Month: January 2017

Carnegie Mellon University’s AI Beats World’s Top Poker Players AI Defeats World's Top Poker Players

AI Defeats World's Top Poker Players

Carnegie Mellon University’s AI Beats World’s Top Poker Players

Ellen Red January 28, 2017

Carnegie Mellon University’s Poker Playing AI, “Libratus“, made history by defeating four of the world’s top poker...

Harvard Researchers Develop a Robotic Device that Fixes Heart Failure Robots fixing heart Failure

Robots fixing heart Failure

Harvard Researchers Develop a Robotic Device that Fixes Heart Failure

Ellen Red January 26, 2017

Harvard researchers revealed that they have developed a robotic device that could one day restore the physiological...

EU Legal Affairs Committee Calls to Give Robots Legal Status, Proposes for a Kill Switch on Robots Humans and Robots to work side by side

Humans and Robots to work side by side

EU Legal Affairs Committee Calls to Give Robots Legal Status, Proposes for a Kill Switch on Robots

Ellen Red January 14, 2017

The European Union Legal Affairs Committee, headed by Rapporteur Mady Delvaux, has released a report calling for...

Google’s AI AlphaGo – Playing as a Mystery Player – Beats Top Go Online Players AlphaGo Demolishes Human Competition

AlphaGo Demolishes Human Competition

Google’s AI AlphaGo – Playing as a Mystery Player – Beats Top Go Online Players

Ellen Red January 11, 2017

Deep Mind Co-Founder and CEO Demis Hassabis has revealed that the updated version of AlphaGo was the...

iPhone Manufacturer Foxconn Plans to Fully Automate Its Factories in China Employees being hired in a manufacturing facility

Employees being hired in a manufacturing facility

iPhone Manufacturer Foxconn Plans to Fully Automate Its Factories in China

Ellen Red January 5, 2017

Foxconn Technology Group – manufacturer of the iPhones – has disclosed the company’s three-step plan in automating...

South Korean Company Develops a Manned Bipedal Robot The Giant Bipedal Robot from South Korea

The Giant Bipedal Robot from South Korea

South Korean Company Develops a Manned Bipedal Robot

Ellen Red January 2, 2017

A South Korean robotics company, Hankook Mirae Technology, has developed a 4-meter tall, 1.5-ton manned bipedal robot...