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A team of New Jersey researchers has shown that gait training using robotic exoskeletons improved motor function in adolescents and young adults with acquired brain injury. The results are published in the article “Kinetic gait changes after robotic exoskeleton training in adolescents and young adults with acquired brain injury”

A joint research led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has built an ultralow-power consumption artificial visual system to mimic the human brain, which successfully performed data-intensive cognitive tasks. Their experiment results could provide a promising device system for the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

Pascal Bornet is a recognized expert and pioneer in the field of intelligent automation (IA). He founded and led the IA practices for Mckinsey & Company and Ernst & Young (EY), where he drove hundreds of IA transformations across industries. He is a member of the Forbes Technology Council and he was awarded Global Top Voice in Technology 2019.

LG Electronics announced that it is developing an autonomous robot that will use ultraviolet (UV-C) light to disinfect high-touch, high-traffic areas. LG Business Solutions USA plans to offer the UV robot to U.S. hospitality, education, corporate, retail, restaurant, and transportation customers in early 2021.

Velodyne Lidar today announced the Velarray M1600, a solid state lidar sensor designed to serve mobile robotic applications. The sensor is the latest in a new line of Velarray products and first in the new M-series. It is built using Velodyne’s micro-lidar array architecture (MLA) and leverages Velodyne’s manufacturing partnerships for cost optimization and high-volume production.

According to a new study by Tampere University in Finland, making eye contact with a robot may have the same effect on people as eye contact with another person. The results predict that interaction between humans and humanoid robots will be surprisingly smooth.

In October, Renzo Taal joined UiPath as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of EMEA. Prior to that he held several international roles at Salesforce, most recently as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Asia. Rocking Robots talked to him about his new role, his vision and the upcoming Reboot Work Festival.

Hyundai Motor buys US robotics firm Boston Dynamics from SoftBank for $ 1.1 billion. Talks between the two companies were already reported last month . Hyundai defines robotics as one of its growth markets, alongside electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel cell cars.

Joby Aviation, a transportation company developing an all-electric, vertical take-off and landing passenger aircraft, which it intends to operate as early as 2023, today announced that it has acquired Uber Elevate. Earlier Uber sold its autonomous taxi business. The two companies have also agreed to integrate their respective services into each other’s apps, enabling integration between ground and air travel for future customers.

The technology behind Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is uniquely suited to giving test automation a much needed boost. A round RPA-built test environment is more robust, more flexible, but also more useful when applications eventually go into production.