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Facebook Built a Fiber-Spinning Robot to Make Internet Service Cheaper
Engineers have developed a robot that can install fiber cables on medium-voltage power lines.
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Trump Administration Establishes $75-Million Quantum Computing Centers
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the U.S. National Science Foundation are investing $75 million in three quantum computing centers.
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Demand for Robot Cooks Rises as Kitchens Combat Covid-19
Restaurant chains are testing the use of cooking robots.
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Autonomous Vehicles to Race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Over three dozen universities worldwide will compete in the Indy Autonomous Challenge, a race between self-driving vehicles to be held at the Indianapolis Motor...
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Transparent, Reflective Objects Now Within Grasp of Robots
Roboticists at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have developed a technique that uses a color camera to enable robots to pick up transparent and reflective objects...
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'Hands Free': Automakers Race to Next Level of Not-Quite-Self-Driving Cars
Auto industry executives are speeding up plans to automate routine driving tasks and aim to make the technologies widely available within five years.
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Google Promises Privacy With Virus App but Can Still Collect Location Data
Some government agencies that use the software said they were surprised Google may pick up the locations of certain app users. Others said they had unsuccessfully...
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Siri, Alexa Targeted as E.U. Probes Internet of Things
The European Commission is mounting an antitrust investigation into the Internet of Things, targeting voice assistants such as Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa. ...
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Utah, Georgia Install Tech That Lets Roads Talk
Utah and Georgia are testing vehicle-to-everything technology installed in roads to alert drivers to hazards.
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Machine Learning Helps Robot Swarms Coordinate
A new machine learning technique can govern the coordinated movement of flying robot swarms in order to avoid collisions.
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Giving Robots Human-Like Perception of Their Physical Environments
Kimera builds a dense three-dimensional semantic mesh of an environment and can track humans in the environment.
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Japanese Robot to Clock In at Convenience Store
In August, a robot made by Japanese developer Telexistence will prepare food at a FamilyMart convenience store.
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Tech to Contain Coronavirus on College Campuses Sparks Fresh Privacy Concerns
U.S. colleges are racing to contain the Covid-19 pandemic with technology including contact-tracing applications and facial recognition, prompting concerns about...
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AI Seeks ET: Machine Learning Powers Hunt for Life in the Solar System
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration is testing a pilot artificial intelligence system for use on a future Mars mission.
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Virtual Try-Ons Replacing Fitting Rooms During the Pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has spurred consumers to substitute fitting rooms with augmented reality using their smartphones and computers.
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Tyson Turns to Robot Butchers, Spurred by Coronavirus Outbreaks
Engineers and scientists at meatpacking company Tyson Foods are developing an automated deboning system to process meats in order to avoid spreading infectious...
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Meet the Secret Algorithm That's Keeping Students Out of College
The International Baccalaureate program canceled its high-stakes exam because of Covid-19. The formula it used to "predict" scores puzzles students and teachers...
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Google Fixes Smartwatch Security Problem
Google corrected a security vulnerability in its Wear OS smartwatches that could have allowed attackers to crash applications, render the app or the watch unresponsive...
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