10. The Employee of The Year At Amazon
They replace the operators and are responsible for organizing and distributing the products in the warehouses and logistics centers. Companies like Amazon, Nike or Adidas are putting their trust more and more on these types of robots. Despite the suspicions, Amazon plans to create more than 15,000 jobs this year.
9. Artificial Intelligence and Google
The company placed great stakes on these robots in 2013 after acquiring 9 of the most important companies in the world. But they got rid of them and opted for the development of AI algorithms, which were much more fruitful for their business. Among its partners is Boston Dynamics, a pioneer in mechanical robots.
8. Mars Travelers
NASA creates robots to help and increase the abilities of astronauts and even to replace them in the most dangerous tasks. After the Mars Pathfinder or the Curiosity, it prepares to send the humanoid Valkyrie to Mars in 2030. In 2013 Valkyrie competed in the Robotics Challenge from DARPA.
7. The Animatronic From Harry Potter
Warner, a film, music and television producer, is a leader in the development of animatronic characters for their films. Among them we can find the creatures that appear in the sagas of Harry Potter and Jurassic Park.
6. Sony And The Evolution of Pets
They were the pioneers in the development of robotic pet animals. After a first version of the puppy AIBO, which they manufactured between 1999 and 2006, at the beginning of 2018 Sony launched an improved proposal of this robot.
5. The Little Fish from MIT
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the places which conducts more diverse research in robotics and artificial intelligence than anyone else: pedagogical applications such as Scratch or APP Inventor, implementation of war chips for DARPA such as Eyeriss. It develops aquatic robots such as SoFi, to be able to carry out more precise studies of underwater life.
4. Pepper: The Humanoid Who Was Born In Japan
Pepper, the first emotional robot, is a creation from SoftBank Robotics Corp. Pepper made them leaders in a new market, where bots are created to “make us happy”. Emotional Pepper machines are already sold all over the world. One of these robots has a job is as a tour guide which at the largest science museum in the world, the Smithsonian.
3. The General Electric Band
They are called Compressorhead, and they are a musical group of droids that performed live in New York. General Electric, a world leader in energy and technological infrastructure, makes a significant investment in the development of robotics. In addition to its use in hazardous inspections or logistics work, it works on the development of an AI algorithm that would save 200,000 million dollars by optimizing
electrical networks.
2. Sophia
An artificial intelligence, the robot Sophia, from Hanson Robotics, addressed the assembly as a key note speaker on a panel about new technology achievements. In the photo, with the deputy secretary general, Amina J. Mohammed. The UN is very concerned about how robotics and AI can affect violence and unemployment. The development of autonomous lethal weapons has opened a great debate about its regulation.
1. Soldiers of the DARPA
The North American Agency for the Development of Advanced Defense Research Projects, such as ACTUV, the largest unmanned warship on the planet. The Darpa Robotics Challenge was designed to advance robotics in difficult-to-access environments and rescue tasks. The competition brings together the most futuristic robots on the planet (like the one in the photo), fighting
for a prize of 3.5 million dollars.
