Houston Mechatronics Raises $20M to Bring NASA Expertise to Transforming Robot Submersibles

Engineers from NASA’s Robonaut and Valkyrie projects team up with industry veterans to develop transforming underwater vehicles Image: HMI Deep ocean robotics is not generally an area where we expect to see much in the way of significant innovation. When we do write about submersible robots, they’re usually confined to very near-surface operations. This isn’t a total surprise: It seems like the only people who really worry about what’s going on in the deep ocean (meaning hundreds or thousands of meters beneath the surface) are the military, the occasional scientist, and the oil and gas industry. Robots are important to these folks, even critical in some cases, but the technology has been more or less stagnant for decades, which is why we don’t write about it very frequently.  To be fair, there are some very good reasons why it’s hard to innovate when it comes to submersible robotics. The environment Continue reading Houston Mechatronics Raises $20M to Bring NASA Expertise to Transforming Robot Submersibles

The economics of artificial intelligence

Rotman School of Management professor Ajay Agrawal explains how AI changes the cost of prediction and what this means for business. With so many perspectives on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) flooding the business press, it’s becoming increasingly rare to find one that’s truly original. More details

L’accélérateur d’entreprises HOLT FINTECH : Un nouveau programme pour donner leur pleine …

Venant moi-même d’une famille d’entrepreneurs, il me semblait cohérent d’honorer l’esprit d’entrepreneuriat que ma famille a toujours cultivé, en misant sur les technologies financières et l’intelligence artificielle », explique Brendan Holt Dunn, créateur et associé directeur du programme Holt Fintech … Plus de details

Le CEA et le DOE signent des déclarations d’intention sur les réacteurs avancés à neutrons …

La coopération de recherche entre le DOE et le CEA dans les domaines de l’intelligence artificielle, l’énergie nucléaire civile et la sécurité nucléaire est aujourd’hui un important pilier de l’innovation mondiale », estime Rick Perry (DOE). « Elle démontre l’engagement partagé de la France et des … Plus de details