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The global household robots market is on the rise. According to the International Federation of Robotics, unit sales of household robots are expected to increase by 46% on average per year, with more than 55 million units will be sold in 2022. Also, sales values for the household robot were up by 15% to USD 3.7 billion. The household robots market is expected to register a CAGR of 20.50% over the period 2020 – 2025 according to Researchandmarets.com.

UiPath today announced automation champions from organizations within the channel partner ecosystem across the EMEA region who stood out through their outstanding achievements in the past year. These automation ambassadors have shown leadership, limitless appetite for driving innovation and breaking new ground and a strong commitment to enabling joint customers to make the best of the opportunities offered by the latest functions of the UiPath Automation Platform.

Scientists often look to nature for cues when designing robots – some robots mimic human hands while others simulate the actions of octopus arms or inchworms. Now, researchers in the University of Georgia College of Engineering have designed a new soft robotic gripper that draws inspiration from an unusual source: pole beans.

Researchers at the George Washington University, together with researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the deep-tech venture startup Optelligence LLC, have developed an optical convolutional neural network accelerator capable of processing large amounts of information, on the order of petabytes, per second.

Artificial intelligence is classifying real supernova explosions without the traditional use of spectra, thanks to a team of astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics -Harvard & Smithsonian. The complete data sets and resulting classifications are publicly available for open use.

UiPath has submitted a draft registration statement on a confidential basis to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed public offering of its Class A common stock. The number of shares of Class A common stock to be sold and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined.

A collaboration between the University of Washington and Microsoft Research shows how artificial intelligence can analyze past weather patterns to predict future events, much more efficiently and potentially someday more accurately than today’s technology.

Flemish water treatment company Aquafin was faced with a lot of manual administrative processes. Working with Robonext they developed an RPA-robot which helps them reduce the workload with 90%.

The 2020 Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics & Automation (IERA) goes to Photoneo’s high resolution MotionCam-3D. This 3D scanner captures quick moving objects and delivers the sharpest eyes in the world for industrial robots.   

During the Reboot Work Festival yesterday various aspects of the relationship between humans and robots were discussed. One of the underexposed aspects in this theme is the unprecedented opportunities that the development of robots offers for people with autism. UiPath therefore presented a video that highlights this special part of the relationship between humans and machines.