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MAST for Advanced Block Validation: Unlocking Bitcoin’s Secrets

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Navigating the dynamic landscape of Bitcoin, where transaction validation plays a crucial role in maintaining decentralized functionality, the advent of Merkleized Abstract Syntax Trees (MAST) marks a paradigm shift.

This article delves into the nuances of MAST, a groundbreaking scripting enhancement designed to tackle pivotal challenges in Bitcoin.

By streamlining validation processes and unlocking new possibilities for smart contracts and intricate transactions, MAST’s influence spans across scalability and privacy domains. [Read more…] about MAST for Advanced Block Validation: Unlocking Bitcoin’s Secrets

Bio-inspired neuroprosthetics: Sending signals the brain can understand

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Prostheses that connect to the nervous system have been available for several years. Now, researchers at ETH Zurich have found evidence that neuroprosthetics work better when they use signals that are inspired by nature.

A few years ago, a team of researchers working under Professor Stanisa Raspopovic at the ETH Zurich Neuroengineering Lab gained worldwide attention when they announced that their prosthetic legs had enabled amputees to feel sensations from this artificial body part for the first time.

Unlike commercial leg prostheses, which simply provide amputees with stability and support, the ETH researchers’ prosthetic device was connected to the sciatic nerve in the test subjects’ thigh via implanted electrodes. [Read more…] about Bio-inspired neuroprosthetics: Sending signals the brain can understand

Autonomous vehicle tech company Guident to establish headquarters at Boca Raton Innovation Campus

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Guident, an autonomous vehicle teleoperation technology company, is planning to open its new office headquarters in Boca Raton on April 18, 2024, at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC), joining a growing suite of innovative companies in this distinguished landmark.

Guident says the occasion marks a significant milestone in the company’s growth and expansion strategy.

The inauguration event for the Guident office will welcome city officials and business leaders, offering an exclusive preview of an autonomous shuttle monitored by Guident’s state-of-the-art Remote Monitor and Control Center (RMCC), featuring the best-in-class video wall displays and a visualization system. [Read more…] about Autonomous vehicle tech company Guident to establish headquarters at Boca Raton Innovation Campus

Medical Microinstruments raises $110 million in Series C financing

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Medical Microinstruments (MMI), a robotics company dedicated to increasing treatment options and improving clinical outcomes for patients with complex conditions, has raised $110 million in Series C financing.

The round, led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, marks the largest ever investment in microsurgery innovation.

The funds will support commercialization of the Symani Surgical System in high-growth markets and continued investment in studies that generate clinical evidence and enable indication expansion. [Read more…] about Medical Microinstruments raises $110 million in Series C financing

Black-I Robotics to showcase ‘breakthrough’ AI-based robot at Modex

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Black-I Robotics will be participating in the premier materials handling industrial trade show, Modex, March 11-14, in Atlanta, the company’s CEO Brian Hart has announced.

Some 45,000 supply chain executives and staff attend the show, which features more than a thousand exhibitors showcasing their products for the logistics and manufacturing industries.

Black-I will be demonstrating its “revolutionary” AI-based Fullscope mobile heavy lift robot in the Orbis Corporation booth at the center of the show – B2809 – according to Hart. [Read more…] about Black-I Robotics to showcase ‘breakthrough’ AI-based robot at Modex

Toyota and Gideon enter strategic cooperation to develop new automated solutions

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There is an increasing demand for automation and flexible robotics solutions on the market today.

To address this growing demand, Gideon and Toyota Material Handling Europe (TMHE) are joining forces through strategic cooperation on the development of new automated solutions.

Toyota Material Handling is the largest entity of Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO), the global leader in industrial materials handling. [Read more…] about Toyota and Gideon enter strategic cooperation to develop new automated solutions

fruitcore robotics and Schunk launch new solution kit part separation with 2D grasping kit

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With the new Solution Kit Part Separation with 2D Grasping Kit, the partners fruitcore robotics and Schunk present an efficient and powerful solution for the fast and flexible automation of separation processes.

The automation module sets a new standard for the vision-based separation of non-layered workpieces.

The Solution Kits from fruitcore robotics offer industrial companies flexible and economical automation without a great deal of effort or training. [Read more…] about fruitcore robotics and Schunk launch new solution kit part separation with 2D grasping kit

Osaro debuts AI-powered robotics for mixed-case depalletization

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Osaro, a developer of machine-learning-enabled robotics for e-commerce, has launched its Osaro Robotic Depalletization System.

This latest advanced warehouse automation system from Osaro takes aim at one of the most dangerous and labor-intensive jobs in the e-commerce fulfillment and warehousing: the daily unloading of hundreds of heavy and cumbersome boxes and packages that arrive at a warehouse on a standard pallet.

The Osaro Robotic Depalletization System is equipped with Osaro SightWorks Perception Software, which enables the robot to recognize, select and successfully grasp the varied sizes and materials of unevenly stacked packages commonly found on mixed-case pallets that arrive at a loading dock. [Read more…] about Osaro debuts AI-powered robotics for mixed-case depalletization

ABB identifies new frontiers for robotics and AI in 2024

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ABB is celebrating 50 years of robotic innovation throughout 2024. Here, Marc Segura, president ABB Robotics Division, identifies three drivers for robotics-driven AI solutions in 2024, as ABB continues expansion into new segments not previously served by robotic automation.

Marc Segura, president ABB Robotics Division, says: “The coming year will see a growing focus on the critical role of AI.

“From mobile robots and cobots, to enabling new robotic applications in new sectors and creating new opportunities for people to learn and develop, these new frontiers for AI are redefining the future of industrial robotics.”

1. AI will drive new levels of autonomy in robotic applications

Accelerating progress in AI is redefining what is possible with industrial robotics. AI is enhancing everything from robots’ ability to grip, pick and place as well as their ability to map and navigate through dynamic environments.

From mobile robots to cobots and beyond, AI is giving robots unprecedented levels of speed, accuracy, and payload carrying ability, enabling them to take on more tasks in settings like flexible factories, warehouses, logistics centers and laboratories.

Segura says: “AI-enabled mobile robots can transform sectors like discrete manufacturing, logistics and laboratories.

“Robots equipped with ABB’s new Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (Visual SLAM) technology, for example, have advanced mapping and navigation skills, granting new levels of autonomy, while greatly reducing the infrastructure needed by previous generations of guided robots.

“This paves the way for a shift from linear production lines to dynamic networks, creating significant efficiencies and taking on more dull, dirty and dangerous tasks, to enable workers to take up more rewarding jobs.”

2. AI will see robots enter new sectors

The potential offered by AI-enabled robotics is influencing sectors far beyond manufacturing. In 2024, these technologies are expected to bring substantial efficiency improvements to more dynamic environments, such as healthcare and life sciences, as well as retail.

Another example is the construction industry, where AI-powered robotics can make a material contribution to boosting productivity, enhancing safety and sustainable construction practices while spurring growth.

Segura says: “The construction industry is a great example of a sector where AI-powered robots will prove transformative, delivering real value by addressing many of the issues facing the industry today, including worker shortages, safety issues and stagnant productivity.

“Abilities such as enhanced recognition and decision-making offered by AI, coupled with advances in collaborative robots enable safe deployment alongside workers.

“These advances also enable robots to perform key tasks such as bricklaying, modular assembly and 3D printing with greater precision and speed, all while contributing to more sustainable construction by lowering emissions, such as concrete mixing on site, to reducing the need to transport materials across far distances with on-site assembly.”

3. AI will offer new opportunities for education and working with robots

The advances being made in AI and robotics are significant for training and education, closing the automation skills gap and making robots more accessible to more people and businesses.

With AI making programming easier, through lead-through and even natural language, education can shift more towards how robots can assist humans more effectively, rather than just teaching programming skills.

This transition will make robots more approachable and bring them to a wider audience, leading to new job prospects while helping alleviate labor and skills shortages.

Segura says: “A shortage of people with the skills needed to program and support robots has long been a hurdle to the uptake of robotic automation, especially in small to medium sized manufacturing companies.

“We will see this increasingly being overcome as advances in generative AI lower the barriers to automation and expand the focus of education beyond programming.

“Developments in natural language programming, powered by AI in which workers can verbally instruct a robot in its task, will create a new dynamic in human-robot interactions.”

ABB Robotics: 50 years of innovation

The continued development of AI-powered robotics is the latest chapter in ABB’s fifty-year story of robotic innovation that began in 1974 with the sale of the world’s first commercial all-electric robot, the IRB 6.

Fifty years later, ABB is pioneering new ways of helping customers boost their productivity, efficiency, and sustainability through robotic automation.

ABB will be celebrating 50 years of robotic innovation throughout 2024, Search ABB Robotics in LinkedIn, X, Facebook and Instagram or head to new.abb.com/products/robotics/events/50-years-of-robotic-innovation for all the latest news and updates.

Skyports and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to explore middle-mile drone logistics

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Skyports Drone Services, a specialist in drone logistics, surveys, and monitoring, has agreed a strategic partnership with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) to explore the feasibility of middle-mile drone logistics in the New York and New Jersey region.

The Port Authority oversees much of the region’s air, land, rail and maritime transportation infrastructure network, including: John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), LaGuardia Airport (LGA), and Newark Liberty Airport (EWR); the Port of New York and New Jersey, one of the largest and busiest port systems in North America; in addition to major tunnels and bridge crossings within the Port District, which spans a 25-mile radius around the Statue of Liberty.

The multi-year collaboration between Skyports and PANYNJ will help realize PANYNJ’s vision for implementing and scaling uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) across its extensive portfolio of maritime, aviation, and transportation assets. [Read more…] about Skyports and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to explore middle-mile drone logistics