Spotlight

The IBM Watson Center Munich had it’s Grand Opening on 16 Feb 2017 in the Munich’s Highlight Towers. On the 23rd floor, IBM has impressive showcases with real moving robots and IoT devices. Our German correspondent Dr. Harald Karcher visited the robots several times from 2017 to 2020. He provides an exclusive insight in this center of robotic innovation for RockingRobots.

Rapid advances in artificial intelligence and its physical form, robots, are revolutionizing the way humans interact with machines. Dr Kate Devlin researches the interaction between humans and machines. She mainly focuses on the intimate interaction between man and machine, with sex robots.

One of the worst affected sectors in the current corona crisis is aviation. KLM subsidiary Transavia has also been affected by the consequences of the corona outbreak. Numerous flights have been canceled or changed, which threatened to lead to a lot of work pressure and hassle on the administration. Together with Ciphix, Transavia has been able to overcome this by quickly deploying a virtual employee.

An advanced robotic arm is more than just beautiful technology. Use of such a prosthesis is not just about confirming, as a conversation with Arie Rommers shows. He has been using a bionic arm, the Bebionic, for some time now. “You can get a really nice bionic arm, but your brain has to control it, so you have to feel good about yourself”

In a playful way, children learn to work better together by programming robots. Not only school children, but also employees of companies can almost literally brush up their skills in a fun way using robots. Rocking Robots spoke with the initiator of this concept, Tamar Neter from RobotWise.

Exponential growth from 200 to 2,000 employees is, to put it mildly, a challenge for the Human Resources department. UiPath has experienced this growth recently, and in that process its own Robotic Process Automation (RPA) technology has been used to keep that process on the right track.

The new edition of Microsoft Flight Simulator has become a visual masterpiece, which is only possible by making smart use of AI, machine learning and the corresponding computing power in the cloud. As a result, the entire world is shown in detailed 3D image, in combination with live weather effects and other air traffic.

Spot, the well-known four-legged robot from Boston Dynamics, is now also for sale in Europe. Commercial sales of Spot had already started in the United States, following a successful Early Adopter program in which a number of companies in both Europe and North America integrated the robot into their operations.

The Robotic Process Automation (RPA) market will reach $ 1.89 billion globally by 2021, up 19.5% from this year. Despite the economic damage from the COVID-19 pandemic, the RPA market is expected to continue to grow at double digits through 2024, says research firm Gartner.

What will the workplace of the future look like? What role does AI play? What role do robots play? These questions are answered in UiPath’s Immersion Lab. The lab exists in physical form, but due to the current corona limitations, the experience of hyperautomation can also be undergone completely virtually. Visitors can experience for themselves, for example on the basis of a concrete business case, the advantages of working with a robot. The Rocking Robots team spoke about this with Chief Robotics Officer Boris Krumrey.