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3.1KInnovationHave Consumers Fallen Out Of Love With Robots?
We confess: We hate doing household chores, cooking and running errands – and we suspect you do, too. And the promise of a modern-day version...
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1.4KInvestmentsToyota AI Ventures Launches $100M Fund For Tech Startups
Toyota AI Ventures, the venture capital arm of Toyota, has announced the launch of Fund II, a $100 million fund that will...
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3.3KRetailCanvas Technology Acquired By Amazon
Amid its endeavors in robotic technology, Amazon has reportedly bought Canvas Technology. The Colorado-based startup, which was started in 2015, has offered...
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4.1KRetailSmoothie Order-Ahead Via Robotics
Food preparation is going to the robotic overlords, with entrepreneurs tackling the tasks of making products such as smoothies with the help...
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4.2KInnovationGoogle Wants To Bring More Learning To Robots
Make it about machine learning – that seems to be a theme behind Google’s return to robotics, an effort that reportedly has...
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4.0KGoogleGoogle Gets Back Into Robotics
If at first one doesn’t succeed … Google is reportedly back in the robotics game, according to a The New York Times report. It...
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3.6KInnovationAutonomous Food Deliveries (And Robots) Put To The Test
The last mile can be vexing for firms aiming to get their products in the hands of consumers. For food companies, the logistics...
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6.2KRetailAre Robots Last-Mile Delivery’s Future?
To provide retailers with an automated option for last-mile deliveries, shipping carriers are entering the world of robotics technology. FedEx, for instance,...
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2.3KInvestmentsNuro Raises $940M From SoftBank For Robotic Delivery
Nuro, the robotics company operating in the commerce market, announced on Monday (Feb. 11) that it has raised $940 million in financing...
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4.3KRetailRobots Tasked With Restocking Retailers’ Shelves
Retailers have been testing out shelf-scanning robots to find out if they can handle restocking a store’s inventory when needed. “We’re giving...
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8.6KArtificial IntelligenceWarehouse Robots Pave The Way For More AI Logistics
Robots have taken their place inside eCommerce and other commerce-related warehouses, and will in the coming years take even larger roles in...
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3.7KRetailAhold Delhaize Rolls Out 500 Robots In US Stores
Ahold Delhaize USA is planning to roll out nearly 500 robots to its Stop & Shop and Giant/Martin’s locations. The launch of...
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5.4KRetailBots And Outside-The-Bots, CES 2019: Payments And Commerce Highlights
There was a lot about CES in Las Vegas last week that was predictable. Google and Amazon competed for voice-activated mindshare. There...
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4.3KAmazonAmazon Looks To French Tech For Self-Driving Forklifts
Amazon has signed a seven-year deal with French robotics company Balyo, which has a navigation system that turns forklifts into self-driving vehicles....
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2.6KInnovationHyundai Unveils Walking Car Concept At CES
Hyundai has unveiled a walking car concept at CES, the consumer electronics show being held in Las Vegas, that can help first...
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6.6KInnovationHow Will CES Set The 2019 Payments And Commerce Agenda?
Let’s move past the metaphors and low-level poetic imagery when it comes to the International Consumer Electronics Show, that annual conference and...
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4.3KB2B PaymentsStartups (And Their Investors) Offer Enterprise Processes A Digital Overhaul
With more than $370 million raised by B2B startups this week, investors are showing their support for companies that help other businesses...
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6.1KB2B PaymentsGeek+ Raises $150M For Supply Chain Robotics
Beijing-based Geek+ has raised a $150 million investment round for its robotics technology, designed to enhance supply chain management and logistics. Gigabit Magazine...
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6.1KRetailMoley And Robo Chef Magic
An oft-made complaint in the era of smart machines and advanced robotics is why we all still have to do so much...
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4.1KRetailAlbertsons Turns To AI Tech For Grocery Orders
To assemble baskets of products for delivery orders, Albertsons is teaming up with Takeoff Technologies for a trial partnership. Through the arrangement,...
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2.7KInnovationIron Ox Takes The Farming Industry Fully Autonomous
Iron Ox is getting set to open its first fully autonomous production farm, and will start selling its own produce soon. Iron...
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4.0KB2B PaymentsWEX Taps Troovo For Robotic V-Card Generation
Corporate payments solution provider WEX announced this week it is collaborating with Australia-based robotics process automation firm Troovo Technologies. Together, the companies...
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3.4KPersonnelBNY Mellon’s Scharf Appoints New Digital Head
BNY Mellon has announced Roman Regelman as its new senior executive vice president and head of digital. Regelman will start his position on...
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2.4KToday In DataToday In Data: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
While progress is often described as a persistent march forward, a more accurate metaphor might be something more in line with a...
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6.6KB2B PaymentsNext-Level Robotics Arrives, But Enterprises May Not Be Ready
First, there was automation, then robotics process automation (RPA). As the enterprise makes its way through the Industry 4.0 age of automation...
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3.6KInnovationCafe X And Coffee’s Robotic Future
When most people are attempting to catch a flight out of an international airport and want to grab a cup of coffee,...
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7.8KArtificial IntelligenceHotel, Banking Customers Embrace SoftBank’s Humanoid Robot, Pepper
Imagine you were traveling on business and you just arrived into town and had an emergency. Your luggage was sent to the...
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7.4KRetailCreator’s Robo-Burger: The Natural Evolution Of Fast Food?
When most people talk about the future of automation in fast food and QSR, they are mostly thinking about the front of...
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3.5KArtificial IntelligenceAll About The Bots – And Valuations, Too
In the land of startups, and valuations of startups, it’s all about the Benjamins. And the bots. And the Benjamins that can...
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2.4KGoogleWith Google’s Partial Ban On AI, A Nod Toward Dangers Of Tech Unchecked
The debate over artificial intelligence (AI) is a contentious one. AI can be used for good, argues one side, in developing, say,...
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18.7KArtificial IntelligenceHow Financial Services Can Prevent Bias In AI
It won’t be medicine — or manufacturing, human resources, commerce or logistics. No, when it comes to the biggest immediate impact that...
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4.9KGoogleGoogle To Publish Artificial Intelligence Ethical Guidelines
Google is set to publish ethical guidelines for its use of artificial intelligence this week, after its decision not to renew a...
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4.2KB2B PaymentsAitheon Pilots AI-Powered ‘Digibots’ To Automate Business Processes
Artificial intelligence (AI) robot technology firm Aitheon is introducing an array of so-called “digibots” developed to automate business processes using blockchain technology,...
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3.7KNewsFive At Five: Why Can’t Macy’s Impress Morgan Stanley?
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at some of the freshest payments news of the day — news you might...
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5.3KSizzle/FizzleRobots Sizzle, Tax Reform Fizzles And Facebook Raises Eyebrows With Its Timing
Fizzle of the Week: Timing Spring has finally arrived across the United States, and love is in the air. Even on Facebook....
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3.9KNewsFive At Five: Birchbox’s Buyer And Robot-Prepared Pizza
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at some of the freshest payments news of the day. Today’s stories include details...
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Unlocking The Wonders Of Technology Through A Rental Model
It’s not easy to stay on the cutting edge of technology when the cutting edge is always changing — and can always...
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5.2KIntelligence of ThingsTurning To Robots To Speed Up Shipping
WALL-E has a new job. Robots are now working alongside humans in warehouses, where labor shortages are common and an extra pair...
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3.4KAmazon InnovationsAmazon Ramps Up Robotics Efforts
Amazon is working on a secret project codenamed “Vesta” to build a domestic robot. The endeavor is led by Gregg Zehr, who...
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4.9KRetailJD.com’s CEO Says Robots Will Replace Retail Workers
JD.com Chief Executive Richard Liu is predicting that robots will eventually supplant human workers in the retail industry. While Liu believes the...
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7.3KArtificial IntelligenceWhere Are Our Robot Butlers?
It’s fair to say we live in the future. A vast majority of Americans carry a super-computer in their pockets that can...
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14.8KPayments InnovationCan Google’s Shopping Actions Take On Amazon?
In between stories last week about Jack Dorsey saying that bitcoin will be the world’s single digital currency in about 10 years...
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3.6KInnovationFord Takes Self-Driving Car Test To South Beach
Ford, the U.S. automaker, is preparing to deploy self-driving cars on the streets of South Beach and greater Miami. According to news...
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6.6KInnovationJapan’s Henna Cafe Hires Robot To Serve Coffee
In an effort to increase efficiency and entertain customers, a café in Japan now has a robot that makes a nice cup...
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6.5KRidesharingRideshare Rental Startup Expands In New York And Wisconsin
Many, but not all, cars meet Uber and Lyft’s standards. With Uber, for example, cars must have four doors and be newer...
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6.8KInnovationThere’s A (Ro)Bot For That
The American psyche has a complicated relationship with robots. On the one hand, we love robots. When we think about our happier...
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6.1KPartnerships / AcquisitionsFord Jumps Into Autonomous Deliveries With Postmates
In an effort to reposition itself as a mobility company, Ford is launching a new partnership with Postmates to test its self-driving...
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2.3KResTechSpeeding Up The Slow Pour At Coffee QSRs
Coffee shops are quick service restaurants (QSRs) — even when the service isn’t that quick. So if there’s a way to make it...
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6.4KArtificial IntelligencePew Says Consumers Not Ready For Robots Or Self-Driving Cars
When it comes to advancements in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), new research finds that Americans are more worried than excited about...
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4.8KB2B PaymentsFloQast Pulls In-House ERPs Into The Cloud
Using robotics process automation, accounting software company FloQast is rolling out a new solution to automate reconciliation processes. In a press release...
