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What is the impact of AI in future?

Worlds first AI minister stated that the United Arab Emirates is pursuing more than just economic gains in its quest to become a global leader in the field. The UAE’s minister of state for AI, Omar bin Sultan al-Olama, said “quality of life” considerations were key, and also stressed the importance of a “responsible” rollout—with impacts potentially reverberating for decades. “We are looking at AI as a tool,” he told AFP in an interview in Dubai. “It’s a tool that we need to use to unleash the quality of life…

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How to teach new skills to robots?

A warehouse robot pulls mugs off a shelf and places them into boxes for delivery as e-commerce orders flood in. Everything runs smoothly until the warehouse undergoes a change, requiring the robot to grasp taller, narrower mugs that are stored upside down. Reprogramming that robot involves hand-labeling thousands of images that show it how to grasp these new mugs, then training the system all over again. However, MIT researchers have developed a novel technique that would just take a few human demonstrations to reprogram the robot. This machine-learning method enables…

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An AI breakthrough in healthcare sector

LabGenius, an AI-driven scientific research firm, is using Graphcore’s IPUs (Intelligence Processing Units) to accelerate its drug discovery efforts. LabGenius is now working on developing new cancer and inflammatory disease medicines. For its potentially life-saving work, the company blends AI, lab automation, and synthetic biology. Until now, the company’s workloads were performed on standard GPUs. LabGenius claims that switching from Cirrascale Cloud Services to Graphcore’s IPUs in cloud instances lowered model training time from one month to around two weeks. “Previously we used GPUs and it took us about a…

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Where will STEM education be in next 5 years?

There were over 8.6 million STEM jobs in 2015, and that number is rising exponentially. In fact, STEM jobs have grown twice as fast than any other field in the last 10 years. However, it is projected that 2.4 million STEM jobs will be unfilled by 2025. Yet, STEM education programs have not kept pace–calling into question whether there will be enough qualified employees available to take on these new positions. Worryingly, only 16% of high school graduates are proficient in STEM and interested in pursuing a STEM career. With…

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Why these Malaysian companies are on the road to robotics

Earlier this year, Malaysian Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, announced that the country is working on a National Robotics Roadmap (NRR) to increase national productivity by utilising robotics technology. According to Ismail Sabri, the goal is to reduce reliance on foreign labour and reduce the flow of foreign cash. According to a Bernama report, the government’s roadmap is to increase robot usage from 55 units per 10,000 workers in 2019 to 195 units per 10,000 workers by 2030. In addition, a MyDigital Catalytic Initiatives Task Force will be…

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Robotaxi startup gains license in China

Pony.ai, a self-driving technology company backed by Toyota Motor Corp, announced on Sunday that it had secured a taxi licence in China, allowing some of its self-driving vehicles to begin charging fares. The company claimed to be the country’s first autonomous driving company. The company said that it has been granted a licence to operate 100 self-driving vehicles in the Nansha neighbourhood of Guangzhou. Pony.ai was also granted permission to provide paid autonomous robotaxi services in Beijing last year, and has since began providing rides. Rides are being offered on…

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How to compete with robots?

When it comes to the future of intelligent robots, the first question people ask is often: how many jobs will they make disappear? Whatever the answer, the second question is likely to be: how can I make sure that my job is not among them? A team of EPFL roboticists and economists from the University of Lausanne just published a study in Science Robotics that answers both questions. They developed a method to calculate which of the already existing jobs are more likely to be performed by machines in the…

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An artificial vision device for micro robots

Georgia State University (GSU) researchers have developed a ‘electric eye,‘ or artificial vision device, for micro-sized robots. The technology mimics the biochemical mechanisms that allow for vision in the natural environment by using synthetic ways. It advances prior research in colour recognition, which is a particularly tough area due to the difficulties of downscaling colour sensor devices. Traditional colour sensors take up a lot of room and aren’t very accurate when it comes to colour recognition. This was achieved through a unique vertical stacking architecture that offers a novel approach…

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Best STEM programs for kids

STEM is important in our daily lives, and it impacts all aspect of our lives, from smart phones to laptops, automobiles to spaceships. As technology advances, the demand for STEM-skilled professionals is increasing. However, most children show little interest in learning STEM. This is because children are unconsciously afraid of STEM subjects, and STEM is not taught properly in schools. To overcome this challenge and encourage children to learn STEM concepts, this article suggests some of the greatest STEM programs for children, which will help them in learning all of…

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What are the trends in robotic industry 2022

We have compiled a list of 7 biggest trends and predictions for the robotic industry in 2022 Robotic process automation RPA, as the name implies, is a popular solution for companies that deal with all sorts of repeated work. Hospitals are a wonderful example of a business that deals with manual invoicing, appointment scheduling, and inventory management – all of which may be readily automated with RPA. Robotics as a service (Raas) Thanks to ever-growing trend of everything-as-a-service models, small firms are now being enabled and empowered to adopt robos…

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