Final rules from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration that permit small drones to fly over people and to fly at night took effect April 21.
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A robot is using ultraviolet light to kill viruses aboard Swiss passenger planes, in a test being conducted with airport services company Dnata in the United Arab...Reuters From ACM TechNews | April 9, 2021
Boston Dynamics is programming its "Spot" dog robot to read gauges, look for corrosion, construct maps, and detect methane leaks.
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A U.S. engineering company has designed a robot dolphin in the hope that such animatronic machines eventually could substitute for captive animals at theme parks...Reuters From ACM TechNews | October 19, 2020
IBM has launched a research partnership with Japanese industry and academia to expedite quantum computing innovations.
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In August, a robot made by Japanese developer Telexistence will prepare food at a FamilyMart convenience store.
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Traffic experts say nine in 10 crashes result from human error, and more than 36,000 people died in U.S. car crashes last year.
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Robo-bartenders are part of South Korea's cafe and bar scene as the country moves toward "distancing in daily life" amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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A fleet of six-wheeled robots that deliver retail purchases is becoming increasingly popular in the British town of Milton Keynes during the coronavirus lockdown...Reuters From ACM TechNews | May 4, 2020
Factory owners in Eastern European are investing in automation to counter a shortage of workers and rising wages.
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Researchers in China have developed a robot that can perform ultrasounds, take mouth swabs, and listen to sounds made by a patient's organs.
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U.S. companies installed fewer robots last year compared to 2018, according to a report from the Association for Advancing Automation .
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Intel has announced a chip designed to control quantum computers by assuming the workload of the many wires that typically connect such systems to controllers.
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A joint venture between Volvo Cars and Veoneer has won approval to begin hands-free testing of its software for self-driving cars on Swedish highways.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | February 5, 2019
A hotel that opened in China last month utilizes robots and a suite of other high-tech tools that drastically reduce the hotel's cost of human labor.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | January 28, 2019
New Trump administration policies aimed at curbing China's access to American innovation have all but halted Chinese investment in U.S. technology startups, as...Reuters From ACM Careers | January 8, 2019