Sofmen

VentureBeat | March 16, 2020

In a preprint research paper published this week, Nvidia researchers propose an approach for human-to-robot handovers in which the robot meets the human halfway, classifies the human’s grasp, and plans a trajectory to take the object from the human’s hand. They claim it results in more fluent handovers compared with baselines, and they say it could inform the design of collaborative warehouse robots that bolster workers’ productivity. As the coauthors explain, a growing body of...

AI Tech

SysAid | June 30, 2022

A conversational chatbot within Microsoft Teams that is powered by SysAid's IT automation capabilities has just been launched, according to the leading provider of IT service automation SysAid. The AI-powered service desk improves the employee experience while reducing the amount of time that employees and IT specialists spend on ticket resolution. It also enhances productivity and frees them up to concentrate on creating new business value. Due to changing workplaces, organiz...

Nypost | April 03, 2020

The ventilators that eccentric Tesla founder Elon Musk promised to make won’t be ready in time for the coronavirus’ apex in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday. “The problem with ventilator construction is the supply chain,” said Cuomo in his now-daily Albany press briefing. “That’s General Motors, that’s Ford, that’s Elon Musk. “I don’t care how big and how powerful.” Musk promised last month to shift production to the sorely...

AI Applications

o9 Solutions | April 19, 2022

With Smart Planning, Deloitte and o9 Solutions have joined forces to bring together Deloitte’s supply chain planning and data science expertise with o9’s visionary planning platform for improving planning and decision-making. Insights, connectivity, and workflow automation enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) drive strategic and tactical supply chain operations throughout the entire value chain. Because of its technological size and solution design, Smart Planning c...