The Innovation Report
Robocrop: Teaching Robots How To Pick Tomatoes
In the agricultural sector, labor shortages are increasing the need for automated harvesting using robots. However, some fruits, like tomatoes, are tricky to harvest. Tomatoes typically bear fruit in clusters, requiring robots to pick the ripe ones while leaving the...
Giving AI A Body: Why Robots Are Evolving So Quickly Today
A few short months ago, almost every robot made by the hundreds of companies working on humanoid robots could charitably be described as slow, topping out at around three mph. Walking was on the edge of plodding, and arm movements bordered on sluggish and...
AI’s Expanding Role in Law Enforcement
Artificial intelligence has steadily expanded its influence in law enforcement, moving from experimental tools to systems that are actively reshaping police work. The recent collaboration between Axon, the U.S. company known for Tasers and body cameras, and the...
AI-Driven Motion Control: How Machine Learning Optimizes Motors, Reduces Downtime, Cuts Energy Costs
With so much focus on AI data analytics in manufacturing, ranging for executive dashboards to predictive maintenance, you may not be aware of how extensive the reach of AI into industry has become. Various kinds of AI are already at work enhancing motion control...
Are We Seeing The First Steps Toward AI Superintelligence?
The Matrix, The Terminator—so much of our science fiction is built around the dangers of superintelligent artificial intelligence: a system that exceeds the best humans across nearly all cognitive domains. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg have...
New Stoplight Technology To Improve Bus Reliability
An automated system that adjusts the timing of traffic signals when buses are running late is helping to improve transit reliability along Langston Blvd. Since late summer, county transportation officials have been using “transit signal priority” along the 5-mile...
Robotic Dogs Part Of Wildfire Detection Trial
Robotic dogs are among the tactics researchers in Bradford are testing to assess how artificial intelligence can help predict and tackle wildfires. A team at the University of Bradford plans to use data gathered by the four-legged androids along with drones and 6G...
Trump’s Plan For AI Dominance Threatened By His Own Attacks On Solar, Wind Power
The Trump administration is moving to fast-track the construction of power-hungry data centers as a matter of national security. At the same time, it’s adding roadblocks for new solar and wind farms. But the two policies could be at odds: Hindering renewable energy...
Chile’s First Green-Hydrogen Long-Haul Truck
After a $15 million investment, Chile has built the first long-haul truck designed to run on green hydrogen, meaning it emits no carbon dioxide. Walmart Chile's vehicle, the first of its kind in Latin America, operates through a water-electrolysis process that uses...
Magnet Defense Introduces Autonomous Maritime Platform
Magnet Defense has unveiled its autonomous maritime platform following over two years of development. The company, which focuses on developing a fully autonomous maritime platforms for national security missions. invested more than $50m in the designing, building, and...
