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Robots replacing human workers may leave millions out of job

Featured Image: Robot Asimo at a Honda factory. CREDIT: Vanillase. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 Unported-license. (Public Domain).

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Published on Oct 29, 2014

Lowe’s is breaking ground by testing robots to help customers navigate their often massive stores and assist with purchases. Although no plans yet exist to implement the autonomous bots nationwide, some believe this is a big leap towards deeply integrating robotics into our daily lives, which experts believe will happen by 2025. RT’s Sam Sacks takes a look at what impact this may have on the human workforce.

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Will robots rule the stock market? | with Alltime Conspiracies

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Featured Image: Philippine stock market board CREDIT:Katrina.Tuliao – http://www.flickr.com/photos/thewalkingirony/3051500551/  SOURCE: Wikipedia CC BY 2.0

 

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Published on Oct 3, 2014

Is it possible that the future of the world’s stock markets will be decided by increasingly intelligent software programs?

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Robot researcher combines nature to nurture ‘superhuman’ navigation

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from Science Daily

Date:
October 1, 2014
Source:
Queensland University of Technology
Summary:
Researchers are investigating realistic navigation for robots using computer modeling of the human eye and the brain of a rat.

Computer modelling of the human eye, the brain of a rat and a robot could revolutionize advances in neuroscience and new technology, says a QUT leading robotics researcher.

Dr Michael Milford from QUT’s Science and Engineering Faculty says the new study uses new computer algorithms to enable robots to navigate intelligently, unrestricted by high-density buildings or tunnels.

“This is a very Frankenstein type of project,” Dr Milford said. . . . Read Complete Report

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Football-size robot can skim discreetly along a ship’s hull to seek hollow compartments concealing contraband

Featured Image: (From Article Below) A screen shot from an animated video shows how the robot could be used to perform ultrasound scans. Credit: Courtesy of the researchers. (Fair Use)

Science Daily

Date:
September 26, 2014
 
Source:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 
Summary:
Football-size robot can skim discreetly along a ship’s hull to seek hollow compartments concealing contraband.
Last week, at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, MIT researchers unveiled an oval-shaped submersible robot, a little smaller than a football, with a flattened panel on one side that it can slide along an underwater surface to perform ultrasound scans. . . . Read Complete Report
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E2 Underwater Robotics at MIT
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Yoga, meditation may help train brain to help people control computers with their mind

Featured Image: Statue of Shiva in BangaloreIndia, performing yogic meditation in the Padmasana posture.

This Statue of Shiva is Approximately 65 feet tall and is made of concrete and is located at Murugeshpalya at Bangalore. There is a tunnel like structure underneath the statue where different models of Shiva are kept. CREDIT: Kalyan Kumar – originally posted to Flickr as ShivMandir , Kemp Fort SOURCE: Wikiipedia CC BY-SA 2.0

From Science Daily

Date:
September 25, 2014
Source:
University of Minnesota
Summary:
People who practice yoga and meditation long term can learn to control a computer with their minds faster and better than people with little or no yoga or meditation experience, new research by biomedical engineers shows. The research could have major implications for treatments of people who are paralyzed or have neurodegenerative diseases. . . . Read Complete Report

Robots Replacing Humans: Artificial intelligence that imitates children’s learning

From Science Daily September 23, 2014

 Source:
University of Gothenburg
Summary:
The computer programs used in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) are highly specialized. They can for example fly airplanes, play chess or assemble cars in controlled industrial environments. Scientists have now created an AI program that can learn how to solve problems in many different areas. The program is designed to imitate certain aspects of children’s cognitive development. . . . Read Complete Report

Robots Replacing Humans: GelSight sensor gives robots touch

Featured Image: Armed with the GelSight sensor, a robot can grasp a freely hanging USB cable and plug it into a USB port. Credit: Melanie Gonick/MIT SOURCE: Science Daily (Fair Use)

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Published on Sep 19, 2014

Researchers at MIT and Northeastern University have equipped a robot with a novel tactile sensor that lets it grasp a USB cable and insert it into a USB port. (Learn more about the sensor: http://bit.ly/1uNmcft)

Mot info: Science Daily September 19, 2014Fingertip sensor gives robot unprecedented dexterity

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Robots Replacing Humans: Flying robots will go where humans can’t

Featured Image: Flying robot, micro VTOL UAV Aeryon Scout in flight. CREDIT: Dkroetsch  SOURCE: Wikipedia Public Domain

From Space Daily

Flying robots will go where humans can’t

Date:
September 17, 2014
Source:
European Commission, CORDIS
Summary:
There are many situations where it’s impossible, complicated or too time-consuming for humans to enter and carry out operations. Think of contaminated areas following a nuclear accident, or the need to erect structures such as antennae on mountain tops. These are examples of where flying robots could be used. . . . Read Complete Report
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Published on Apr 7, 2013
Flying Robots

Its Military Robotic , its homeland security ..Dragonflies have always been a captivating insect, thanks to their complex flight characteristics. Now a German company has designed bio-inspired robotic dragonfly that can fly in all directions, hover in mid-air and glide without beating its wings, just like the real thing.

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Air Force Bugbot Nano Drone Technology

Published on Apr 11, 2013

Air Force Bugbots Nano Drone video gives a peak inside what nano-drone technology the Federal Government is currently implementing within the united states more than a scary thought or sci-fi movie, they have arrived.

 

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Coming Soon: When a Cop Points His Radar Gun at You, It Could Detect More Than Just Speeding

Featured Image: Handheld radar speed gun used by the police to catch speeding motorists. From: Dennis van Zuijlekom from Ermelo, The Netherlands.  SOURCE: Wikipedia  CC BY-SA 2.0

From The Blaze 

If you’re driving down the road in the future and you see a cop pointing what appears to be a radar gun your way, stepping on the brake to slow down might not help you out, because speeding might not be what he’s looking for.

A Virginia-based company is developing a detection gun that can tell if a person in the vehicle is texting. . . . Read Complete Report

Robots Replacing Humans: Future Humanoid Robots Will Blow your Mind- 2014 full Documentary (HD)

Featured Image: Robot Asimo at a Honda factory. CREDIT: Vanillase. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 Unported-license. (Public Domain).

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