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Watch this robot adjust its wings like a pigeon
- Researchers have created a robotic bird model with real pigeon feathers to understand how birds manage to fly without a vertical tailfin.
- The robot, PidgeonBot II, replicates avian movements by adjusting the shape of its wings and tail using real pigeon feathers and servo motors.
- The bird-inspired control principles can inform the design of rudderless airplanes with minimal radar signature and elevated maneuverability and efficiency.
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VDMA Robotics + Automation Association names new chairman
- Dietmar Ley, CEO of Basler AG, has been named the new chairman of VDMA Robotics + Automation Association.
- Ley succeeds Frank Konrad, CEO of Hahn Automation Group GmbH, whose term as chairman has ended.
- Ley has been the CEO of Basler AG since 2000 and has extensive experience in the industry.
- The VDMA Robotics + Automation Association aims to support robotics and automation through various activities and services.
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Smart Vision Works introduces SiftAI robotic potato sorter
- Smart Vision Works introduces SiftAI robotic potato sorter
- The SiftAI Robotic Sorter combines a delta robot with an AI-based vision inspection system to sort potatoes.
- It automates final inspection, ensuring accurate grading and increasing profits.
- Smart Vision Works' technology reduces the percentage of missed defects and misgraded potatoes.
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How AI, perception are shaping mobile robotics
- Amir Bousani, CEO of RGO Robotics, and Jacob Petersen, Chief Commercial Officer of Wheel.Me discuss the importance of perception for autonomous mobile robots, and the decision of Wheel.Me to use RGO Robotics perception engine in its platform.
- Collaborative Robotics has unveiled its Proxie mobile manipulator to the public, featuring a swerve drive, a hot-swappable battery, and a fixed linear actuator in its 'spine.'
- Pickle Robot Co. has raised $50 million in Series B funding this week and announced that six customers have placed orders for over 30 robots during the third quarter to deploy in the first half of 2025.
- The new MC600 combines the MiR600 AMR with the UR20 and UR30 collaborative robot arms from Universal Robots to automate complex workflows in industrial environments, as well as handle payloads up to 600 kg.
- ASTM International's committee for robotics, automation, and autonomous systems have proposed a standard that provides guidelines for documenting disturbances of robot arms.
- The RBR50 awards of 2025 are now accepting nominations in categories including technologies, business and management, and application markets, among others.
- The deadline for submissions is Friday, December 20, 2024.
- RGO Robotics' Perception Engine is revolutionizing the AMR business through advanced Vision AI perception technology and enabling AMRs to adapt to changing environments and navigate complex spaces with unprecedented accuracy.
- Leading AMR companies are enhancing their fleets with RGO's AI-powered perception, enabling their teams to accelerate the use of advanced AI capabilities like foundation models and digital twins.
- To learn more about RGO's solutions, visit https://www.rgorobotics.ai/
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Teleo raises $16.2M to scale supervised autonomy for heavy equipment
- Teleo raised $16.2 million in Series A extension round to scale customer deployments of semi autonomous heavy equipment.
- The funding will also be used to enhance Teleo’s AI capabilities and to expand into new industries beyond construction, such as airports, waste and recycling, logistics, and warehousing.
- Teleo has announced new orders for 34 machines from nine new customers across industries like, pulp and paper, logging, port logistics, munition clearing, and agriculture.
- Teleo’s autonomy retrofit kit transforms various types of heavy equipment into semi-autonomous and remotely-operated robots.
- The approach allows one operator to oversee several machines working together from a central command center that can be situated nearby or thousands of miles away.
- Teleo can retrofit bulldozers, wheel loaders, and excavators.
- Supervised autonomy can offer a solution during labor shortages and can be used for repetitive and predictable tasks.
- The company has a global dealer partner network that includes dealer partners in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, North Africa, and the Middle East.
- Previous funding rounds raised $9.2 million in April 2024 and $7 million this week, both led by UP.Partners, Trousdale Ventures, F-Prime Capital, and Triatomic Capital.
- Teleo has raised $29.8 million to date since its inception in 2019.
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Peering Inside AI: How DeepMind’s Gemma Scope Unlocks the Mysteries of AI
- DeepMind’s Gemma Scope is a tool that helps explain how AI models, especially LLMs, arrive at decisions, making them safer and more reliable.
- Gemma Scope captures activations generated by Gemma 2 and other models, breaking them into smaller, easier-to-analyze pieces using sparse autoencoders.
- Sparse autoencoders use two networks to transform activations, highlighting the most important parts of the AI model's activation signals.
- One key feature of Gemma Scope is its JumpReLU activation function, which filters out less relevant signals in favour of focusing on critical details.
- Gemma Scope filters out noise and pinpoints a model's most important signals in a model's layers. This makes it easier to track how the AI prioritizes and processes data.
- Gemma Scope is built to work with various models, from small to large, and its resources can be accessed by researchers through platforms like Hugging Face.
- It can be used to debug AI behaviour, address bias in AI, and improve AI safety.
- Sparse autoencoders may overlook or misrepresent important data, which raises the need for reliable methods to measure performance and interpretability.
- The tool is publicly available, but the computational resources required may restrict its use, limiting accessibility to the entire research community.
- Despite its limitations, Gemma Scope is an essential resource for advancing AI transparency and reliability.
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John Brooks, Founder & CEO of Mass Virtual – Interview Series
- John Brooks is the founder and CEO of Mass Virtual, a visionary technology leader with over 20 years of experience driving product and solution innovation across Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR), and Augmented Reality (AR) for both commercial and defense sectors.
- Under John's leadership, Mass Virtual has developed the MassXR platform, an advanced training ecosystem that integrates a Universal Learning Content Management System (uLCMS) with cutting-edge simulations, gamification, and instructional video support.
- John Brooks started Mass Virtual in 2009, aspiring to blend his love for technology and the arts with insights gained from his military experience.
- Mass Virtual's technology is deployed across 135+ locations and supports over 31,000 USAF members annually.
- The VR/XR technology has evolved from skepticism and limited adoption to wider acceptance, also by addressing the unique needs of customers.
- Technological advancements have played a significant role in scaling Mass Virtual and reaching a wider audience.
- Immersive simulations can accelerate mission readiness and address skills gaps in industries like manufacturing and aviation, according to John Brooks.
- Mass Virtual's uLCMS enhances the learning experience and encourages a culture of continuous improvement, providing companies with better visibility and ROI to understand trends for their XR strategy.
- Mass Virtual adapted to provide flexible learning solutions that are accessible anytime, anywhere, supporting team-based learning experiences to facilitate collaboration in dynamic environments.
- John Brooks fosters innovation within his team by assembling a team of passionate individuals and creating a culture where everyone feels valued and heard.
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AI in Product Management: Leveraging Cutting-Edge Tools Throughout the Product Management Process
- Product management is on the cusp of transformation due to the advancements in AI technology.
- The increasing presence of AI tools is transforming product management and traditional product managers are quickly being replaced by a more specialized role called the 'Product Alchemist'.
- The Product Alchemist is a strategic role that melds strategic acumen with hands-on, multidisciplinary skills utilizing AI to magnify their capabilities across ideation, execution, and alignment pillars.
- AI has a significant impact on strategic activities like analyzing market trends, setting goals, and developing product specifications by enabling product managers to analyze vast amounts of market data, customer insights, and industry trends.
- In Execution, AI-powered testing tools can do the work of identifying bugs and inconsistencies before they can present a problem, freeing up the product manager to worry about quality assurance and product consistency.
- The third pillar of Alignment and Leading with Influence encompasses soft skills and stakeholder management responsibilities of the product manager where AI helps in creating an agenda, taking notes, and follow-up actions to drive productivity, but building consensus and alignment of stakeholders is done through human interaction.
- A product manager can make use of AI in retention churning, market research, and feature prioritization to generate insights and refine decision-making.
- Product Alchemist must possess the competency to create prompts for AI-powered tools, build cross-disciplinary skill sets, adapt to an ever-changing technological landscape, and have sharp insight into AI ethics, bias, and responsible implementation.
- By embracing the product alchemist mindset and deploying AI-powered tools with a strategic role, the product manager can drive unmatched efficiency, innovation, and impact at the heart of organizational success in the AI age.
- The Product Alchemist is the future of product management as it revolutionizes how products are envisioned, built, and taken to market.
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maxon unveils High Efficiency Joint 70 actuator for dynamic robots
- maxon has launched the High Efficiency Joint (HEJ) 70-48-50, a new actuator for dynamic robots.
- The HEJ 70-48-50 provides a peak torque of 50 Nm and speeds up to 28 rad/s.
- It is designed for various autonomous mobile robots working in unstructured environments.
- The HEJ 70-48-50 offers a lightweight and compact design, making it suitable for mobile manipulation tasks.
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Red Cat wins U.S. Army next-gen drone contract over Skydio
- Red Cat Holdings announced this week that it won the US Army’s Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) program contract, valued at $99.8m with a base year value of $22m.
- The contract is for the acquisition of 5,880 systems over five years, and replaces Skydio who won the contract in 2020.
- Red Cat’s Black Widow drone won the bid with advanced capabilities, forward-looking obstacle-avoidance, and the integrated FLIR Prism AI software stack.
- Red Cat provides integrated robotic hardware and software for military, government, and commercial operations through its Teal Drones and FlightWave Aerospace Systems subsidiaries.
- Part of Red Cat’s ARACHNID family of systems, the drones are purpose-built for electronic warfare operations and modular architecture enables swift adaptation to requirements.
- Red Cat said its system is designed for the warfighter, manufactured in the US and intended to increase survivability and warfighter safety.
- Skydio also announced that it raised $170 million in a series E extension round, adding to the $230 million it raised last year.
- Red Cat believes that the SRR contract selection builds on momentum from its recent acquisition of FlightWave, the announcement of the ARACHNID line, and the creation of the Red Cat Futures Initiative.
- The US Army awarded the contract based on solider feedback, technical performance, volume manufacturability, and system cost.
- Red Cat said it is preparing to meet increased demand across the rest of the US Department of Defense, the federal government, and allied countries.
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A company is now developing human washing machines
- A Japanese shower head maker called Science has developed a human washing machine.
- The contraption is shaped like a cockpit and measures the person's pulse and other biological data to ensure the right temperature.
- It also projects images on the inside to help the person feel refreshed.
- While the machine may not go on sale, a home-use version is reportedly in development.
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As AI Becomes Necessity for Supply Chains, Consultants Are Offering a Guide to the Future
- AI has become a critical necessity for supply chains, enabling transformation and addressing complexity and disruption.
- Entrepreneurs like Ilker Erkose offer AI solutions and guide businesses through adoption, emphasizing the human element.
- Customized AI strategies are essential to harness its full potential and achieve specific operational goals.
- Successful adoption requires managing people through organizational change management and embracing cultural transformation.
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RAG Evolution – A Primer to Agentic RAG
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is a technique that combines the strengths of large language models (LLMs) with external data retrieval to improve the quality and relevance of generated responses.
- The technique allows LLMs to acquire and analyze data from other available outside sources, particularly helpful in cases where the question is either complex, specific, or based on a given timeframe.
- RAG is evolving, but Traditional RAG Architectures still face several challenges, including summarization, document comparison, structured data analysis, and handling queries with several parts.
- Agentic RAG is the next evolution and uses intelligent agents to answer complicated questions that require careful planning, multi-step reasoning, and the integration of external tools.
- Three primary Agentic strategies include routers, query transformations, and sub-question query engines.
- Agentic RAG and LLMaIndex is a highly demanded backbone by companies willing to leverage AI for enhanced data-driven decision-making.
- Key components of Agentic RAG implementation include tool use and routing, long-term context retention, subquestion engines for planning, reflection and error correction, and complex agentic reasoning.
- Agentic RAG represents a shift in information processing by introducing more intelligence into the agents themselves for achieving a robust and accurate result.
- By being generative and intelligent, these models and Agentic RAGs are on a quest to a higher efficiency as more data is being added to the pipelines.
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Drasi by Microsoft: A New Approach to Tracking Rapid Data Changes
- Drasi by Microsoft operates continuously to track and react to data changes as they happen.
- Drasi's AI-driven continuous query processing provides organizations with a valuable responsive approach.
- The system's intelligence reaction mechanism can immediately trigger pre-set responses and use machine learning capabilities to improve the actions over time.
- Drasi empowers financial institutions to respond instantly to market shifts, optimizing trading strategies.
- The continuous monitoring capability of Drasi enhances a company's ability to adapt to real-time conditions, such as delivery times in logistics.
- Drasi offers immediate insights that enable organizations to make informed decisions on the spot in real-time-changing industries
- The open-source tool empowers companies to make data-driven decisions with customizable solutions at a lower cost, instead of expensive proprietary systems.
- Drasi redefines real-time data management, offering companies an advantage in today’s fast-paced world.
- The platform provides cost-effective, customizable solutions that empower businesses to stay competitive and adaptive with immediate, data-driven decisions.
- Every data source enters Drasi's system and monitors on arrival in a continuous query process with immediate data insights for quick decision-making.
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Archana Joshi, Head – Strategy (BFS and EnterpriseAI), LTIMindtree – Interview Series
- Archana Joshi brings over 24 years of experience in the IT services industry, with expertise in AI (including generative AI), Agile and DevOps methodologies, and green software initiatives.
- LTIMindtree is a global technology consulting and digital solutions company that works with enterprises across various industries to support business model evolution, innovation, and growth through digital technologies.
- GenAI processes vast amounts of data to provide actionable insights, shifting the focus of IT service models from cost-driven to efficiency- and impact-driven approaches.
- At LTIMindtree, the focus is on empowering organizations to leverage GenAI for strategizing and executing their digital transformation journeys.
- LTIMindtree has a 3-pronged strategy towards AI: “AI in Everything, Everything for AI, AI for Everyone” which ensures that AI is not just an add-on but a core component of their solutions, driving innovation and efficiency.
- LTIMindtree recognizes the importance of ethical considerations when implementing GenAI and has established a set of core ethical principles addressing fairness, accountability, transparency, and privacy to ensure responsible AI use.
- LTIMindtree is committed to upskilling its employees to meet the emerging demands of an AI-driven world.
- Integrating GenAI into Agile practices is transforming how teams work, boosting productivity, streamlining processes, and opening new avenues for innovation.
- AI is changing job roles across the IT sector, automating everyday tasks, and placing emphasis on strategic decision-making and complex problem-solving.
- GenAI is poised to add up to $4.4 trillion to the global economy annually, revolutionizing industries and driving efficiency and sustainability, retail, healthcare and life sciences.
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