Ubiquitous Autonomous and Imminent It seems like everywhere you turn in the news there are stories of new advances in robot technology. Stories are heralding robots as the solution to seemingly every problem. There are rescue robots, killer robots, finance robots, professor robots, flying robots, swimming robots, and every other type you can imagine. Needless to say, robots are getting a lot of attention. Amazon is looking to improve its operations with robots and held a competition to find a robot that could pick out items from shelves. The results were mixed, but it's only a beginning for … [Read more...]