Archive for the ‘robotics/AI’ category: Page 98
Jul 8, 2024
AMD Says an AI Cluster With 1.2 Million GPUs Could Be In the Cards
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: robotics/AI, supercomputing
Jul 8, 2024
High-tech ‘whiskers’ give working robots more ability to move safely
Posted by Chima Wisdom in category: robotics/AI
Taking inspiration from the animal kingdom, Flinders University researchers are developing affordable, flexible and highly responsive ‘whiskers’ to attach to robots. Their article, “Optimising electromechanical whisker design for contact localisation,” has been published in the journal Sensors and Actuators A: Physical.
While lasers and camera vision is used to instruct robot movement, the additional support of light-weight, cheap and flexible whiskers would give workplace and domestic robots additional tactile abilities in confined or cluttered spaces.
Like a rat’s whiskers, these sensors can be used to overcome a robot’s range-finder or camera blind spots which may not ‘see’ or register an object close by, says Flinders College of Science and Engineering Ph.D. candidate Simon Pegoli. Additionally, whiskers uncover properties of objects, such as moveability, not possible with camera or regular range-finder sensors.
Jul 8, 2024
Disruption of Transportation Past, Present & Future with Tony Seba
Posted by Chris Smedley in categories: robotics/AI, sustainability, transportation
Tesla’s autopilot technology and the increasing affordability of electric vehicles are set to revolutionize the transportation industry, making transportation as a service cheaper and safer, and leading to a significant drop in oil demand and potential geopolitical implications Questions to inspire discussion How safe.
Jul 8, 2024
Watch: Figure’s 01 humanoids now working at BMW’s car plant in US
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
In January 2024, Figure signed its first commercial agreement with BMW to deploy its humanoid robot in the German carmaker’s production facility in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Now, the California-based robotics firm has released a video showcasing its 1 humanoid robot executing its first job by…
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Jul 8, 2024
Brazil Halts Meta’s AI Data Processing Amid Privacy Concerns
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: privacy, robotics/AI
Brazil bans Meta from using personal data for AI training, citing privacy concerns and risks to children. Meta has 5 days to comply or face fines.
Jul 8, 2024
Adobe’s new generative AI tools for video are absolutely terrifying
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in category: robotics/AI
I used Adobe products for years, and even went to Adobe Seminars in Austin Texas.
Oh, you thought the possibilities of generative AI were already terrifying enough? Well, we’ve got some bad news for you. Adobe has just released a video showcasing its Adobe Firefly video model, and it comes with a whole host of unnerving generative AI tricks.
“Adobe is using the power of generative AI to deliver the most advanced and precise editing tools ever in Premiere Pro,” says the cheerful over-the-top narration, before showcasing how AI will soon be used to generate objects that weren’t there before, delete unwanted objects, extend scenes and create generated backdrops.
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Jul 8, 2024
Adobe Premiere Pro is getting generative AI video tools — and hopefully OpenAI’s Sora
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in category: robotics/AI
Here’s another story on Adobe’s new AI tools.
Those third-party integrations aren’t guaranteed, though.
Jul 8, 2024
Japanese railway introduces infrastructure robot
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in category: robotics/AI
West Japan Railways (West JR), one of six companies that make up Japan Railways Group, has unveiled a giant “humanoid robot” to work on heavy machinery on its lines.
The as yet unnamed tool is described as “multifunctional railway heavy machinery for railway equipment maintenance” and is based off a prototype used by West JR to prove the concept of the odd-looking machine.