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21 Jun

Why We Don’t See More Robotics Startups

In April 2019, San Francisco-based robotics startup Anki shut shop after filing for bankruptcy. In the nine years of its existence, the company had developed popular robotic toys such as Overdrive, Cozmo, and Vector. CEO Boris Sofman blamed the company’s closure on a last-minute financing snafu. Same year, another robotics company, Jibo, went bust. Notably,…

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02 Jan

World’s First Augmented Reality Surgery, Solorigate And More In This Week’s Top News

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The last days of what has been a very challenging year have proven even more difficult with the exposure of a suspected Russian cyber attack which compromised many companies and government bodies especially in the United States. The Solorigate or the cyber attack on Solarwinds company is believed to be one of the largest attacks…

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15 Dec

Was Boston Dynamics Sold Off Too Early & Too Cheap?

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In recent news, Boston Dynamics was sold by Softbank to Hyundai at a valuation of $1.1 billion with the latter acquiring 80% stake in the company. Pioneered in developing mobile robots, Boston Dynamics produces some of the most agile and intelligent service and logistics robots. It became famous with its signature product SPOT, which could…

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12 Dec

Google’s Mounting Troubles, Amazon’s 29 Million Workforce And More In This Week’s Top Tech News

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The big tech is undergoing an unprecedented phase of setbacks almost every week. This week  the troubles were more of self-inflicted chaos fueled by mishandling and miscommunication with one of their own. The events that followed Ms.Timnit Gebru’s ousting has forced the Alphabet’s chief to pen an apology accepting full responsibility for the whole episode.…

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14 Nov

Hyperloop’s First Ride, Apple Chips In M1 And More In This Week’s Top News

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In this week’s top news, Analytics India Magazine compiled most happening events from the tech world ranging from companies tussles with governments, new launches, acquisitions, collaborations and more.  Microsoft and OpenAI Have A Proposal For US Exports On Tuesday, Microsoft and OpenAI submitted a proposal to the U.S. government describing how a digitally transformed export…

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21 Jun

Facebook’s Million Dollar Snub, India’s Global AI Membership And More In This Week’s Top AI News

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This week the ML community witnessed the ire of top Kagglers when they were snubbed by Facebook that cost them a million dollar worth of prize money. In other news, India is now officially part of the Global AI group that features economically advanced democracies. Know more, in this week’s top AI releases. Honeywell’s Quantum…

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27 Apr

Boston Dynamics Releases COVID-19 Response With Open Source Healthcare Robotics Toolkit

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Boston Dynamics has released a payload and application architecture for their mobile robot in order to protect healthcare workers amid COVID-19. In a recent blog post, the robotics firm stated — “Mobile robots play a vital role in removing people from dangerous environments. We have spent the last six weeks building and testing a payload…

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24 Nov

Boston Dynamics Is All Set To Test Its Robot Dog At Construction Sites

Boston Dynamics has made a lot of headlines in recent times not only for the way they test their robots but also for the bloopers they have made during live demonstrations. Despite the fact that Boston Dynamics has made some of the most advanced robots the world has seen, the company has been mocked for…

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29 Oct

This Parody Is A Lesson That Robots Might Fight Back Humans In The Future

Robotics has come a long way from performing human tasks with precision to even acting as pets, as Jeff Bezos recently walked haughtily with his robot dog. And when we talk about robots, Boston Dynamics is the first name that comes to mind with the level of advancements it has reached in the field.  The…

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31 Jul

Big Story: Why Are Indian Tech Giants Acquiring So Many Startups & SMEs?

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With Industrial Revolution 4.0 affecting the way India Inc conducts business, many noted companies in the country have started changing their strategies. Over the last decade, scores of big names in the Indian tech sector, especially in the IT and e-commerce sectors, seem to have changed the face of business by two specific strategies: acquiring…

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