Robotics

The round has brought in INR 15.98 Cr for emotix

In August, emotix said it is raising $7.5 Mn in Series A funding led by Chiratae Ventures

The funds were to be used for international expansion

Automation has impacted human interaction greatly as more and more tasks are performed by machines

Loneliness fueled by social media algorithms is increasing the risk of death among young users

The rise of bots on social media platforms have increased the incidence of hate speech and also led to mob violence

Amazon has deployed a "small number" of the all-electric, six-wheeled delivery robots

Amazon Scout will begin to deliver packages to customers in Southern California

Amazon Scouts were developed Amazon's Seattle labs and had been under test since January 2019

Current tech is not ready for complete automation, Amazon said

Robots are not used in warehouses which handle fresh food

Amazon has faced flak for poor working conditions at its warehouses

The robots are essentially automated guided vehicles

They pick products from a conveyor belt, scan them and drop them down a chute

According to Flipkart, this move will not have any affect the jobs of human workforce

The robot called Julia can cook pot-meals such as noodles, turf rice, pasta, curry, vegetables

It uses AI, IoT to keep track of user’s taste and updates recipes

It will be launched by 2020, preferably in the US at first

This technology is proving to be the next Big Bang to the way banks operate

The adoption of robotics allows flexibility in managing the workload

The role played by robots is increasing and expected to gain more momentum in the coming years

Miko, By emotix, Is An Emotionally Intelligent Conversational Robot That Improves Its Knowledge Graph Over Time

The Recent Funding Round In Planys Technologies Was Led By ONGC Startup Fund And Ranjan Pai’s MEMG Family Office

As Announced By Arun Jaitley During The Budget Session, NITI Aayog Will Launch A National Programme For AI Research

Based In Gurugram, Jaarvis Has So Far Accelerated 16 Startups And 5 Of Them Have Got Subsequent Rounds

Bharati Robotics Plans To Use The Funding To Introduce Its Solutions In The US and European Markets