Year: 2022

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS is a massive driver for achieving more and more advanced robotics. "Always at the forefront of increased efficiency through technology, China opened an automotive plant last August in Tianjin that is perhaps the most advanced in the world. The plant, belonging to Chinese automaker Great Wall Motors, has 30 workstations occupied by 27 robots that perform more than 4,000 high-precision welding operations. The robots are so fast they can complete the welding of an entire Haval SUV in just 86 seconds." https://lnkd.in/dDEtcYs View in LinkedIn

MILITARY ROBOTS are already in use, and represent an additional momentum for robotic improvement. https://lnkd.in/dtyGz69 View in LinkedIn

SEX OR WAR ARE DRIVERS. “U.S. military spending millions to make cyborgs a reality.” What an odd species we are. https://lnkd.in/dPuyDSZ View in LinkedIn

MIND CLONE PROTOTYPE. "Entrepreneur Martine Rothblatt has created a new robotic head that she hopes, one day in the future, humans will be able to upload their minds into. Bina-48 is named after Rothblatt’s real-life wife, Bina Aspen, and serves as a proof-of-concept for the futuristic idea. The robot version is designed to carry on a conversation, with scientists hoping that these mind clones could give human owners a sort of artificial afterlife." https://lnkd.in/davFNXB View in LinkedIn

NEW CHERRY 2000. “Bina-48 was created five years ago as a digital replica uploaded with Bina Aspen’s thoughts, memories and feelings – all of which were broken down into computer code to create a digital version of her consciousness. Created by Hanson Robotics, Bina-48 can engage in conversation, answer questions and even have “spontaneous” thoughts that are derived from multimedia data in a “mindfile” created by the real Bina.” https://lnkd.in/davFNXB View in LinkedIn

“MIND CLONE is a digital copy of your mind outside of your body. I think Mind Clone will look like an avatar on the screen, talking, instead of a robot version. Mind Clones are 10-20 years away.” Am I talking about a law of physics here? Am I talking about defying gravity here? No. Am I talking about going faster than light? No. All I am doing here is talking about writing some good code.” https://lnkd.in/davFNXB View in LinkedIn

JAPAN'S ROBOT REVOLUTION. "Opening Japan’s official Robot Revolution Initiative Council on May 15, Abe called on the nation’s corporate sector to “spread the use of robotics from large-scale factories to every corner of our economy and society. Backed by 200 companies and universities and chaired by Mitsubishi Electric’s Tamotsu Nomakuchi, the council aims to expand robotics throughout Japanese industry, with a goal of growing sales from 600 billion yen ($4.9 billion) a year to 2.4 trillion yen by 2020." http://thediplomat.com/2015/07/japans-robot-revolution/ View in LinkedIn

EMOTIONAL ROBOT. "Pepper, a humanoid robot that can feel emotion and look after its owner, has sold out a minute after going on sale. “He's an emotional robot, not a functional robot for domestic use with dish washer or vacuum cleaner functionalities." To care for elders and children. (2015). https://lnkd.in/dUEkeFH View in LinkedIn

EXPANDED LINE. “Sony To Create Robot That Can Form Emotional Bond With People. It’s not surprisingly that Sony would want to get back in the game after it had made great strides a decade ago with AIBO dogs, which some users have gone as far as to hold funerals for.” http://futurism.com/sony-to-create-robot-that-can-form-emotional-bond-with-people/ View in LinkedIn

MENIAL ROBOTS. "In September, 11 new members of staff are scheduled to start work at Tokyo's Haneda International Airport. The latest additions to the workforce will be tasked with menial jobs, such as cleaning the concourse and transporting luggage, but they are unlikely to complain about their responsibilities as they are robots." (2015). https://lnkd.in/d_bSTDE View in LinkedIn