Last Week in AI #150: Cuddly robo-dogs, self-farming farms, AI-crafted craft beer recipes

Japanese are increasingly turning to "social robots", John Deere's latest self-driving tractor will enable autonomous farming, a new South Australian craft beer has been designed entirely by AI

Jan 10, 2022

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Robo-dogs and therapy bots: Artificial intelligence goes cuddly

Adoption of "social robots" has seen an uptick in Japan in recent years, no doubt in part due to the impacts of COVID-19 related isolation. Examples of such robots include:

Aibo, a ~$3,000 robotic puppy with a front-facing camera and pressure sensors on multiple parts of their body
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Last Week in AI #150: Cuddly robo-dogs, self-farming farms, AI-crafted craft beer recipes

Japanese are increasingly turning to "social robots", John Deere's latest self-driving tractor will enable autonomous farming, a new South Australian craft beer has been designed entirely by AI

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Robo-dogs and therapy bots: Artificial intelligence goes cuddly

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