September 14, 2024

Robotics

3 reasons mobile robots haven’t reached mass adoption

Listen to this article Source: ifm efector Automated mobile robotics is the obvious answer to increased consumer demand and continuing labor shortages today. So, why haven’t AMRs “crossed the chasm” into mass adoption? Or, put even more simply: What aren’t you selling more robots? We’ve identified three major problem statements that explain these challenges. And, we’ve developed the tools and strategies you need to overcome them. 3 challenges preventing AMR mass adoption Right now, three

ifm efector September 14, 2024

What does it cost to build a conversational AI?

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More More than 40% of marketing, sales and customer service organizations have adopted generative AI — making it second only to IT and cybersecurity. Of all gen AI technologies, conversational AI will spread rapidly within these sectors, because of its ability to bridge current communication gaps between businesses and customers. Yet many marketing business leaders I’ve spoken

Sam Oliver, OpenFi September 14, 2024

AI Phobia: How News Headlines Shape Public Fear of Artificial Intelligence | HackerNoon

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a cornerstone of modern technological advancement, promising significant contributions across various domains. However, alongside its rapid development, AI has also become a focal point of fear and uncertainty for many people. This fear, has been termed “AI phobia” by scholars and research shows it is significantly influenced by the media’s portrayal of AI, particularly through news headlines. A recent study titled “Fear of Artificial Intelligence? NLP, ML, and LLMs Based

Mina Down September 14, 2024

Career Growth for Designers: 4 Steps Towards Fast Promotion | HackerNoon

“Want a raise? Show some initiative: show your real worth to the company”. You might have heard similar advice from your more experienced colleagues. So, one day, you come to your manager with ideas for new features or a redesign for the product you’re working for. Your hopes are high: you are eager to be promoted. The manager praises you, but none of your ideas ever reach production. You are nowhere near the desired promotion.

Nikita Samutin September 14, 2024

Anti-Bitcoin: What Does BTC Need to Be to Actually Replace Fiat? | HackerNoon

Traditional financial instruments have many drawbacks, the most serious of which are often the least obvious. Therefore, people rushed to look for answers in cryptocurrency. But for most people, cryptocurrency (Bitcoin in particular) has not become a replacement for the existing financial system but a new way to fit into it, a solution to problems as old as the world: how to multiply and hide money from public and state supervision. That is, to bring

Crypto Wizard September 14, 2024

Conference To Spotlight Harm Caused by Online Platforms

2 min read Joanna Goodrich is the associate editor of The Institute This year’s IEEE Conference on Digital Platforms and Societal Harms is scheduled to be held on 14 and 15 October in a hybrid format, with both in-person and virtual keynote panel sessions. The in-person events are to take place at American University, in Washington, D.C. The annual conference focuses on how social media and similar platforms amplify hate speech, extremism, exploitation, misinformation, and

Joanna Goodrich September 14, 2024

Bayesian Linear Regression: A Complete Beginner’s guide

A workflow and code walkthrough for building a Bayesian regression model in STAN Samvardhan Vishnoi · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 9 min read · 10 hours ago — Note: Check out my previous article for a practical discussion on why Bayesian modeling may be the right choice for your task. This tutorial will focus on a workflow + code walkthrough for building a Bayesian regression model in STAN, a probabilistic programming language.

Samvardhan Vishnoi September 14, 2024

The Noonification: zkEmail Account in Noir Aztec – Part 1 (9/14/2024) | HackerNoon

How are you, hacker? 🪐What’s happening in tech this week: The Noonification by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our top 5 stories of the day, every day at noon your local time! Set email preference here. By @kamilaselig [ 6 Min read ] If AI models are a commodity, where’s the killer AI business model? Read More. By @oleh [ 11 Min read ] A zkEmail account is a smart contract

Noonification September 14, 2024

Robotics

Kubota acquires Bloomfield Robotics to track specialty crop health – The Robot Report

Listen to this article Kubota has acquired Bloomfield Robotics, to add AI-based crop monitoring features to the tractor. | Credit: Kubota tractor Kubota North America Corp. this week announced the acquisition of Bloomfield Robotics Inc., which specializes in agricultural imaging and analysis. Bloomfield uses advanced imaging and artificial intelligence to monitor the health and performance of individual plants. The Pittsburgh-based company presents its collected data in a single place for growers to track throughout the

The Robot Report Staff September 14, 2024

Tips on How to Manage Large Scale Data Science Projects

Use these tips to maximize the success of your data science project Ivo Bernardo · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 6 min read · 13 hours ago — Photo by Jakub Żerdzicki @ Unsplash.com Managing large-scale data science and machine learning projects is challenging because they differ significantly from software engineering. Since we aim to discover patterns in data without explicitly coding them, there is more uncertainty involved, which can lead to various

Ivo Bernardo September 14, 2024