by dankeelan | Oct 5, 2023 | Robots, Work
In news evoking the apocalyptic movie “The Terminator,” a company out of Corvallis, Oregon, has announced plans to build the first mass-produced humanoid robots — and it intends to use other robots to build them. The robot model first on...
by dankeelan | Aug 2, 2023 | Robots, Work
A humanoid warehouse worker, Digit walked upright on goatlike legs and grabbed bins off a shelf with muscular arms made from aerospace-grade aluminum. It then placed the boxes on an assembly line and walked back to the shelf to search for more. The crowd, which had...
by dankeelan | Jul 27, 2023 | Food, Robots, Work
Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol sat down with CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday to discuss the Mexican fast-food chain’s earnings and the “Autocado” robot prototype. Chipotle reported $2.51 billion in revenue beating $2.53 billion consensus estimates...
by dankeelan | May 18, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Robots, Work
Sanctuary AI says its new robot is ready for real work. The Vancouver, B.C., company unveiled what it describes as the first commercially available, general-purpose robot of its kind: a 5-foot, 7-inch working machine named Phoenix, powered by an advanced AI...
by dankeelan | Feb 2, 2023 | Featured, Robots, Work
The growth of automation in the workplace will accelerate this decade, with robot workers possibly surpassing human employees at one of the world’s biggest companies, according to Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood. Amazon’s use of automated robots will dramatically...
by dankeelan | Jun 30, 2022 | Business, Work
The expansion of remote work has removed geographic barriers between employers and talent, and offers both unprecedented opportunities for growth, mobility and connectivity. For employers, remote work offers access to previously untapped talent pools in places...
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