Month: May 2020
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Exam Dumps: Sure Way to Pass Your Microsoft 98-364 Exam and Boost Your Tech Career
The field of IT is vast and constantly growing. As a result of that, there are more and more job opportunities opening up and even more people entering the field to supply that demand. This makes it hard for employers to pick out the most suitable employees for their jobs. It is evident that the…
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Old Versus New Robotics: How Things Are Changing
The history of robotics is a long one, with roots in ancient Egypt as far back as 1500 BC. While the “robots” of those days are far from being able to exhibit the intelligence of robots today, it is still worth mentioning. However, the beginning of the evolution of modern robotics as we know it…
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Five companies awarded $280,000 to develop mobility solutions in Michigan
PlanetM, the State of Michigan’s mobility initiative, is awarding a round of its technology activation grant program to companies addressing the challenges presented by the spread of the novel Coronavirus. Five companies received more than $280,000 in funding to aid in the development and deployment of solutions that address the mobility challenges Covid-19 presents in…
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Agricultural robots and AI: A question of when and not if
Robotics and artificial intelligence will drive a deep and transformative change in the agricultural world during the coming decades, according to a new report by IDTechEx. Seeing, localising, and taking plant-specific intelligent action are no longer the exclusive realm of humans, says the research company. Machines have demonstrated the technical viability and the emphasis has…
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LG partners with Woowa Brothers to develop food delivery robots
Electronics and household appliances giant LG is partnering with unicorn startup Woowa Brothers to develop food delivery robots. The partnership will aim to produce mobile robots that can deliver food to people’s homes as well to the tables of customers at restaurants. While LG is well known around the world, Woowa Brothers is a startup…
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Dishcraft Robotics raises $20 million in latest funding round to expand its dishwashing business
Dishcraft Robotics, provider of a commercial dishwashing and dishware delivery service powered by artificial intelligence and robotics, has raised $20 million in Series A1 funding led by new investor Grit Ventures. Returning investors First Round Capital, Baseline Ventures, Fuel Capital, and Lemnos also participated in the round. To date, Dishcraft has raised $46 million in…
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Hexagon NovAtel unveils ROS-based autonomous driving platform
NovAtel, part of Hexagon, has released of its first purpose-built driver, powered by Robot Operating System (ROS), to support its OEM7 family of GNSS receivers. The driver, developed by NovAtel engineers, provides an optimized interface enabling users to accelerate autonomous development projects by quickly incorporating NovAtel OEM7 receivers into custom applications. The driver is available…
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Boston Dynamics canine robot Spot gets a job as a terrifying alien sheepdog
Sheep are often herded using a real sheepdog, clever canines which run around directing the animals into a pen on a farm. But a clever software company is conducting a test by replacing the dog with Boston Dynamics’ terrifying canine robot, Spot. New Zealand is at the very edge of human civilisation on Earth, and…
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Considerations in Designing an Effective Air Quality Control Strategy
The industrial section plays a central role in air quality management following the Clean Air Act (CAA) and its amendments. Therefore, a re-evaluation of the effectiveness of the strategies must be done before implementing air quality to meet federal, state, and local government agencies’ requirements. Also, it is crucial to develop further techniques that will…
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Tech giants and driverless cars: Racing against the automakers
Modern tech conglomerate Amazon – whose interests range from online shopping, through computing devices such as the Kindle and Amazon Echo, to cloud computing and even space exploration – is in advanced talks to acquire self-driving startup Zoox, according to a report on the Financial Times website. It’s not the first time Amazon has shown…