Posts tagged with "robots"
Six Professions That Should Get Their Own Robot In 2021
With COVID-19 speeding up automation, many employees will be finding themselves gaining a new office aide for the holidays – in the form of a digital assistant, aka software robot. According to recent statistics the pandemic has resulted in 41 percent of companies turning to artificial intelligence and introducing new digital ways of...
I, ROBOT
Ships, planes, and cars are often given female names. This tradition started long ago. Captains and pilots named their ships and planes out of respect to their mothers or loved ones. Some were given names of goddesses.
Our High-Tech Healthcare Companions
Of the many technologies portrayed in science fiction that have become reality, robots have perhaps played the greatest role in rapidly reshaping our society. From architecture to zoology, you can find these electronic helpers tirelessly working alongside their human counterparts in just about every area of research and industry.
We Play Ping-Pong Against a Robot. Who Will Win?
Curious how our editor faired against FORPHEUS, the ping-pong-playing robot? Check out the video below!
One Woman’s Battle to Stop a Killer Robot Army from Inciting an International Arms Race
Mary Wareham won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work on the International Campaign to Ban Landmines in 1997 and serves as the advocacy director of the Arms Division of the Human Rights Watch.
6 Industrial Robotics Trends You Need to Know About: 2020 Edition
Robots haven't had a great past in business. The good news is that things have changed over the past few years.
3 Ways Robots Are Being Used for Pure Entertainment
From playing soccer to performing music, these robots are paving the way of next-generation entertainment. Check out the video below to learn more!
Is Tom Brady a Cheater?
In this QuickByte Video, we take a look at the incontinence, er ... incompetence of our robot overlords. Plus I answer the age old question, "Is Tom Brady a cheater?"
The Weekly Buffer: CES 2019 Special
What surprised our team at CES 2019? Were there so many robots that we should expect an uprising? Find out in this episode of The Weekly Buffer.
Podcast: AR, The Death of Cashiers, and the Real Big Bird
What industries can be revolutionized by AR? Where are all the cashiers? What extremely large extinct creature was just discovered? Find out in our podcast.
Dolce & Gabbana's Airborne Models
It’s been said time and time again that robots are going to take our jobs one day. In fact, I’ve typed that so many times at this point that I wish a robot writer could just take over and do it for me. (I’m only kidding, robot writers. I need this job to pay for things.) I’ve already written before about the different jobs that...
Human vs. Ping-Pong Robot!
One of the biggest innovations of the past few years has definitely been robots. Taking over industries such as security, food service, and even babysitting, robots definitely look to shake up the status quo and replace a large number of occupations. However, there is still one job that robots have not taken over yet: ping-pong champion....
Meet The Robots That Are Taking Our Jobs
There has been news for years now about how someday soon robots will begin taking over everyday occupations, destroying our economy and leaving humans without a sense of purpose. Well, I’m here to ease your worries by introducing you to the many robots that will soon be taking over everyday occupations, destroying our economy and...
Halloween Animatronics That Are #2spooky4us
It’s a few weeks before Halloween, and while everyone else may be hopping on the pumpkin spice and Hocus Pocus train, I’ve got my beady little eye trained on those creepy Halloween animatronics at the Home Depot. After years of exposure, the props may seem a bit juvenile. Fools, like me, however, always seem fall for them anyway. The...
Get Ready To Rumble! Robotic Animals Show Off Their Battle Moves
Which animal would win in a fight? A lion or a tiger? Did you ever wonder if the polar bear would kill a walrus, or the other way around? Well, there may be answers to these hypothetical battles by looking back at the Animal Planet TV show, Animal Face-Off. The show used CGI animation and robotic animals models to portray hypothetical...
