Spot hits the catwalk. Despite its dated appearance, Boston Dynamics' robot dog Spot has experienced an increase in practical uses since being on sale in 2019. Two Spot robots have been purchased by the New York Police Department to be used in scenarios where there is a substantial risk to human safety. Meanwhile, the massive e-commerce company Otto Group has been using the robots in its warehouses to inspect equipment. As part of a Paris Fashion Week presentation this year, Spot was also spotted taking off a model's jacket. Writers, actors, and machines band together to fight artificial intelligence
A protest outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. However, if artificial intelligence advances enough, robots in the future might. One of the driving forces behind the Hollywood strike was the fear that actors and writers will be replaced by virtual performers and scripts created by AI.In November, the unions and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers came to a consensus.
Automation is coming for workers in cafes and restaurants.
Adam, an egg-shaped robo-barista, is waiting to take your order at Botbar Coffee, the city's first robotic coffee shop, which is located on Manhattan Avenue in New York. As he showed in January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, Adam can also brew other drinks, such as bubble tea. However, automated food and drink delivery is not inevitable; this year, Zume, an automated pizza truck firm based in San Francisco, shut down despite receiving around $500 million in funding.
Humans and humanoid robots are becoming more similar.
The gap between human and humanoid robot narrows
The “uncanny valley” – when small differences between humans and human-like robots or simulations evoke unsettling feelings – very much still exists, but robot designers are getting better at some of the trickier details, like skin, facial expressions and eyeballs.
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