Chronicling Robots Since 2011
Election 2016, or as it is better known, “humans are dangerous” it is time to elect a robot is approaching! While we are at least a century away from handing over the White House to a humanoid, our car keys are ready to go. Last spring, Wanis Kabbaj, a transportation thought leader suggested that our circulatory system could … Read more
On Monday, Uber launched its fleet of autonomous cars (Ford Fusions) in Pittsburgh, PA. The test represents Uber Chief Executive Travis Kalanick’s audacious vision to one day roll out an entire fleet of autonomous vehicles to replace the company’s roughly 1.5 million drivers and to ferry commuters, packages and food around urban centers. In the meantime, Uber is … Read more
The man with the jackhammer looked back seeing his power to stop traffic for nearly thirty minutes, and proudly smiled. “Can’t they do this at five in the morning?,” my exacerbated Uber driver complained to me. I thought about for a second, and replied, “Why do they (humans) have to do it at all?” My view was further validated … Read more
While speaking with an innovative robotic company this week, I concluded it takes a lot of humans to sell just one robot. The employment around robotics was further validated by Sunday’s WSJ article about Uber poaching scientists from Carnegie Mellon University. While there will be job fallout, robots in the long run will open up the field to new … Read more