Chapter 4. - 39 Steps Book

In the Future, Warehouse Robots Will Learn on Their Own

BERKELEY, Calif. — The robot was perched over a bin filled with random objects, from a box of instant oatmeal to a small toy shark. This two-armed automaton did not recognize any of this stuff, but that did not matter. It reached into the pile and started picking things up, one after another after another. “It figures out the best way to grab each object, right from the middle of the clutter,” said Jeff Mahler, one of the researchers developing the robot inside a lab at the University of California, Berkeley... 

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As Amazon Pushes Forward With Robots, Workers Find New Roles

FLORENCE, N.J. — Nissa Scott started working at the cavernous Amazon warehouse in southern New Jersey late last year, stacking plastic bins the size of small ottomans. It was not, she says, the most stimulating activity. And lifting the bins, which often weigh 25 pounds each, was also tiring over 10-hour shifts. Now Ms. Scott, 21, watches her replacement — a giant, bright yellow mechanical arm — do the stacking. Her new job at Amazon is to babysit several robots at a time, troubleshooting them when necessary and making sure they have bins to load. On a recent afternoon, a claw at end of the arm grabbed a bin off a conveyor belt and stacked it on another bin, forming neat columns on wooden pallets surrounding the robot. It was the first time Amazon had shown the arm, the latest generation of robots in use at its warehouses, to a reporter.. 

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Meet 'Mabu'— the robot that aims to be your personal caregiver

Catalia Health has created a robot that acts as a healthcare companion.'Mabu' engages in daily conversation that's tailored to your personality and treatment needs, and sends responses to your healthcare provider. It reminds you when to take you medicine, and follows up with your progress. It also tracks faces so that it can make eye contact for a more human-like interaction. 

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Multi-user experiences with A-Frame

Multi-user experiences on the Internet have come a long way since the emergence of online chat and the rise of social networks. Advances in virtual reality are making the Web a more immersive and interactive environment. Neal Stephenson envisioned this set of shared, persistent, and interconnected 3D virtual spaces and called it the metaverse; today we are building it with HTML, JavaScript, and A-Frame.

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