Silicon Valley. ITPP went along and mulled over the open innovation process.
Investing in robotic technology will lead to job creation in the manufacturing industry rather than job cuts, according to interesting research by Barclays.
A new report from CSIRO (the Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation) is predicting which jobs and industries will be the most affected by the rise and implementation of advanced robotics, artificial intelligence and drones in twenty years time.
The creation of robots to replicate human activities is a relatively tough task – as shown in the recent DARPA robotics challenge – but a group of researchers at MIT have integrated a closer human contribution to a robot they are creating.
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