Göttingen researchers observe the superiority of human-machine teams More and more processes are being automated and digitised. Self-driving delivery vehicles, such as forklifts, are finding... Read more
Let’s say computers come for most of our jobs. This may not seem likely at the moment; computer scientists and economists offer wildly varying ideas for how deeply automation will affect fut... Read more
Robots are taking over the workforce. It’s a remarkable showing of human ingenuity—and a huge problem for working Americans. The next time you’re daydreaming at work, think about... Read more
Mashgin computer cashier recognizes different food items as well as any human would Doomsayers about the future have a lot to say about things that might be extinct before the turn of the ne... Read more
Transport, logistics, and office roles most likely to come under threat Nearly half of U.S. jobs could be susceptible to computerization over the next two decades, a study from the Oxford Ma... Read more
What is needed to adapt to the changing needs of life science researchers? Until now, life science researchers had a narrow set of expectations for automation systems. The main focus of labo... Read more
Handling tasks that formerly could only be done by people At the recent Chicago Automate 2013 show of automation and robotics, Yaskawa Motoman drew huge crowds to watch its SDA10F double-arm... Read more
The world’s first automated long-distance heavy-haul rail operation Iron-ore mining company Rio Tinto has revealed plans for a fully automated train network in Western Australia’s Pil... Read more
Development in this area is no longer just a flight of fancy Remote-controlled quadrotor robots have been around for some time, but in the following video just released by a research team at... Read more
The spiderbot is extremely stable When it comes to deciding on a form of locomotion for their creations, roboticists have plenty of options to choose from. While many go for the tried... Read more
Exponential growth is a funny thing. The technologies that contribute to automation are likely to follow an exponential pattern, which means that more industries will start to lose jobs at a... Read more
Will the future be filled with cool technologies and endless opportunities or will our own creations lead to eventual doom? I tend to think the former. Technology has seemingly endless abili... Read more