Despite Australia “punching above its weight” in artificial intelligence (AI) research, the country is failing to embrace the technology in the business sector Within the next five to 10 years, Professor Toby Walsh envisions Australian businesses to be using autonomous cars, buses, trucks, and robot advisors. “In research terms, I think we punch above our […]
The history of robots has its origins in the ancient world. Concepts akin to a robot can be found as long ago as the 4th century BC when the Greek mathematician Archytas of Tarentum postulated a mechanical bird he called “The Pigeon”, which was propelled by steam. One of the first recorded designs of a […]
Robots could reduce nearly one in three construction jobs over the next 20 years, experts predict. Mace, an international consultancy and building company, claimed that technological advances would mean human builders are replaced by machines. It said 600,000 of the current 2.2 million positions across the industry in the UK could be automated by 2040. […]
What does academy means and where does it come from? The ancient Greek historian Plutarch wrote that the Athenian king Theseus (the slayer of the Minotaur) abducted the beautiful 12-year-old Helen of Troy (long before she married Menelaus, met Paris and was the cause of the Trojan War). Due to this outrage, her twin brothers Castor and […]