If it feels like we’re in the midst of robot renaissance right now, perhaps it’s because we are. There is a new crop of robots under development that we’ll soon be able to buy and install in our factories or interact with in our homes. And while they might look like robots past on the outside, their brains are actually much different.
Today’s robots aren’t rigid automatons built by a manufacturer solely to perform a single task faster than, cheaper than and, ideally, without much input from humans. Rather, today’s robots can be remarkably adaptable machines that not only learn from their experiences, but can even be designed to work hand in hand with human colleagues. Commercially available (or soon to be) technologies such as Jibo, Baxter and Amazon Echo are three well-known examples of what’s now possible, but they’re also just the beginning.
Different technological advances have spurred the development…
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Brian By Experience 