London department store Selfridges showcases the future role of robotics in retail. An ABB robot demonstrates 3D printing using upcycled Parley Ocean Plastic to create a range of designer items. Personalized items can be ordered on site by customers and produced in-situ by the robot, ready for purchase.
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Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies, has teamed with MFE Inspection Solutions to integrate the FLIR MUVE C360 multi-gas detector on Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot and commercial unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The integrated solutions will enable remote monitoring of chemical threats in industrial and public safety applications.
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Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $4.4 trillion in 2022, an increase of 4% from 2021, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. The rise of enterprise application software, infrastructure software and managed services demonstrates that the trend toward digital transformation is systemic and long-term.
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Global demand for data scientists means big salaries for talented young people, but headaches for CIOs
by Gary Floodby Gary FloodAt the recent CIOFEST CIO conference, senior IT leaders from consultants to High St chains shared their fear over rising data scientist salaries, retention but biggest of all, where the next wave of such valuable employees will come from
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Automation and the CIO: ‘There are no shortcuts or easy answers’
by Gary Floodby Gary FloodAt the recent CIOFEST CIO conference Martin Bellamy, one of the UK’s most experienced public sector IT leaders, shared some top tips for lasting project achievement.
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Konoike Transport Co and OSARO worked on a new project at the Konoike Institute of Technology Innovation Center (known as KITIC). It will showcase Japan’s first prototype of automated warehouse operations where autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) will work together with picking robots optimized for warehouse and e-commerce applications that involve large SKU inventories.
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When Helen Morgan started working at character clothing retailer Character.com in June 2020, she embarked on a digital transformation project, building the roadmap to financial automation.
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Rocking Robots recently travelled to the Danish city of Odense to visit several institutions and companies that are part of the very successful Robotics Cluster. This photo series gives an impression of the diversity of this robot-ecosystem.
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Inaugural meeting of the Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAI)
This week the Council of Europe’s Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAI) will started its work on the AI Treaty. ALLAI co-founder Virginia Dignum was one of the speakers at the Inaugural Meeting of the CAI (High-Level Segment).
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UNSW researcher receives award recognising women in artificial intelligence
UNSW Engineering Professor Flora Salim has been honoured for her pioneering work in computing and machine learning by Women in AI, a global advocacy group for women in the artificial intelligence (AI) field.