The robot revolution is here: How it’s changing jobs and businesses in Canada
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February 24, 2021
Modern-day robots are how artificial intelligence (AI) physically interacts with us, and the world around us. (File photo: Brett Jordan/Unsplash)
In 2017, I returned to Canada from Sweden, where I had spent a year working on automation in mining. Shortly after my return, the
New York Times published a piece called, “The Robots Are Coming, and Sweden Is Fine,” about Sweden’s embrace of automation while limiting human costs.
Whether we like it or not, the robot era is already upon us. The question is: Is the Canadian economy poised to flourish or flounder in a world where robots take over the tasks we don’t want to do ourselves? The answer may surprise you.
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Author of the article: Ian MacAlpine
Publishing date: Feb 08, 2021 • February 8, 2021 • 1 minute read Queen s University s Mitchell Hall on Oct. 23, 2020. Five new assistant professors have received funding effective Jan. 1, 2021, for faculty of engineering and applied science to expand its investment in artificial intelligence, robotics, human-machine collaboration research and the Ingenuity Labs Research Institute. The funding comes from a gift from Queen s alumnus Bruce Mitchell. Photo by Ian MacAlpine /The Whig-Standard
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KINGSTON Queen’s University has added five assistant professors in three departments in the faculty of engineering and applied science to expand its investment in artificial intelligence, robotics, human-machine collaboration research and the Ingenuity Labs Research Institute, a news release from he university said.