Recognizing Workplace Hazards: AI Device Helps Warehouses Avoid Workplace Injuries
Manufacturing

Recognizing Workplace Hazards: AI Device Helps Warehouses Avoid Workplace Injuries

A wearable device may help warehouse workers avoid injuries. Modjoul, maker of a system that evaluates risks to people engaged in physical labor, received an undisclosed sum from Amazon as part of a $1 billion investment in technologies that might enhance the retailer giant’s operations.

May 18, 20222 min read
Chips at Risk: How the chip shortage impacts AI.
Manufacturing

Chips at Risk: How the chip shortage impacts AI.

The hardware that runs the latest AI systems faces rising uncertainty as models grow larger and more computationally intensive. The U.S. Commerce Department sounded an alarm over bottlenecks in the availability of semiconductor chips.

February 2, 20222 min read
Chips at Risk: How the chip shortage impacts AI.
Manufacturing

Chips at Risk: How the chip shortage impacts AI.

The hardware that runs the latest AI systems faces rising uncertainty as models grow larger and more computationally intensive. The U.S. Commerce Department sounded an alarm over bottlenecks in the availability of semiconductor chips.

February 2, 20222 min read
Wolfram Burgard: Train robots in the real world
Manufacturing

Wolfram Burgard: Train robots in the real world

Robots are tremendously useful machines, and I would like to see them applied to every task where they can do some good. Yet we don’t have enough programmers for all this hardware and all these tasks.

December 29, 20213 min read
Wolfram Burgard: Train robots in the real world
Manufacturing

Wolfram Burgard: Train robots in the real world

Robots are tremendously useful machines, and I would like to see them applied to every task where they can do some good. Yet we don’t have enough programmers for all this hardware and all these tasks.

December 29, 20213 min read
Getting a Jump on Climate Change: AI Startups Predict the Economic Impacts of Climate Change
Manufacturing

Getting a Jump on Climate Change: AI Startups Predict the Economic Impacts of Climate Change

Startups are predicting how climate change will affect global commerce. Companies that specialize in climate analytics are training neural networks to help businesses manage risks posed by a warming globe,

September 8, 20212 min read
Getting a Jump on Climate Change: AI Startups Predict the Economic Impacts of Climate Change
Manufacturing

Getting a Jump on Climate Change: AI Startups Predict the Economic Impacts of Climate Change

Startups are predicting how climate change will affect global commerce. Companies that specialize in climate analytics are training neural networks to help businesses manage risks posed by a warming globe,

September 8, 20212 min read
Super-Human Quality Control: AI finds manufacturing flaws better than human inspectors.
Manufacturing

Super-Human Quality Control: AI finds manufacturing flaws better than human inspectors.

A computer vision model, continually trained and automatically updated, can boost quality control in factories. Landing AI, a machine learning platform company led by Andrew Ng, helped a maker of compressors for refrigeration check them for leaks.

May 12, 20212 min read
Super-Human Quality Control: AI finds manufacturing flaws better than human inspectors.
Manufacturing

Super-Human Quality Control: AI finds manufacturing flaws better than human inspectors.

A computer vision model, continually trained and automatically updated, can boost quality control in factories. Landing AI, a machine learning platform company led by Andrew Ng, helped a maker of compressors for refrigeration check them for leaks.

May 12, 20212 min read
Who Watches the Welders?: John Deere uses computer vision to ensure quality welding.
Manufacturing

Who Watches the Welders?: John Deere uses computer vision to ensure quality welding.

A robot inspector is looking over the shoulders of robot welders. Farm equipment maker John Deere described a computer vision system that spots defective joints, helping to ensure that its heavy machinery leaves the production line ready to roll.

April 14, 20211 min read
Who Watches the Welders?: John Deere uses computer vision to ensure quality welding.
Manufacturing

Who Watches the Welders?: John Deere uses computer vision to ensure quality welding.

A robot inspector is looking over the shoulders of robot welders. Farm equipment maker John Deere described a computer vision system that spots defective joints, helping to ensure that its heavy machinery leaves the production line ready to roll.

April 14, 20211 min read
U.S. New Year’s Resolutions for AI: All the AI programs authorized in the 2021 NDAA.
Manufacturing

U.S. New Year’s Resolutions for AI: All the AI programs authorized in the 2021 NDAA.

U.S. lawmakers authorized a slew of national programs that promote artificial intelligence research, development, and deployment, and support efforts to make sure the results are ethical and trustworthy.

January 6, 20212 min read
U.S. New Year’s Resolutions for AI: All the AI programs authorized in the 2021 NDAA.
Manufacturing

U.S. New Year’s Resolutions for AI: All the AI programs authorized in the 2021 NDAA.

U.S. lawmakers authorized a slew of national programs that promote artificial intelligence research, development, and deployment, and support efforts to make sure the results are ethical and trustworthy.

January 6, 20212 min read
Scientific Discovery on a Roll: Scientists trained a robot arm to run lab experiments.
Manufacturing

Scientific Discovery on a Roll: Scientists trained a robot arm to run lab experiments.

A mechanical lab assistant could accelerate chemistry research.What’s new: Researchers at the University of Liverpool trained a mobile robot arm to navigate a lab, operate equipment, handle samples, and obtain results far faster than a human scientist.

July 22, 20201 min read
Scientific Discovery on a Roll: Scientists trained a robot arm to run lab experiments.
Manufacturing

Scientific Discovery on a Roll: Scientists trained a robot arm to run lab experiments.

A mechanical lab assistant could accelerate chemistry research.What’s new: Researchers at the University of Liverpool trained a mobile robot arm to navigate a lab, operate equipment, handle samples, and obtain results far faster than a human scientist.

July 22, 20201 min read

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