Analyst Insight | June 17, 2021
Lights‑out is a manufacturing methodology in which manufacturing is fully automated and requires no human presence so that the lights and even ventilation can be shut off. While the concept sounds futuristic, it has been circulating around for a couple of decades now. In fact, several organizations ... Not part of subscription
Analyst Insight | June 07, 2021
2020 brought the discussion on the future of work to the forefront because of COVID‑19. However, the idea of work has been undergoing a transition for more than two centuries, with the industrial revolution ushering in Workforce 1.0. As mechanization and automation gained traction, laborers who had ... Not part of subscription
News Commentary | April 28, 2022
There is huge potential for 3D printing to address on‑demand manufacturing of legacy spare parts, eliminating the need to maintain inventory. However, many of these legacy parts have only 2D technical drawings and often need manual reconstruction using computer‑aided design software. Spare Parts 3D ... Not part of subscription
by Josh Kern
In just one year, the AI research startup went from only getting the robot to manipulate the entire cube in-hand to manipulating the position of the colors and solving the Rubik's Cube 60% of the time. Using simulation, the researchers tasked the robot with solving the cube in progressively harder conditions, such as increasing the size of the cube. The team successfully tested the physical hand with multiple perturbations, including tying fingers together and placing a rubber glove over the hand – all scenarios that the neural network model was never trained on in simulation. While most applications of reinforcement learning have only applied to structured environments like games, this robotic application could be applied in industry.
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