Chronicling Robots Since 2011
Last week, I got flak from one reader for broaching the subject of ethics and robotics. This week, I was pleased to learn about Clearpath’s $11 million in financing for developing new “ethical” robots. According to the press release issued by the company, the majority of the funding will be applied to R&D to expand into new applications … Read more
My first Chinese factory visit was an eye opener. I naively imagined that the entire plant would be automated, but instead almost every operation was done by hand. I realized at that moment that the natural evolution of modern economies, like China, is that labor sets the way for machines. Labor starts off being very … Read more
How do you fix miserable working conditions in China? Replace the workers with Robots, who don’t care. You love your iPhone, but I am sorry to tell you that it is made in the Foxconn sweatshops of Shenzhen. Recently Foxconn has come under fire for its “inhumane living and working conditions” leading to the suicide deaths of … Read more