Artificial Intelligence & ML
Why use RBF Learning rather than Deep Learning in an industrial environment
One of today’s most overused buzzword is “Artificial Intelligence”. Both technical and general press is full of articles talking about machines that drive autonomous cars and invent new languages. Many also talk about intelligent machines being…
If AI has the power to transform all industries, why hasn’t it?
There is a ton of noise about AI for industry today. A quick search on Google for “Artificial Intelligence” returned 82M results and almost 4M news stories. Bloomberg reported in June that mentions of AI in…
Five challenges in designing a fully autonomous system for driverless cars
Driverless cars – the concept has made a lot of hype over past eight to ten years. Though a lot has been going on this subject for as early as fifty years ago, studies have been…
Machine Learning Challenges in the implementation of Industrial Internet of Things
We are living in the era of 4th Industrial revolution – the evolution which is based on extreme automation of machine to machine communication, not only just the communication but way beyond. Machines can understand each…
Industrial Robots Gone Rogue: Staying Ahead of Robot Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities
Industrial robots are vulnerable to the same cybersecurity weaknesses found across industrial control systems. A 2017 report titled "Rogue Robots: Testing the Limits of an Industrial Robot's Security," produced by researchers from Politecnico di Milano and…
5 Ways Drones Are Transforming Earthworks Projects
Drones serve as the aerial eye of the construction jobsite, helping field engineers survey sites, perform cut-and-fill analysis, and monitor project progress faster than traditional workflows allow. PCL Construction, for example, captured an entire Florida jobsite…
CEO Insights: We’re entering a “Golden Age” as it relates to the field of robotics
Ben Wolff, Chairman and CEO of Sarcos, describes the current moment in industrial robotics as a "Golden Age," driven by advances in computer vision, artificial intelligence, edge computing, and falling hardware costs. Robots are moving beyond…
Top World’s Artificial Intelligence Researchers and Influencers
“Someday AI will change the world. But it is important to realize that statistics ≠ knowledge, and that is much more superficial than people realize. We still have a long way to go”, said Gary Marcus,…
Robotics Q&A with Mauro Fenzi, CEO of Comau
Comau CEO Mauro Fenzi describes how Industry 4.0 reshapes manufacturing automation in an interview with IIoT World. Fenzi discusses collaborative robots, the AURA robotic arm, the DIWO Suite data platform, and the open-source e.DO robot, explaining…