Robots

New books this year include a retirement how-to, the reissue of a classic entrepreneurship guide, and a look back at the California energy crisis.

Workers need healthy challenge, complexity, and connection, automation expert Matt Beane argues in his book “The Skill Code.”

Business experts can now design, develop, and deploy IT applications on their own, without the need for robust programming skills.

In a new book, MIT roboticist Daniela Rus looks at the powers and limitations of robots and how humans can work with them to unlock new capabilities.

Two AI practitioners explain how “Large X models” that turn text into actions may ultimately allow generative AI to water plants and peel potatoes.

Artificial intelligence can monitor and improve production and quality control on factory floors. The key is focusing on data, not complex AI systems.

To succeed with generative artificial intelligence and extended reality, companies should also harness human creativity, curiosity, and compassion.

To see the benefits of automation, companies need to understand challenges and create more flexible robotic tools.

“Me, Myself, and AI” looks at how Boeing, Land O’Lakes, and other companies aim to succeed with artificial intelligence.

Fifty years after founding FedEx, Frederick W. Smith talks about how artificial intelligence and robotics are changing shipping.