Modeling humans for personalized medicine - a prescription for trouble?
Digital Twin technology for modeling individual people, or “personalized medicine,” is a concept for simulating the whole.
Archive: Robotics
Cobots - how to live with them, work with them and love them
The cobot, or collaborative robot, will soon be an accepted and helpful companion in all our working lives, writes ServiceNow's Chris Pope
Getting closer to guidelines on ethical AI
AI is moving fast enough that our ethical framework is falling behind. Here's a critique of four AI characteristics, and a new way of thinking about AI ethics.
The informal NRF demo awards - a countdown of retail tech in action
I've hit on the retail trends and data. Now it's time for the fun stuff: my informal NRF 2019 retail demo awards. Here's my illustrated countdown through the best of the show floor, with an eye for tech having real world impact.
Will robotic news production help or hinder?
An interesting story about robotic news production got me thinking about the place of robots in content production. Does it matter? Do you care?
Massive losses, growing tech spend and an M&S elephant in the room, but Ocado CEO says this is "our time"
Huge losses, fast growth, innovation galore - but don't ask about M&S.
M&S and Ocado - placing an order for a digital delivery dream team?
A tie-up between M&S and Ocado might solve the former's problems in building an online grocery business.
Tackling the techlash - it's time to "recover the soil" in the digital economy
The Digital Economy needs a new governance model to tackle erosion of privacy and trust, according to a World Economic Forum discussion.
Say hello to Marty the Robot. He’s here for your retail job.
Robots are coming to your friendly grocery stores in a big way. Research and Markets says the retail automation sector is expected to be worth more than $18.9 billion by 2023. What's the impact?
Robot rights - a legal necessity or ethical absurdity?
The question of robot rights has emerged as a much more nuanced topic than at first seems the case. We examine the pros and cons.
Is AI an asset to hiring, or will it bring us down a sinkhole of algorithmic bias?
In the aftermath of Amazon abandoning its AI hiring initiative, AI for HR remains a volatile topic. This fall, Montage issued fresh data on AI in HR. My exchange with Kurt Heikkinen, President and CEO of Montage, brought the debate into focus.
US military to tech protestors - 'We’re at war; pick a side'
The revolt by thousands of Google workers against working with the Pentagon is drawing fierce pushback from the military, rival companies like Amazon and Microsoft, and even some fellow workers.
Manufacturing quality that's out of this world – insights from robotics on Mars
NASA's trips to Mars rank amongst the greatest robotics accomplishments in history. Their secret? It's all about quality management. IQMS' Louis Columbus breaks out four quality field lessons for manufacturers.