Robotics

Figure AI secures over £532m for humanoid development

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Figure AI secures over £532m for humanoid development

Figure AI has raised £532.4m ($675m, €622.2m) to advance its development of humanoid robots.

Robotics : AI : Technology

Mobile World Congress 2024 daily recap: 5G versus 6G

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Mobile World Congress 2024 daily recap: 5G versus 6G

Should we be looking forward to 6G or focus on advancing 5G opinions? wondered panellists on stage at MWC 2024.

Technology : Event : Robotics

Stat: MIT suggests AI job displacements are costlier than retaining human workers

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Stat: MIT suggests AI job displacements are costlier than retaining human workers

In a study published in January 2024, a team of MIT researchers challenged prevailing fears over AI job displacement, finding that, in many cases, ...

AI : Technology : Workplace

The Space: Kernel

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The Space: Kernel

Chipotle founder Steve Ells is pioneering Kernel, a new robot-operated restaurant concept aimed at reducing waste.

Robot : Travel & Hospitality Futures : Technology

AI Pleasures Market

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AI Pleasures Market

AI is stepping into intimate domains, allowing users to create and experience bespoke tech-enhanced pleasure.

Technology : Sexual Wellness : AI

Food Delivery Futures

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Food Delivery Futures

Using AI, hyper-personalisation and robots, the food delivery sector is creating a seamless connection between restaurants, supermarkets and our ki...

Technology : Food & Drink : Society

The RUEI-01 shoe embeds ‘unmanufacture’ information

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The RUEI-01 shoe embeds ‘unmanufacture’ information

Product Design student Maxwell Ashford is challenging current systems around recycling with his robotically recyclable shoe.

Technology : Sustainability : Fashion

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Adidas re-invents footwear with tech-driven textiles

The sports brand has unveiled Strung, a new textile and manufacturing process that uses data and robotics to change how footwear is created.

Retail : Technology : Fashion

Milan 2019: AI and robotics come to life at Sony exhibition

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Milan 2019: AI and robotics come to life at Sony exhibition

At Milan Design Week 2019, Sony presents a future in which AI and robotics forge empathetic connections with humans.

Design : Milan Salone : Robotics

A driverless bar on wheels that delivers cocktails on demand

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A driverless bar on wheels that delivers cocktails on demand

Italian design firm Carlo Ratti Associati has revealed a design concept for a self-driving bar unit operated by a robot.

Drinks : Technology : Mobility

Future materials will assemble themselves

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Future materials will assemble themselves

Skylar Tibbits, co-director and founder of MIT’s Self-Assembly Lab, explains how programmable materials can help combat climate change and provide ...

Material Far Futures : Robotics : Materials

Burger-flipping robot opens its first restaurant

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Burger-flipping robot opens its first restaurant

San Francisco – Food tech start-up Creator has unveiled the first restaurant that uses robotics to autonomously prepare burgers.

Food : Technology : Autonomous

Today’s headlines, including Moët Hennessy’s ode to friendship

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Today’s headlines, including Moët Hennessy’s ode to friendship

In today’s daily digest: WeWork invests in Generation I, a new approach to inspiring altruism, humanoid robots to become more prolific, and other s...

Drink : Co-working : Beauty

Danny Isserles on designing robots for the home

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Danny Isserles on designing robots for the home

Danny Isserles, vice-president of marketing at Roboteam, on why autonomous robots should not be humanoid.

Technology : Design : Artificial Intelligence

MIT explores the future of manufacturing through machine learning

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MIT explores the future of manufacturing through machine learning

US – Researchers from the university have created a system that enables robots to learn from each other with minimal human input.

Technology : Design : Auto

Ministry of Design creates robotics training facility

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Ministry of Design creates robotics training facility

Singapore – The facility acts as a showroom to sell robots and host industry training workshops.

Technology : Digital : Design

Big Ideas

Robot retail

UK – A new report suggests that retail is the industry that will lose the most workers to automation.

Automation : Workplace Futures : Retail

Retail Week Live 2017: Review

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Retail Week Live 2017: Review

The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Chinese consumer mindsets and the most effective retail models were key topics at this year’s Retail Week Live.

Retail : Artificial Intelligence : China

Preview: Fast Fabrication

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Preview: Fast Fabrication

Global – A burgeoning revolution in robotics is enabling apparel and footwear brands to adopt automated manufacturing systems that have proven diff...

Automated : Reebok : Manufacturing

Fast Fabrication

Micro Trends

Fast Fabrication

A burgeoning revolution in robotics is enabling apparel and footwear brands to adopt automated manufacturing systems that have proven difficult to ...

Adidas : Automation : Workplace Futures

CES 2017: Kuri cute

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CES 2017: Kuri cute

Las Vegas – Of all the companion robotics on show at CES, Kuri had the attendees talking with its anthropomorphic design and intelligent mind.

CES 2017 : Robotics : Las Vegas

Big Ideas

Beer on tap

London – Barclaycard has installed its contactless technology in a prototype beer pump to make buying drinks more convenient for consumers.

Pay@Pump : Convenience Culture : Barclaycard

SXSW Interactive 2016 Review: Part 1

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SXSW Interactive 2016 Review: Part 1

With no stand-out app or innovation, there was a subdued air at SXSW Interactive 2016, where brand activations mingled with panels on robots, artif...

SXSW Interactive : Robotics : SXSW Interactive 2016

Caring machines

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Caring machines

Dubai – This year's Museum of the Future exhibition examined the growing role of artificial intelligence in consumers’ lives.

The Museum Of The Future : Machinic Life : Artificial Intelligence

Preview: Wired Retail 2015

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Preview: Wired Retail 2015

London – Last week LS:N Global attended the Wired Retail show where talk centred on the convergence between the physical and the digital.

WIRED Retail 2015 : E-Commerce : Frictionless Retail

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