Chronicling Robots Since 2011
I am back after a two week hiatus in the country, where I purposely removed myself from all things robotic. The only buzz was from the occasional bee interrupting our outdoor lunch, which brings me to my first September post… While the folks at Harvard are busy working on a robobee to save the hive, I … Read more
Earlier today I was speaking with a mother outside my child’s school about her elderly parents. This woman began to tell me that her father is in a substandard home, because it was the closest within walking distance to her mother (who can’t drive). I immediately thought about Sergey Brin’s claim that a driverless car … Read more
It’ starting to get really interesting in the field of robotics. Liabilities are being loosened and we are now seeing surveillance drones being used for crop dusting, traffic reporting and wildlife conservation. Tomorrow holds a brighter robotic future and one of the biggest drivers in the opening up of the software to the Cloud. Tomorrow, … Read more
As I mentioned several weeks ago, the UN in its brilliance has called for international laws governing robots. I guess it is easier to manage Israel’s Harpy or the US Navy’s X-47B, than despotic regimes of Syria and Iran. Nevertheless, the plutocrats in Turtle Bay have opened a pandora’s box. For example, at the Department … Read more