Page 6 - Robots

A new Bengaluru restaurant that has polite lady robots for waitstaff

Bengaluru's new space-themed restaurant isn't shy about revealing its star (and arguably only) attraction, says Nikita Puri. The place is called Robot

Cobots are the new co-workers

Cobots are most useful in relatively lighter tasks that humans can perform but are repetitive and expose the worker to bodily harm

'Robot Restaurants' announces launch in Bengaluru after Chennai, Coimbatore

The restaurant will have a team of 6 robots (one usher and 5 bearers), it said, each table will be equipped with a tablet from which diners can place their order and summon the robots

Kerala start-up Sastra signs deal to supply robots to Lockheed Martin

The robots will be used for avionics testing; Lockheed also signs deals with start-ups in Chennai and Bengaluru

Singapore to roll out 'friendly' robots to spruce up hotels, shopping malls

The robots speak all four of multi-ethnic Singapore's official languages -- English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil -- plus Japanese and "Singlish"

Robots on track to wipe out a tenth of manufacturing jobs by 2030: Report

While automation should boost the economy as a whole, it is likely to create greater inequality as employment losses are concentrated in certain industries and countries

Robots may soon be able to accurately spot objects amid clutter

With the new technique, a robot can accurately pick out an object, such as a small animal, that is otherwise obscured within a dense cloud of dots, within seconds of receiving the visual data

Beware of bots: Automation could wipe out almost half of all jobs in 20 yrs

OECD has highlighted a squeeze on the middle classes, future jobs losses from technology and a widespread dissatisfaction in rich countries

Robots killing off all the jobs? No evidence so far, says World Bank

Automation has so far had little effect on global labor market

Robots check into operating theatres, but they are not making the cut yet

Surgical robotics have obvious advantages

Evolution of Internet: Clubbing robot and IoT the next great leap forward?

Robots become considerably more capable with internet connections

The robot that chatted with PM Modi could be selling you stuff at a mall

Robots are transiting from factory floors to being used in the retail and banking sectors

This Southeast Asia mall will have robots assisting customers in 2019

Initially three androids will be deployed in the first quarter of 2019 in SM Megamall, the nation's second-biggest shopping center

Robots to produce robots for $150 mn at China's ABB factory in Shanghai

China is expanding its robot workforce, as wages for human workers there rise and the country seeks to compete with lower-cost countries via greater automation

China claims more patents than any country, but most are worthless

China overtook Japan eight years ago to become the biggest hoarder of domestic patents and has remained in the lead ever since, approving 1.8 million last year alone

Think technology, learn coding: Tips to survive when robots want your job

In contrast to the early days of the 2008 financial crisis, when technology was culled to cut costs, digital upgrades are now seen as both an operational necessity and a strategic differentiator

MIT's 'blind' Cheetah 3 robot can climb stairs littered with obstacles

The Cheetah 3 can blindly make its way up staircases and through unstructured terrain, and can quickly recover its balance in the face of unexpected forces

The future robo advisor: Smart and ethical?

Estimates suggest the number of robo-advice clients will climb to 17 million by 2021 from 1.8 million in 2016

Your next robot encounter - dinner, drinks and a massage

Cobots made up just 5% of the $14 billion industrial-robot market in 2017

Over 50% employees are ready to accept, embrace robot co-workers: Survey

Nearly 30 per cent of employees cited that machines are more attractive than co-workers because they do not get involved in office politics