Post By Brenda Walker on 08/11/2017

Hotels and Restaurants Expand Use of Automation

Robot bellhops were introduced to the public as a coming thing in 2014 when trials began. Now they and other automated technology are becoming normalized, as reported in a CBS Los Angeles TV segment.As...
Post By Brenda Walker on 08/11/2017

Automation: WASHINGTON POST Notes Rise of Smart Machines (Incompletely)

The Washington Post included a front-page story about automation on Sunday, and it admitted “the surrender of the industrial age to the age of automation continues at a record pace.” But the cause...
Post By Brenda Walker on 08/01/2017

Automation: Japan Uses Robots to Make Up for Decreasing Population

Japan is an interesting place in that it hasn’t allowed immigration and so has a monoculture. It seems like that lack of diversity allows them to experiment in the comfort of their own tribe.The Japane...
Post By Brenda Walker on 08/01/2017

Automation: Machines Compete in Amazon Robotic Challenge

The latest Amazon Robotic Challenge took place over July 27-30 in Nagoya Japan, hosting a competition to develop a grasping machine that can pack boxes for shipment in the company’s warehouses. Or as Z...