A new research report has raised concerns about how in-home smart devices such as AI virtual voice assistants, smart appliances, and security and monitoring technologies could be gathering and sharing children’s data. It calls for new privacy measures to safeguard kids and make sure age appropriate design code is included with home automation technologies. The […]
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UIpath lands $225M Series C on $3 billion valuation as robotics process automation soars
UIPath is bringing automation to repetitive processes inside large organizations and it seems to have landed on a huge pain point. Today it announced a massive $225 million Series C on a $3 billion valuation. The round was led by CapitalG and Sequoia Capital. Accel, which invested in the companies A and B rounds also […]
View More UIpath lands $225M Series C on $3 billion valuation as robotics process automation soarsApple is late to a self driving milestone — its first test car accident
Apple’s secretive self-driving vehicle program has disclosed its first accident, according to a report filed with the California Department of Motor Vehicles. The low speed accident, which occurred August 24, is a milestone of sorts for the company, albeit not one that is being celebrated. These days, as more companies head out onto public streets […]
View More Apple is late to a self driving milestone — its first test car accidentIsraeli autonomous technology developer Innoviz is entering China’s car market
Innoviz, a developer of light detection and ranging technologies for computer vision and autonomous vehicles, is getting a toehold in China, the world’s fastest growing auto market, through a partnership with the Chinese automotive supplier HiRain Technologies. From offices in Beijing, Chicago, Detroit, Shanghai, Tianjin HiRain serves as a global supplier to some of China’s […]
View More Israeli autonomous technology developer Innoviz is entering China’s car marketThe race to build autonomous delivery robots rolls on
It’s been a busy year in delivery robot land. Starship Technologies sounded the starting gun to bring autonomous delivery vehicles to market with a $17.2 million round led by Daimler back in January 2017. Then in January this year the Mountain View, Calif.-based company Nuro, raised the curtain on its own vision for robo-delivery with a […]
View More The race to build autonomous delivery robots rolls onWorkFusion adds $50 million from strategic investors as it bulks up for acquisitions
WorkFusion, a business process automation software developer, has raised $50 million in a new, strategic round of funding as it prepares to start adding new verticals to its product suite. The company’s new cash came from the large insurance company, Guardian; health care services provider New York-Presbyterian, and the commercial bank, PNC Bank. Venture investor […]
View More WorkFusion adds $50 million from strategic investors as it bulks up for acquisitionsThe era of the supermarket’s over. Thank these gigantic robot warehouses for that.
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Ocado, the world’s largest online-only grocery retailer, relies on robots to deliver fresh food to hundreds of thousands of people in the UK. Its warehouses are designed like living organisms – there’s a central nervous system (software), a cardiovascular system (conveyor belts) and red blood cells (crates).
But as online shopping becomes more popular, Ocado is looking to new distribution systems to meet the growing demand. Read more…
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View More The era of the supermarket’s over. Thank these gigantic robot warehouses for that.This robot pizza company’s delivery trucks can now bake 120 pizzas per hour
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The robots are hungry for more pizza.
Zume Pizza, the Silicon Valley startup that uses robots (with some human assistance) to assemble pizzas ordered via its app, is now delivering even more pies — cooked while en route to customers.
Using the company’s patented “Baked on the Way” technology and the delivery truck’s six ovens, pizza-makers can bake up to 120 pizzas per hour.
Zume CEO Alex Garden called the operation “basically a restaurant on wheels” in a call about expanded delivery areas in the Bay Area and the revamped delivery vehicles. The pizza restaurant has officially partnered with food equipment supplier Welbilt to outfit delivery trucks with high-efficiency ovens. Read more…
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View More This robot pizza company’s delivery trucks can now bake 120 pizzas per hourThis robot pizza company’s delivery trucks can now bake 120 pizzas per hour
The robots are hungry for more pizza.
Zume Pizza, the Silicon Valley startup that uses robots (with some human assistance) to assemble pizzas ordered via its app, is now delivering even more pies — cooked while en route to customers.
Using the company’s patented “Baked on the Way” technology and the delivery truck’s six ovens, pizza-makers can bake up to 120 pizzas per hour.
Zume CEO Alex Garden called the operation “basically a restaurant on wheels” in a call about expanded delivery areas in the Bay Area and the revamped delivery vehicles. The pizza restaurant has officially partnered with food equipment supplier Welbilt to outfit delivery trucks with high-efficiency ovens. Read more…
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View More This robot pizza company’s delivery trucks can now bake 120 pizzas per hourJaquet Droz is shipping its mechanical signing machine
Watchmaker Jaquet Droz announced its Signing Machine – a mechanical device that will sign your name for you using a series of miniature gears and springs – in 2014. Four years later, the company is ready to ship their miraculous contraction just in time for you to ink the deal you’ve made with Cybereus, lord […]
View More Jaquet Droz is shipping its mechanical signing machineSmartsheet co-founder’s next project is a robotic rock picker-upper
A co-founder of Smartsheet, the enterprise collaboration startup that just filed for an IPO, is taking a hard right turn into the world of agriculture robotics. Brent Frei has been working on an automated system for clearing rocks from land. It’s a bit unexpected, but far from a bad idea.
View More Smartsheet co-founder’s next project is a robotic rock picker-upperVideo: The driver of the autonomous Uber was distracted before fatal crash
The Tempe, Arizona police department have released a video showing the moments before the fatal crash that involved Uber’s self-driving car. The video includes the view of the street from the Uber and a view of minder behind the wheel of the autonomous Uber. Warning: This video is disturbing. Tempe Police Vehicular Crimes Unit is […]
View More Video: The driver of the autonomous Uber was distracted before fatal crash