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NEWS | E UREKA!
tTeoluecrhob-tortaicn shmanitdt ing
JEFF BEZOS TOOK control of a
pair of giant, remote-controlled
robot hands at Amazon’s
robotics conference, re:MARS,
in Las Vegas.
The tech billionaire used the
hands to stack cups and pass a
ball from one hand to the other.
After being passed a Rubik’s
Cube Bezos responded: “No
thank you, I can’t even do that
with my hands.”
Bezos said the feedback was
“really tremendous”, and that
using them felt “weirdly natural”.
The robot was an exhibit
by Shadow Robot and HaptX.
Shadow Robot specialises in
building dextrous robotic hands
and is partnered with OpenAI,
the AI research organisation
cofounded by Tesla CEO
Elon Musk. HaptX develops
technology for giving people the
sensation of touch for remotely
operated robotics, as well as VR.
Previously, a human operator
in California was able to operate
a computer keyboard in London,
with each keystroke detected
through ngertip sensors on
their glove and faithfully relayed
5000 miles to the Dexterous
Hand to recreate. Combining
touch with teleoperation in this
way is ground-breaking and
points to future applications
where we might choose – or
need – to perform delicate
actions at a distance, e.g. bomb
disposal, deep-sea engineering
or even surgery performed
across di erent states.
TECH BRIEF
STORAFNTWSIATIROEN E MTOPO INWDEURSST RY 4.0
MAGIC SOFTWARE
ENTERPRISES has released
its latest data intelligence
product, FactoryEye,
built speci cally for
manufacturers.
Guy Bernstein, CEO
of Magic Software, said:
“Combining acquired
technologies with
enhancements to core
products enables Magic
to further accelerate its
growth by becoming a
strong player in the digital
transformation and Industry
4.0 revolutions.”
FactoryEye is a high
performance, low-code,
exible and hybrid
platform that
ensures the
smooth
integration between
manufacturers’ legacy core
IT systems, cloud systems,
and factory machines by
collecting and analysing big
data from multiple silos.
The software features
intuitive and user-friendly
dashboards that provide
manufacturers all the
analysis they need in order
to make faster and smarter
decisions based on real time
data and business analytics.
Such capabilities translate
into improved productivity,
faster delivery times, and
better control over the
manufacturing processes
which lead to increased
customer satisfaction and
higher pro t margins.
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