Nvidia Xavier almost taped out
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 10 October 2017 12:19

Nvidia Xavier almost taped out


CEO confirms

Nvidia Xavier, the next generation Tegra focused on self-driving, is almost taped out.

Security robot drowns itself
Published in News
Wednesday, 19 July 2017 06:00

Security robot drowns itself


I think you ought to know I am feeling depressed


A Washington DC-based security robot has decided that life protecting humans is not worth the effort and has killed itself by throwing itself into a fountain.

Softbank finds two droids they are looking for on Google
Published in News


Two companies added to AI plans


After getting its paws on ARM, Softbank is still growing and has written a cheque for two firms that build walking robots from Google's parent company, Alphabet.

Never mind the Mexicans - Trump should fear the Robots
Published in News


Economics experts warn


While the US government is making hay blaming foreigners for coming to the US and stealing jobs, it should be more worried about robots.

Chinese robot revolution has a few problems
Published in News


Too much cash invested in the lower end


China is widely expected to take the lead in robotic industry, but Digitimes Research thinks that it might have a few problems to overcome first.

Robot lawyer helps refugees
Published in News
Tuesday, 07 March 2017 12:41

Robot lawyer helps refugees


DoNotPay has become the Internet’s Robin Hood


A chat bot that overturned 160,000 parking tickets is now giving free legal aid to asylum-seeking refugees through Facebook.

Humans likely to revolt over robot job loses
Published in News


Revolution cries Virgin


A senior director for Virgin Australia has warned business leaders that humans might revolt over moves to replace their jobs with robots.

Italian robot engineers forget the Italian facts of life
Published in News


Cool idea, which was not thought through properly


Italian engineers at Piaggio came up with a really cool robotic idea which not quite but completely flawed and utterly missed one thing which is a fact of life.

Amazon robot use increases by 50 percent
Published in News
Thursday, 05 January 2017 12:03

Amazon robot use increases by 50 percent


Metropolis becomes current affairs

In the last five years, the robot workforce at Amazon has increased from zero to 45,000 and most of that was during 2016.

AI replacing Japanese white collar workers
Published in News
Tuesday, 03 January 2017 12:02

AI replacing Japanese white collar workers


Beginning of the end


While most people have focused on factory robots and self-driving cars may kill off millions of jobs, the fact that AI will kill off white collar work has been quietly ignored.