We’re still a long way from the robot revolution and subsequent technological singularity promised by futurologists, science fiction writers, and overcaffeinated dorm-room philosophers. That said, robotic technology has come a long way since Honda’s (HMC) advanced humanoid robot, ASIMO, embarrassingly fell down the stairs back in 2006. We humans are so confident in our ability […]
Smart manufacturing. Industry 4.0. Smart factories. Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Manufacturing on demand. The list of buzzwords around how the world will completely digitize the manufacture of every widget imaginable goes on and on. These factories of the future will link every machine and robot, each mapped down to the micron in a cloud-based […]
As the 4th Industrial Revolution approaches, it seems that nary a day goes by that we don’t see another headline about how robots and machines with artificial intelligence will take away all of our jobs someday. We’ve read more than once, for example, how autonomous cars and trucks promise to drive taxi and truck drivers […]
The “World Economic Forum” annual meeting is happening this week everyone. This is a meeting of the minds that takes place every year in Davos Switzerland, which isn’t the worst place to go for a meeting: This 3-day event brings together some of the world’s most influential people, like the CEOs from 1,000 member companies, […]