OffWorld, provider of AI-powered industrial Swarm Robotic Mining systems, has started selling a new line of robot species, built for surveying environments (on the surface and deep underground), performing precision excavation, and collecting, hauling, and processing material. The company aims for swarm robotics in mining to improve customer productivity and cost efficiency.
Pieter Werner
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The global military drones market reached a value of nearly $13,309.0 million in 2021, having increased at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.5% since 2016. The market is expected to grow from $13,309.0 million in 2021 to $18,908.6 million in 2026 at a rate of 7.3%. The market is then expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.1% from 2026 and reach $25,399.7 million in 2031, according to a new report by Researchandmarkets
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Universal Robots, the Danish collaborative robot (cobot) company, has reported Q4 revenue of USD 85 million, bringing 2022 annual revenue to USD 326 million, up 5% on 2021. On a constant currency basis, growth over the year was 12%.
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In a large joint AI initiative, NVIDIA and Dell Technologies have launched a wave of Dell PowerEdge systems with NVIDIA acceleration. A total of 15 next-generation Dell PowerEdge systems can draw from NVIDIA’s full AI stack — including GPUs, DPUs and the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software suite — providing AI applications, including speech recognition, cybersecurity, recommendation systems and language-based services.
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Soft Robotics, a Bedford, Mass., startup, is using NVIDIA Isaac Sim to help close the ‘sim to real gap’ for robotic gripping applications. One area is perfecting gripping for pick and placement of foods for packaging. Unlike other industries that have adopted robotics, the $8 trillion food market has been slow to develop robots to handle variable items in unstructured environments, says Soft Robotics.
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Researchers at CyberArk Labs had ChatGPT write malicious code, and have it automatically mutate in order to circumvent security tools. Last week it was announced that ChatGPT could be used to write code as part of malware, but CyberArk Labs goes a step further by having ChatGPT create the malware itself, which is also not noticed by security tools.
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Worldwide smartphone shipments fell 17% year on year in Q4 2022. Full-year 2022 shipments declined by 11% to fewer than 1.2 billion, reflecting an extremely challenging year for all vendors. Apple reclaimed the top spot in Q4 and achieved its highest quarterly market share ever at 25%, despite facing shrinking demand and manufacturing issues in Zhengzhou.
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A new technological development by Tel Aviv University has made it possible for a robot to smell using a biological sensor. The sensor sends electrical signals as a response to the presence of a nearby odor, which the robot can detect and interpret.
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Can a robot be a better waiter than a human being? To answer this question, Dr. Luis Figueredo, senior scientist in the team of Prof. Sami Haddadin, sets up a robotic arm from the specialized robot maker Franka Emika on a table and hooks up a computer.
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Agilis conduts live animal trials with robot for endoscopic surgery
Agilis Robotics, developer of robotic instruments that support endoscopic surgery through natural orifices of the body, has recently completed the second round of live animal testing using its robot. Dr. Jason Y.K. Chan, the co-founder of Agilis Robotics, conducted the test with the firm’s second-generation device on a live pig specimen and successfully removed artificial tumors