Artificial intelligence isn’t just a hot topic in Hollywood. While horror robot movie “M3gan” racks up millions at the winter box office, the ETF industry is seeing opportunities fro...
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Tech Opportunities In Climate Change And An Aging Population
GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images AFP via Getty Images Tech opportunities in areas like 5-G, cloud computing, healthcare, and finance took up the last posting. This one examines opportunities in meeting ...
These 20 AI stocks are expected by analysts to rise up to 85% over the next year
There are always fads in the stock market, but now we are in the midst of what could turn out to be a revolutionary trend that will last much longer than any fad — artificial intelligence. In the Need...
The Craziest Moments From the Longest Tech Boom (So Far)
It’s been a singular year for tech, one that marked the apparent end to a heady, madcap boom that changed how we think about the industry. Over the past dozen or so years, a tidal wave of money poure...
The Commanding Heights – The Green Tech Revolution
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 27, 2019: Wind turbines generate electricity at the San Gorgonio … [+] Pass Wind Farm near Palm Springs, California, as a dust storm blows through the a...
Meet The Young Entrepreneurs Using New Tools To Solve Old Problems
Many of the young founders on this year’s list are also focused on their startups’ social and environmental impact. By Amy Feldman, Alan Ohnsman and Elisabeth Brier Inflation is high and supply chains...
IKEA tests driverless delivery trucks in Texas with Kodiak Robotics
Kodiak Robotics truck in front of an IKEA store. Source: Kodiak Robotics Self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics said that it has begun a pilot program with IKEA in Texas. A semitruck equipped with...
CROP ROBOTICS 2022, BEYOND THE VALLEY OF DEATH
2022 Crop Robotics Landscape Chris Taylor, Michael Rose Are we finally starting to see the adoption of labor-saving robots in agriculture? The short and unfulfilling summary answer is “It depends”. Un...
Robot Fast Food Cook Costs Less Than Half A Human Worker
Wingman is a robotic chef John Koetsier Nala Robotics has launched a fast food robot that it says can fry chicken wings, French fries, and other foods, season them, and plate them all autonomously. It...
China’s Factories Accelerate Robotics Push as Workforce Shrinks
China installed almost as many robots in its factories last year as the rest of the world, accelerating a rush to automate and consolidate its manufacturing dominance even as its working-age populatio...
Hyundai launches Boston Dynamics AI Institute to bolster advancements in AI and Robotics
Hyundai Motor Group (OTCMKTS: HYMTF) and Boston Dynamics announced today, August 12, that they’re launching the Boston Dynamics Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute. Notably, one year ago, Hyundai ...
Amazon to Acquire Roomba Maker iRobot to Consolidate Consumer Robotics Presence
Tech giant Amazon looks to acquire iRobot for $1.7 billion to gain more ground in the consumer robotics industry. Amazon (AMZN: NASDAQ) is reportedly acquiring Roomba maker iRobot for $61 a share in a...
XPENG Robotics Raises $100M to Bring Smart Robots to Households
XPENG Robotics has quite a number of competitors who are also exploring this new niche while developing functional products that can be deployed and utilized by households every day. XPENG Robotics ha...
This dividend fund is down 3% vs. S&P’s 20% drop. Here are its top stock picks
By now even the most ardent tech and growth-stock enthusiasts realize the bull market is over. John Kornitzer’s approach to selecting high-quality stocks for the Buffalo Flexible Income Fund is one th...
Fully Autonomous Robots, High-Tech Scanners And More
The new containerized storage system looks “almost like shoeboxes,” says Amazon Robotics’ chief technologist Tye Brady.COURTESY OF AMAZON Amazon will show off four new pieces of robo...
How Robotics In The Entertainment Industry Could Intertwine With Other Sectors For Growth
BARCELONA, SPAIN – MAY 09: The Terminator robot is seen in the paddock following qualifying for the … [+] Spanish Formula One Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya on May 9, 2009 in Barce...
Agtech robotics firm FarmWise just raised another $45 million
The rest of the startup universe may be struggling to bring in funds, but it’s still a good time to get a robotic raise. Agtech is high on that list. The median age of farmers is 55 years old in the U...
Talking With The Portfolio Pickers At Thomas H. Lee Partners’ $900 Million Automation Fund
Thomas H. Lee’s Jim Carlisle (left) and Mike Kaczmarek Photos courtesy Thomas H. Lee Partners, image by Forbes Given the trend toward the automation of everything, it’s somewhat surprising how f...
Robots Pick Up More Work at Busy Factories
Robots are turning up on more factory floors and assembly lines as companies struggle to hire enough workers to fill rising orders. Orders for workplace robots in the U.S. increased by a record 40% du...
Kodiak Robotics Reveals Self-Curbing System For Broke Autonomous Trucks
Kodiak Robotics, Inc. unveiled its Fallback technology for detecting issues in its autonomous trucks … [+] and automatically guiding it to the side of the road and call for help. Kodiak Robotics...
North America’s Top AI Companies Shaping The Future
This year’s inductees reflect the booming VC interest as well as the growing variability in AI-focused startups making unique uses of existing technologies, others developing their own and many simply...
China Investment In Europe Gained In 2021 From Low Level; VC Flows Doubled
Chinese billionaire Zhang Lei’s Hillhouse Capital led the purchase of Philips’ home appliance … [+] business last year. Photographer: Justin Chin/Bloomberg © 2018 Bloomberg Finance L...
Panera Bread tests automated coffee brewing with Miso Robotics
Miso Robotics’ CookRight Coffee System Source: Miso Robotics Panera Bread is piloting Miso Robotics’ new automated coffee brewing system as it doubles down on its drink subscription progra...
Kodiak Robotics And U.S. Xpress To Make Autonomous Freight Runs From Dallas To Atlanta
A Kodiak truck and U.S. Xpress trailers last month completed a pilot run of four round trips … [+] covering about 6,350 miles, between the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and greater Atlanta. Kodiak...
How Warehouse Robots Are Revolutionizing The On-Demand Economy
Digital retail giant Amazon has over 200,000 robots helping deliver more than 350 million different products in an unceasing flood of billions of deliveries. Its fulfillment machine with both free and...
Robotics startup taps Bitcoin to deliver automated beverage
Pubinno, a San Francisco-based technology firm that creates the “Internet of Beer” with artificial intelligence, robotics and cloud computing platforms, has now integrated Bitcoin (BTC) pa...
Pittsburgh robot farm business of future backed by Pritzker billions
Currently less than 1% of fresh produce is grown through hydroponics systems versus open-field agriculture, but this segment is forecast by Mordor Intelligence to grow by nearly 11,% or about $600 mil...
TuSimple Shares Plunge After Robot Truck Company Spooks Market With CEO Shakeup
TuSimple was the first autonomous driving company to list shares publicly in the U.S. and began testing robot trucks without a human backup driver in late 2021. TuSimple Shares of TuSimple, a San Dieg...
As Competition To Automate Warehouses Heats Up, RightHand Robotics Raises $66 Million
RightHand Robotics cofounder and CEO Yaro Tenzer: “When we started people were like, ‘Yeah, that’s in the future.'” Courtesy of RightHand Robotics Warehouse automation has beco...