Pieter Werner

Researchers at Princeton University, in collaboration with Google, have developed a novel method to enhance the decision-making capabilities of robots. This technique teaches robots to recognize their own uncertainty and seek human assistance when necessary.

Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) are poised to become a part of everyday life by the 2040s. This prediction comes from Associate Professor Mohit Shivdasani from the department of biomedical engineering at UNSW Sydney.

The face of holiday park services in the Netherlands is changing as visitors at Landal GreenParks now find a robot welcoming them among the staff. Since joining the team in November, Clevon’s delivery robot has supported the parks team by delivering and collecting linen to and from the recreation homes in the holiday park.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and NVIDIA have announced an expanded strategic collaboration aimed at delivering infrastructure, software, and services to support generative artificial intelligence (AI) innovations. The collaboration combes NVIDIA’s latest multi-node systems with advanced GPUs, CPUs, and AI software with AWS’s virtualization and security capabilities, Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) interconnect, and UltraCluster scalability. 

Transformational technologies, including AI-augmented software engineering (AIASE), AI coding assistants and platform engineering, will reach mainstream adoption in 2-5 years, according to the Gartner Hype Cycle for Software Engineering, 2023.

A new kind of artificial seed to sense environmental parameters without impacting on the health of environment is the invention coming from the IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) in Genova, Italy. The soft robot, named Acer i-Seed, is inspired by natural Acer seeds and can monitor the temperature of the soil by becoming luminescent. It is made of a biocompatible and compostable material, and it has been realized with 3D printing technologies. A drone can be used to spread them out in large areas and study the terrain at a distance.

The Dubai GITEX exhibition, recently concluded, showed the growing influence of Chinese robotics and artificial intelligence companies. With over 1,800 startups from more than 100 countries and an impressive array of speakers and investors, the exhibition has become a platform for technological exchange and collaboration. In a first-of-its-kind initiative, 12 Chinese companies were featured in the China Pavilion at Expand North Star, the world’s largest startup exhibition.

ETH Zurich researchers deployed an autonomous excavator, called HEAP, to build a six metre-high and sixty-five-metre-long dry-stone wall. The wall is embedded in a digitally planned and autonomously excavated landscape and park.

The smart robots market is on the brink of a significant expansion, with expectations of growing by USD 13.22 billion from 2022 to 2027. This growth is forecasted at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 19.5% over the period. The market encompasses various segments including professional service robots, personal service robots, and collaborative robots, with its geographic reach spanning across Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America, South America, and the Middle East and Africa.

At the University of Washington, a team of researchers has developed a robotic arm capable of performing a set of 11 actions, enabling it to pick up a wide variety of foods with a fork. This technology represents a significant step in the field of assistive robotics, particularly in addressing the challenges of feeding individuals who cannot eat independently.