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Feb 19, 2021

AI will take construction robotics from hype to reality

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Buildots attaches 360 cameras onto project managers’ hardhats to collect footage inside the construction site, flagging problems to be solved and tracking construction progress.

Feb 18, 2021

Samsung announces high bandwidth memory, processing-in-memory architecture

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Samsung Electronics has announced on its Newsroom webpage the development of a new kind of memory chip architecture called high-bandwidth memory, processing-in-memory—HBM-PIM. The architecture adds artificial intelligence processing to high-bandwidth memory chips. The new chips will be marketed as a way to speed up data centers, boost speed in high performance computers and to further enable AI applications.

Feb 18, 2021

IBM proposes AI chip with benchmark-beating power efficiency

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IBM claims to have developed an AI accelerator chip for training and inferencing that beats other leading chips on benchmarks.

Feb 18, 2021

Artificial Neural Nets Finally Yield Clues to How Brains Learn

Posted by in categories: biological, information science, robotics/AI

The learning algorithm that enables the runaway success of deep neural networks doesn’t work in biological brains, but researchers are finding alternatives that could.

Feb 18, 2021

Now that NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover successfully landed on the Red Planet after a nearly seven-month journey

Posted by in categories: climatology, robotics/AI, space

mission experts will talk about the robotic scientist’s touchdown in the most challenging terrain on Mars ever targeted.

Perseverance, which launched July 302020, will search for signs of ancient microbial life, collect carefully selected rock and regolith (broken rock and dust) samples for future return to Earth, characterize Mars’ geology and climate, and pave the way for human exploration beyond the Moon.

Tune in to watch a live broadcast from the Von Karman Auditorium at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Feb 18, 2021

Locus Robotics raises $150 million to scale its warehouse robotics platform

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Locus Robotics, a startup developing warehouse automation technologies, has raised $150 million at a $1 billion post-money valuation.

Feb 18, 2021

Strengthening international cooperation on artificial intelligence

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Joshua P. Meltzer and Cameron F. Kerry outline the requirements for the U.S. to lead international cooperation on artificial intelligence.

Feb 18, 2021

Russia & China ready to sign deal to build first moon base after snubbing US

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, government, robotics/AI, space travel

Shouldn’t NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration already be building a moon-base with Elon Musk at SpaceX as well as Russia and China? Congress should fund space travel.


RUSSIA and China are joining forces as they prepare to sign a historic deal to build the first moon base after they snubbed the US.

The two countries are to collaborate on the international lunar structure, which was thought up by China — the latest build in the space-race against America.

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Feb 18, 2021

Recogni raises $48.9 million for AI-powered perception chips

Posted by in categories: finance, robotics/AI, transportation

Recogni, a startup developing a perception system for autonomous vehicles, has raised $48.9 million in venture capital.

Feb 17, 2021

Startup Ozette unveils AI approach to understanding the immune system

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

Ozette applies artificial intelligence to immune monitoring to gain greater insight into a cancer patient’s immune system. Beyond informing treatment decisions, the technology can guide drug and diagnostic development.