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Crawl, walk, run – that's how you get humanoid robotics all grown up
It's no longer a question of if – only when. The promise of humanoid robotics is finally crystallizing into a commercial reality. This new era will create a sector with the heft to rival megaliths like automotive and computing. But we're not there yet, and though large and well-known manufacturers are investing billions in development, with some clear leaders, the robots themselves remain in adolescent stage. My advice?
Crawl, walk, run – that’s how you get humanoid robotics all grown up
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Physical AI and humanoid robotics
Physical AI is rising to prominence as the next step on from perception AI, generative AI and agentic AI. Driven by a bold, deep tech strategic approach, it represents a new way to win commercially. It will have profound implications for human/AI interaction, because it allows AI to understand, and enter into, the physical world. Combined with advances in the hardware of batteries, motors and sensors, physical AI is unleashing extraordinary progress in humanoid robots.
Comment: How technologists can ensure ethical AI delivery - The Engineer
AI ethics is not a new debate, but its urgency has intensified. The astonishing progression of AI capability over the past decade has shifted the conversation from theoretical to highly practical; some would say existential. We are no longer asking if AI will influence human lives; we are reckoning with the scale and speed at which it already does. Every line of code now carries ethical weight.
Systematic review of intervention functions, theoretical constructs and cultural adaptations of school-based smoking prevention interventions in low-income and middle-income countries
Intervention functions Table 6 illustrates the interventions effectiveness in relation to the involved intervention functions. All trials used education and training functions to deliver the above-explained theoretical domains of knowledge and skills.
Factors influencing use of essential surgical services in North-East India: a cross-sectional study of obstetric and gynaecological surgery
Factors influencing use of essential surgical services in North-East India: a cross-sectional study of obstetric and gynaecological surgery http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0279-9576Tim Ensor1, http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8686-2776Amrit Virk1, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2898-772XNoel Aruparayil2 1Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK 2Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St James', University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK...
Efficiency Measurement in Health Facilities: A Systematic Review in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Limited healthcare resources in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have led policy-makers to improve healthcare efficiency. Therefore, it is essential to understand how efficiency has been measured in the LMIC setting. This paper reviews methodologies used for efficiency studies in health facilities in LMICs. We searched MEDLINE, Embase, Global Health, EconLit and ProQuest Dissertations and Theses databases to Week 6 in 2018.
New Trends in Robotics
2017 was quite an eventful year in the field of robotics with fears over job security grabbing the headlines; the UK Government pledging further investment into the field and reports like the Industrial Strategy and Made Smarter Review highlighting the importance of robotics to aid productivity growth.
Performance of private sector health care: implications for universal health coverage
To view the full text, please login as a subscribed user or purchase a subscription. Click here to view the full text on ScienceDirect. FiguresFigureFactors affecting the performance of the private health-care sectorSummaryAlthough the private sector is an important health-care provider in many low-income and middle-income countries, its role in progress towards universal health coverage varies.
Free health care for under-fives, expectant and recent mothers? Evaluating the impact of Sierra Leone’s free health care initiative
This study investigates the extent to which Sierra Leone’s FHCI increased access to health care services and reduced financial risks associated with seeking health care among beneficiaries of the policy. Our results suggest that children under the age of 5 years (eligible children), are less likely to pay consultation and prescription charges in public health facilities where the FHCI applies.
Overcoming barriers to health service access: influencing the demand side
Evidence suggests that demand-side barriers may be as important as supply factors in deterring patients from obtaining treatment. Yet relatively little attention is given, either by policy makers or researchers, to ways of minimizing their effect. These barriers are likely to be more important for the poor and other vulnerable groups, where the costs of access, lack of information and cultural barriers impede them from benefiting from public spending.
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