Tag Archives: robots

There is a staggering number of materials in the world most of them are part of the planet history (either present when the Earth was formed 4.5 billion years ago or resulting from its evolution through the eons) However a small but growing set of materials are man-made, like steel, …

Google in cooperation with some 33 research centers has announced the creation of an Open X-Embodiment and RT-X (Robotic Transformer) model that is getting data from 22 different types of robot. The goal? Create a library of actions that can be used to transfer “knowledge” to a new robot, making …

I mentioned in a few posts in the past of the use of robots in department stores, hence in a way I was prepared to meet one in person. Yet, I have to say, it surprised me. I am in Williamstown, MA, US, as I write this post. I went …

If you ever had to place suitcases and packages in the trunk when living for a vacation with family (4 kids and a wife) you will have surely realized how fitting all that stuff in the trunk is a big challenge. I remember loading one way, taking it off and …

Generative AI is still making the headlines, even though as I observed in a previous post it is not something that we would normally qualify as “intelligent”.  Sure the results delivered are amazing and may look like the product of intelligence, however, if you know how Generative AI does its …

Just as the pandemic hit I was in Laos, touring the countryside and enjoying the architecture of the many temples and the calm life organised around centuries old tradition. I should  say, and that I still remember it is proof of the impact it had, seeing a QR code con …

A personal  Cognitive Digital Twin -CDT- is supposed to mirror the knowledge of its twin, the person. Mirroring a person knowledge is more challenging than mirroring a robot knowledge (remember, IBM invented the CDT to mirror the increasing  knowledge space of robots). Robots have a formal structured knowledge set (the …

I pointed out in the previous post the widening gap between the capability of our brain to acquire knowledge and the (growing) amount of knowledge potentially available. Teaming resources may work, and has worked, for companies but up to a certain point.  Even a company cannot grow its resources to …

Replicating the sense of “touch” has proved to be challenging. The main reasons for an artificial sense of touch have been to enable prosthetics to react to the environment (and possibly transmit the “sensation” to the person with the prosthetic (even more challenging) and to provide a sense of touch …

I was invited to share a few thoughts on the evolution of AI and how this can impact security aspects. This was in the framework of an event organised by by Enisa, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity. What follows is a summary of the points I presented. Feel free …