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Dr. Richard Ahlfeld, CEO and founder of Monolith AI, explains why machine learning holds the key to greater efficiencies in a new dawn of steam engine tech.

Tipping the Balance: Defining a sustainable vision for artificial intelligence

Partner Perspectives
11/9/2021

Given the huge energy demands of artificial intelligence, how can businesses ensure that it is a credible technology for their decarbonization initiatives?

Market overview: Down on the farm, there be cause for alarm

Analysis
11/9/2021

Climate change. COVID. Worker shortages. Farming faces looming threats – could AI be the industry’s savior?

IFR: The COVID-19 pandemic (obviously) drove increased demand for robots

News
11/8/2021

Around 17m consumer-grade robotic vacuums were sold in 2020

Farming innovator Iron Ox reveals mobile support robot called Grover

News
11/5/2021

The bot can move 6-by-6-foot modules of plants weighing up to 1,000 pounds

Are smart buildings the solution for our future?

Partner Perspectives
11/3/2021

Just 34 percent of UK buildings are fitted with smart tech

Flippy gets an upgrade: Miso Robotics unveils second generation autonomous frying robot

News
11/2/2021

With sleeker design, new AutoBin system, and increased food prep abilities, Flippy 2 has arrived

AI Summit Silicon Valley 2021: Deepbrain AI to demo conversational avatars for 7-Eleven stores

News
11/2/2021

CEO Eric Jang believes “AI Humans embedded with video and speech synthesis technology will disrupt many industries, including convenience stores"

Digital twin firm Matterport launches its 3D capture app on Android

News
10/29/2021

Mobile users can capture properties simply using their smartphones

Autonomous shipping: The future of AI at sea

Analysis
10/25/2021

AI Business looks at what the next few years hold for autonomous ship deployments

Warehouse robot maker AutoStore enjoys impressive IPO in Norway

News
10/22/2021

Raising ~$322m and effectively valuing the company at $12.4bn

Tekver wins €30m contract to surveil European waters using drones

News
10/21/2021

AR5 drones house an onboard AI system used to drop lifeboats for those in danger at sea

Utilizing AI technologies for data-driven emissions reporting

Partner Perspectives
10/14/2021

AI-assisted analysis can potentially enhance results for companies looking to cut their carbon footprint

Data privacy, handling data, and artificial intelligence

Partner Perspectives
10/13/2021

Osborne Clark lawyer Tamara Quinn expertly outlines the legal side of data ownership and AI

$3 million drone competition tasks innovators to develop autonomous swarms for maritime use

News
10/7/2021

The final will see the five teams conduct live demos in a specially designated marine area off the coast of Abu Dhabi

AI can help navigate the ‘new normal’ in oil and gas

Partner Perspectives
10/6/2021

The oil and gas industry can be transformed by AI through automated drilling and real-time data from wells, explains Balakrishna from Infosys

Autonomous warehouse robot maker Locus finds a new home in Amsterdam

News
10/6/2021

European location will provide assembly and servicing of its growing LocusBot line

With 5G, computer vision has found the perfect match

Partner Perspectives
10/5/2021

Malou Toft from Milestone Systems outlines how computer vision systems may evolve when paired with 5G

You’re fired: the new EU law that threatens to hinder automating recruitment

Analysis
10/1/2021

AI Business’s Ben Wodecki outlines how the EU's new ‘AI Act’ will impact AI hiring technologies

AI as a video game designer: How it may soon lend a helping hand

Analysis
9/27/2021

Matthew Guzdial and Mike Cook – research pioneers in the field of using AI to develop video games – provide their expertise on letting a machine design games

Can AI regulators learn from the life sciences?

Partner Perspectives
9/23/2021

Bristows lawyers Alex Denoon and Julian Hitchcock look at previous efforts to regulate life sciences because 'no industry is more familiar with technological hype, ethical complexity, and the difficulties of future-proofing'

Blockchain and AI: A perfect match

Partner Perspectives
9/21/2021

Haidrun CEO Jonas Lundqvist explores the potential of integrating blockchain and artificial intelligence technologies

Google Cloud unveils digital twin tools for supply chain applications

News
9/17/2021

Retailers, healthcare firms, and manufacturers targeted as potential customers

Warehouse robot maker Locus nabs $50m for expansion

News
9/17/2021

Locus CEO told AI Business in March the startup had its sights set on Europe and APAC

Arm China boss tries to break company away from chipmaker parent

News
9/10/2021

Arm maintains ‘successful working relationship’ with rogue iteration

US and Israel to open joint AI research center, new bill outlines

News
9/10/2021

Around $10m a year until 2026 would fund the center

Can AI fight fake news?

Analysis
9/9/2021

“If all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed – if all records told the same tale – then the lie passed into history and became the truth.” – George Orwell, 1984

British supermarkets are planning to use AI to police underage drinking

News
9/8/2021

The company developing one such system says no images of customers are shared with stores – just their assumed age

GXO uses robot arms from Knapp to automate warehouse picking

News
9/8/2021

The pilot project envisages much more automated warehouses

DesignCon 2021: Combining AI and IoT leads to greater impacts

Video
9/7/2021

In this interview from the DesignCon 2021 show floor, Chuck Martin, editorial director at Informa Tech, and Josh Builta, AI & IoT research director at Omdia, talk about how AI and IoT complement one another.

Securing a digital advantage with hybrid cloud and AI

Partner Perspectives
9/7/2021

IBM’s Andrew Brown outlines how hybrid cloud technologies fused with AI can deliver better business results.

DesignCon 2021: A snapshot of the power semiconductor market

Video
9/7/2021

In this interview from the DesignCon 2021 show floor, senior Omdia analyst Paul Pickering tells Chuck Martin, editorial director at Informa Tech, that the global chip shortage didn’t forget power semiconductors.

DesignCon 2021: The global chip shortage – cause and effect

Video
9/7/2021

In this interview from the DesignCon 2021 show floor, Chuck Martin, editorial director at Informa Tech, and Michael Yang, semiconductor analyst from Omdia take a deep dive into the global chip shortage.

DesignCon 2021: Connectivity’s rapid growth as wireless reliability matures

Video
9/6/2021

In this interview from the DesignCon 2021 show floor, Chuck Martin, editorial director at Informa Tech, and Omdia senior principal analyst Lee Ratliff discuss the rapid growth of the connectivity market.

DesignCon 2021: Embedding security design into chips

Video
9/3/2021

In this interview from the DesignCon 2021 show floor, Chuck Martin, editorial director at Informa Tech, and Lang Lin from Ansys take a look at data security in chip designs.

DesignCon 2021: The rapid rise of high-speed I/O

Video
9/3/2021

In this interview from the DesignCon 2021 show floor, Chuck Martin, editorial director at Informa Tech, and Broadcom director and engineer Cathy Li talk all things high-speed I/O.

DesignCon 2021: Securing semiconductor supply chains more important than where they’re built

Video
9/2/2021

In this interview from the DesignCon 2021 show floor, Chuck Martin, editorial director at Informa Tech, and Ansys director Richard Goldman discuss the current state of the semiconductor market.

AI could speed up the global transition to renewable energy, says WEF report

News
9/2/2021

Report warns that any new government regulations on energy data usage should avoid copious levels of bureaucracy

British robot farming startup buoyed by $4.8m overfunded Crowdcube campaign

News
8/18/2021

Supermarket giant Waitrose and the National Trust are among SRC’s customers

John Deere acquires autonomous tractor startup Bear Flag Robotics for $250 million

News
8/9/2021

The ag-tech market continues to consolidate

ConverseNow raises $15m to build AI assistants that take your drive-thru order

News
7/29/2021

George and Becky, the voice assistants, can detect nuances and assess the probability of successful upselling

Cutting carbon with AI: Emitwise CEO on making sustainability profitable

Analysis
7/22/2021

AI and data might bring long-term climate targets that little bit closer

Fire caused by warehouse robot collision forces order delays at Ocado

News
7/20/2021

Online retailer says less than one percent of its automated grid was damaged

Walmart to deploy robots and automation from Symbotic

News
7/16/2021

The retail giant continues to digitize and robotize its supply chain

Singapore to splash $50m on 5G testbeds for AI research projects

News
7/13/2021

And the Singapore Trade Data Exchange (SGTraDex), where stakeholders can share encrypted information

Grubhub partners with Russia's Yandex for robotic food deliveries at US colleges

News
7/9/2021

Aiming to expand to 250 locations

Lloyd’s List and SAS collaborate on AI system that interprets ship movements

News
7/7/2021

The maritime information platform has come a long way since its journal days in 1734

Zebra Technologies to buy warehouse automation startup Fetch Robotics

News
7/2/2021

Spending $290 million as retail tech giant looks to robots for its future

Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton inks strategic AI partnership with Google Cloud

News
6/18/2021

Looking to launch a data and AI academy in Paris

FedEx partners with Nuro for autonomous deliveries

News
6/16/2021

Trialing compact autonomous delivery vehicles in Houston

Khalifa Port in UAE to track containers with AI

News
6/7/2021

Using Microsoft Azure infrastructure and tools, and preparing the site for autonomous vehicles

Why it’s time the shipping industry fully embraces AI

Partner Perspectives
6/7/2021

The fallout of the Ever Given blockage in the Suez Canal and the backlog of deliveries highlighting the need to rapidly change the approach towards navigation and collision avoidance

Portugal’s first checkout-free store opens its doors

News
6/3/2021

As the startup responsible for the technology eyes further openings across the continent

Urbancoolab unveils AI-designed outfits

News
6/3/2021

Made to order to avoid waste

Vertical farming startup Bowery Farming raises $300m at $2.3bn valuation

News
5/26/2021

Natalie Portman-backed company hopes AI holds the key to better food supply

AI Business Podcast 28: Robocops versus robo-chefs

Podcasts
5/11/2021

Who wins when restaurants are automated?

Starship Technologies’ robots to deliver Costa Coffee in Milton Keynes, UK

News
5/10/2021

Following deals with grocery chains Tesco and Co-op

Checkout-free retail startup Sensei secures $6.5 million in seed funding

News
4/28/2021

To scale its R&D and begin rollout in Europe

M&S deploys AI-based platform to manage supply across 1,000+ grocery stores

News
4/26/2021

This is not just AI-based supply chain management; this is M&S AI-based supply chain management

Panasonic buys into AI-driven supply chains with $7.1bn acquisition of Blue Yonder

News
4/23/2021

Blue Yonder brand to be retained under newly formed Panasonic Connect Co

Toyota Industries combines autonomous vehicle tech under new T-Hive brand

News
4/22/2021

Based in Holland and dedicated to control systems for automated forklifts and AMRs

Walmart is the latest household name to invest in autonomous vehicle developer Cruise

News
4/19/2021

Retailer says investment backs its sustainability and clean energy plan

Ocado invests $14 million in autonomous driving specialist Oxbotica

News
4/16/2021

UK’s most valuable food retailer ‘excited’ to expand into autonomous deliveries

Indoor farming specialist AppHarvest acquires agricultural robotics firm

News
4/9/2021

Snaps up efficient tomato pickers in a $60 million deal

Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch the warehouse robot

News
3/30/2021

The claw chooses who will go and who will stay

Intel opens chip foundries to third parties, pledges to invest $20bn in manufacturing

News
3/26/2021

Reversing years of company orthodoxy in an instant

Logistics giant XPO and robotics vendor Balyo partner on autonomous reach forklifts

News
3/26/2021

Testing Linde trucks at a distribution center in France

Amazon tells drivers to sign biometric consent form, or lose their job

News
3/25/2021

How would you like to be watched at work?

Applied Materials uses AI to improve chip manufacturing, claims it saved customers $400m

News
3/17/2021

ExtractAI hunts out defects, making semiconductor fabs a little less expensive to run

How Locus Robotics plans to take over the warehouse

Analysis
3/3/2021

CEO Rick Faulk talks the benefits of Robotics as a Service model

ABB adds two models to its ‘cobot’ line-up

News
2/24/2021

GoFa and SWIFTI hope to take robotics into new environments

Robotic harvest companion ‘Carry’ wants to help farmers boost efficiency

News
2/23/2021

Future Acres claims the machine pays for itself in just 80 days

AiFi and Wundermart team up for checkout-less stores throughout Europe

News
2/18/2021

To start, 20 Wundermart locations will be fully automated using the OASIS platform

Bearing.ai comes out of stealth to optimize the shipping industry

News
2/18/2021

Lands large customers at sea

AI Business Podcast 18: The king is dead, long live the king

Podcasts
2/8/2021

Autonomous drone and air taxi port ‘Air One’ set to open in the UK

News
2/1/2021

Its creators hope to eventually operate hundreds of similar sites

Walmart plans modular fulfillment centers full of autonomous robots

News
1/28/2021

Alert Innovation’s Alphabot passes trial with flying colors

Unilever and Alibaba collaborate on AI-powered closed-loop recycling machines

News
1/13/2021

The systems are using AI to identify and sort plastic material, and fast-track it to recycling centers

USDA awards $20 million grant to improve food systems using AI

News
1/6/2021

Including food production, processing, and nutrition

Hyundai plans to acquire robotics visionary Boston Dynamics

News
12/14/2020

Spot gets a new master

Gatik announces Canada’s first autonomous delivery fleet and $25m in funding

News
11/25/2020

Canadian supermarket giant Loblaw signs up for five vehicles

EdgeQ raises $51m for AI and 5G on a chip

News
11/25/2020

Potential use cases include autonomous vehicles, drones, and industrial robotics

Walmart bins Bossa Nova shelf-scanning robots, enters Cruise autonomous delivery partnership

News
11/18/2020

One AI robot loses its job, but another starts an internship

Robo-delivery startup Nuro raises $500 million

News
11/16/2020

After discovering new applications for its product during the pandemic

Alphabet’s X launches ‘computational agriculture’ business Mineral

News
10/14/2020

Google's sibling wants to build smart farms

AI Summit Silicon Valley: How FedEx uses AI to improve its supply chain

Analysis
10/1/2020

Say hello to Roxo

French warehouse robotics startup Exotec raises $90m

News
9/30/2020

Skypods hope to fulfill your 3am retail therapy needs

Omdia: AI to help drive robotics revenue to $286bn by 2026

News
9/29/2020

With agricultural robots expected to emerge as the largest market category

German vertical farm developer Infarm raises $170m

News
9/23/2020

Investors prove they have an appetite for AI-led farming

FDA is using AI to screen imported seafood

News
9/15/2020

The project is just a pilot – but the initial results look very promising

Iron Ox raises $20m for autonomous farming

News
9/13/2020

AI systems could be growing your next salad

AI Summit London: How Tesco used AI to help deal with lockdown demand

Analysis
9/8/2020

Tesco’s CTO talks about the steps taken to confront the COVID crisis

Climax Foods raises $7.5 million to turn data into sustainable cheese

News
9/2/2020

Using AI models to find plant-based proteins that taste just as good

Logistics SaaS platform FarEye closes Series D funding at $37.5 million

News
8/25/2020

The machine learning-based platform is helping customers slash delivery times and boost productivity

Advertima gets $17.5m to develop AI for physical retail

News
8/3/2020

But it only works if people keep going to stores

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