Business
A letter calling for Google's parent company Alphabet to better protect people who report sexual harassment on the job was signed by more than 1,000 workers soon after being posted online Friday.
Apr 10, 2021
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Automotive
Is our dependence on Zoom and other video chat software during the pandemic turning us into bad drivers?
Apr 08, 2021
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Robotics
If a robot worker makes a mistake on the job, or annoys customers, businesses may not give it a pink slip and a cardboard box for its office belongings, but companies may be forced to shut down these expensive machines, according ...
Apr 08, 2021
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Robotics
Working safely is not only about processes, but context—understanding the work environment and circumstances, and being able to predict what other people will do next. A new system empowers robots with this level of context ...
Apr 07, 2021
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Robotics
It is more complicated than copy and paste, but digital twins could be the way of future manufacturing according to researchers from the University of Kentucky. They developed a virtual environment based on human-robot interactions ...
Apr 07, 2021
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Robotics
Last year, a team of biologists and computer scientists from Tufts University and the University of Vermont (UVM) created novel, tiny self-healing biological machines from frog cells called "Xenobots" that could move around, ...
Mar 31, 2021
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Robotics
Living organisms, from bacteria to animals and humans, can perceive their environment and process, store and retrieve this information. They learn how to react to later situations using appropriate actions. A team of physicists ...
Mar 26, 2021
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Business
Adedeji Badiru of the Air Force Institute of Technology in Dayton, Ohio, U.S., discusses the notion of quality insight in the International Journal of Quality Engineering and Technology and how this relates to motivating ...
Mar 25, 2021
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Robotics
The four-legged robot Dyret can adjust the length of its legs to adapt the body to the surface. Along the way, it learns what works best. This way it is better equipped the next time it encounters an unknown environment.
Mar 16, 2021
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Engineering
Dutch cress grower Rob Baan has enlisted high-tech helpers to tackle a pest in his greenhouses: palm-sized drones seek and destroy moths that produce caterpillars that can chew up his crops.
Mar 07, 2021
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