Tiny sensors with tinier legs, stamped out of silicon wafers, could one day soon help fix your cellphone battery or study your brain. Source: NYT > Business – KENNETH CHANG
Inside Google’s Rebooted Robotics Program
In 2013, the company started an ambitious, flashy effort to create robots. Now, its goals are more modest, but the technology is subtly more advanced. Source: NYT > Business – CADE METZ, BRIAN DAWSON and MEG FELLING
A.I. Is Flying Drones (Very, Very Slowly)
Artificial intelligence has bested top players in chess, Go and even StarCraft. But can it fly a drone faster than a pro racer? More than $1 million is on the line to find out. Source: NYT > Business – JAKE SWEARINGEN
Cancer Patients Are Getting Robotic Surgery. There’s No Evidence It’s Better.
High-tech surgical robots aren’t an improvement over traditional operations, the F.D.A. warns. For some patients, the robots may be worse. Source: NYT > Business – RONI CARYN RABIN
news analysis: Don’t Fight the Robots. Tax Them.
Many companies invest in automation because the tax code encourages it, not because robots are more productive. Source: NYT > Business – EDUARDO PORTER
The Rise of the Robot Reporter
Fast, accurate and no typos! Bloomberg News, The Washington Post and The Associated Press test out machine-generated journalism. Source: NYT > Business