Amazon is turning its robotics ambitions up a few notches with two new tests that could speed up delivery and revise labor conditions across the e-commerce giant’s fulfillment network. At a Houston fulfillment center, Amazon is trialing Sequoia, a warehouse-ready robotic system that speeds up the process of packing and moving items. And near its…
Altoona Area High School marketing team members Kaelyn Krouse (left) and Arrow Kelly of the advanced robotics class familiarize themselves with their class’s entry for the for the BEST Robotics competition. / Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Altoona Area High School students will test their minimally invasive surgery robot during a competition Saturday at Grove…
Chick-fil-A is reportedly testing out robo-waiters as consumers grapple with mixed feelings around automation in the restaurant industry. The quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain, which has more than 2,800 restaurants across the country, is testing out in-restaurant robots at select locations to get customers’ orders to their tables, according to Insider. “While the robots are delivering…
Google Translate in Gmail for Android (Source: Google Workspace Updates) Although translation support in Gmail has been introduced to desktop users quite a few years ago, the mobile Gmail apps are only receiving this feature now. To translate all text on the mobile Gmail, the user can simply enabled automatic translation, but on-demand translations are…
