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Illinois to Lead Quantum Computing Advancements with New National Proving Ground
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) — a Defense Department agency that invests in breakthrough technologies for national security — and the State of Illinois are partnering to test quantum technology prototypes on the state’s soon-to-be-built quantum...
The top 10 surgical robotics stories of the year so far
Surgical robotics has been a hot topic within the medtech space, and it doesn’t seem like it’s stopping any time soon. Over the course of 2024, we’ve seen all kinds of stories across surgical robotics. From regulatory nods and product launches to recalls and warning...
U.S. Marine Corps testing autonomy system for helicopters
The Naval Air System Command (NAVAIR) has selected Near Earth Autonomy to demonstrate an advanced autonomy system for helicopters. The company will be demoing its technology for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Aerial Logistics Connection (ACL) program, transporting various...
Humanoid bartender robot ADAM debuts at Texas Rangers stadium
Richtech Robotics, which specializes in AI-driven service robots, installed its first ADAM robot bartender at the Texas Rangers’ Globe Life Field. This installation is the 10th one of ADAM and is part of the Paradise, Nev.-based company’s strategy for more...
Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 Awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for Pioneering AI Research
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 to John J. Hopfield, Princeton University, and Geoffrey E. Hinton, University of Toronto, “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with...
MassRobotics resident startups have raised over $1B in seven years
BOSTON — One measure of success for a robotics cluster is how much funding its member companies obtain. MassRobotics this month [August 2024] announced that resident startups have raised more than $1 billion since its founding in 2017. “This remarkable achievement...
The Path to Insight is Changing: The AI-HPC Paradigm Shift
In a recent paper, the authors suggest that AI models collapse when trained on recursively generated data points from previous LLM models. Basically, the snake is eating its tail. Generative-AI has been successful in mining the Internet to create large LLM models...
Robotic surgery to benefit from advanced processors and AI, says AMD
The need for robotic surgery is well established, but most systems are still costly to purchase, operate, and maintain, noted Advanced Micro Devices Inc. The company said its technologies can help control those costs, and AMD is already working with leading surgical...
No sweat! Watch new Atlas humanoid crush some pushups
Boston Dynamics showed off the capabilities of its electric Atlas humanoid in a new video. In the video, Atlas does eight pushups as a quick “warm-up” before work. The company has previously shown the hydraulic version of Atlas performing several stunts, including...
Inside the development of FarmWise’s weeding robot
FarmWise is an agtech company pushing the boundaries of automation in agriculture by harnessing the power of computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI). Its flagship product, the Vulcan precision weeding implement, is designed to optimize weed control management...
NIST Issues Post Quantum Cryptography Standards and Calls for their Adoption
After much anticipation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued its first Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) standards today. They are intended to defeat efforts by quantum computers powerful enough to decrypt data and communications that have...
UMass Amherst says robots that organize their own teams are more efficient
Instead of multipurpose robots, teams of robots can cooperate to execute tasks that would be tedious or hazardous for scarce human workers. However, they typically need to be pre-programmed or directed by centralized software to execute those tasks. Researchers at the...