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With over 1.3 million square feet of exhibition space, the show will showcase innovations from nearly 2,700 exhibitors serving more than 40 industries, making it the premier destination for anyone in the packaging and processing world.

By applying an electric field, the movement of microswimmers can be manipulated. Scientists describe the underlying physical principles by comparing experiments and theoretical modeling predictions. They are able to tune the direction and mode of motion through a microchannel between oscillation, wall adherence and centerline orientation, enabling different interactions with the environment.

Researchers at the National University of Singapore have developed a new robot inspired by one of the most intelligent aquatic animals on Earth: the octopus. This robot, presented in a paper published on the arXiv pre-print server, could be used both to complete real-world tasks underwater and to study the bio-mechanical underpinnings of octopus swimming.

Robots can navigate efficiently through crowds of people by cleverly alternating between independent and cooperative behavior, and in such a way that they disturb the people around them as little as possible. This is the result of a study by TU Professor Roderich Groß posted to the arXiv preprint server.

Smart manufacturers run highly productive operations by focusing on efficiency and increasing uptime. Doing this means implementing strategies to educate robot operators as much as possible on topics such as inspection, parts and service, preventive maintenance and more.

A pitiful sound from tinny speakers, sad virtual eyes, trembling robot arms: It doesn't take much to feel sorry for a robot. This is the conclusion of a study by Marieke Wieringa, who will be defending her Ph.D. thesis at Radboud University on 5 November. But she warns that our human compassion could also be exploited; just wait until companies find a revenue model for emotional manipulation by robots.

Inspired by large language models, researchers developed a training technique that pools diverse data to teach robots new skills.

A research team led by Associate Professor Li Mujun, Professor Zhang Shiwu, and Professor Hu Bing from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has developed porous magnetic soft grippers (PMSGs) that can gently and quickly grasp delicate living things. They can handle a variety of objects, from thin wires to fragile organisms and have potential applications in biomedicine and scientific research. The findings are published in Advanced Materials.

Bear Robotics introduces Carti 100. Built to handle the complex demands of factories and warehouses while supporting up to 220 lbs, it features world-class multi-robot orchestration and integrates advanced capabilities like the Autonomous Control System (ACS).

Jeremy Ford hates wasting water. As a mist of rain sprinkled the fields around him in Homestead, Florida, Ford bemoaned how expensive it had been running a fossil fuel-powered irrigation system on his five-acre farm—and how bad it was for the planet.

In the classic cartoon "The Jetsons," Rosie the robotic maid seamlessly switches from vacuuming the house to cooking dinner to taking out the trash. But in real life, training a general-purpose robot remains a major challenge.

Bare Minimum With a Side of Bland?

Apparently, editors and writers looking to be dazzled by the new AI writing and editing tools promised for the iPhone this week will probably end-up non-plussed.

Observes Joanna Stern, a writer for the Wall Street Journal: “If you’re expecting AI fireworks, prepare for AI — sparklers.

“Apple’s Writing Tools are the convenient drive-through right on the highway.

“OpenAI’s ChatGPT is the better restaurant a few miles off your route.”

In other news and analysis on AI writing:

*In-Depth Guide: Under-the-Hood of Microsoft’s New AI Agents: Microsoft has released a highly detailed look at how its new AI agents actually work in this video.

Trumpeted by many as the next step in AI’s evolution, AI agents — which you can build using everyday language — are promising to automate countless everyday tasks.

This video, for example, offers a close-up on how an AI agent can be built to automate ongoing communications with a customer.

But the concepts leveraged by the showcased AI agent could just as easily be applied by a journalist looking to automate ongoing communications with a source, for example.

Or, the agent could also be tweaked to become a virtual journalist to venture out onto the Web to seek-out and cultivate new sources.

Observes Jared Spataro, a marketing officer at Microsoft: Agents “are the new apps for an AI-powered world. Every organization will have a constellation of agents — ranging from simple prompt-and-response to fully autonomous.

They will work on behalf of an individual, team or function to execute and orchestrate businesses process.

“Copilot is how you’ll interact with these agents, and they’ll do everything from accelerating lead generation and processing sales orders to automating your supply chain.”

*Zoom’s New AI Writing and Research Tools: De-Jumbling Your Thoughts: Video-meeting king Zoom is out with an upgrade of its onboard AI, dubbed AI Companion 2.0.

The upgrade includes new polish on AI writing tools that can auto-generate text content, help edit text and auto-generate summaries.

Plus, enhanced research capabilities include the ability to ask questions of documents and similar data that you upload to Zoom.

*Grammarly’s New ROI Tools: For Writing That Needs a Score: AI evangelists looking to sell their companies on AI writing and editing now have new return-on-investment tools from Grammarly.

A pioneer in AI editing and writing, Grammarly now features an ‘ROI Report’ that measures how use of Grammarly helps a business deliver on key performance indicators.

Also new is an ‘Effective Communication Score,’ which can be used to evaluate how businesses are upping their game using Grammarly when it comes to producing quality text.

*Robo-Written Police Reports?: What Could Go Wrong?: Add the prosecuting attorney for Seattle, Washington to the growing list of legal entities saying ‘not so fast’ to the idea of police reports auto-written by AI.

Observes Matthew Guariglia, a writer for the Electronic Frontier Foundation: “This is a good development. We hope prosecutors across the country will exercise such caution as companies continue to peddle technology – generative artificial intelligence to help write police reports – that could harm people who come into contact with the criminal justice system.”

One of the EFF’s primary beef’s with AI-generated police reports: “While an officer is required to edit the narrative and assert under penalty of perjury that it is accurate, some of the GenAI errors are so small that they will be missed in review,” according to Guariglia.

*Microsoft’s Upgraded AI Assistant: Falling Short — But That’s Apparently on You: The latest retread of MS Copilot — a direct competitor to ChatGPT — has left many users disenchanted.

Observes writer Kevin Okemwa: “Interestingly, Microsoft insiders revealed that the top complaint about Copilot is that it does not work as well as ChatGPT.

“Microsoft has countered this feedback by claiming users aren’t leveraging Copilot’s capabilities as intended, hence the disparity.”

*Using ChatGPT on Windows Just Got Easier: ChatGPT now has a Windows app you can download to the desktop of your computerized device that makes ChatGPT access a snap.

Simply click “Alt + Space” on your keyboard once the app is downloaded and ChatGPT will instantly appear on your screen.

A similar app also exists for Mac computerized devices.

*Where AI Goes for Street Cred: The Never-Ending Chatbot Shootout: Open-source AI promulgator Hugging Face has given its free AI Chatbot rating service a new facelift.

Essentially: You can click here to see how ChatGPT is faring against its many rivals.

One caveat: Users contributing to the rating service use their own, subjective criteria when deciding how a chatbot stacks-up against its competitors.

So some reviewers, for example, may rate a chatbot at how well it renders computer code — rather than how well it auto-writes in comparison to other AI chatbots.

*The Top Ten Gladiators of Grammar: Participle, You Shall Dangle No More!: The London Daily News has come out with its list of the top AI tools in grammar checking.

Many commonly recommended offerings made the list.

Dark horses include LanguageTool and Scribens.

*AI Big Picture: State of AI Report 2024: AI investor Nathan Benaich and Air Street Capital have released their seventh annual take on AI.

Some key takeaways:

~ChatGPT’s maker may have a tougher time staying well ahead of the pack in coming years

~China’s AI labs are feeling the sting of U.S. sanctions designed to slow-down AI development in that country

~The combined value of AI companies has hit $9 trillion

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–Joe Dysart is editor of RobotWritersAI.com and a tech journalist with 20+ years experience. His work has appeared in 150+ publications, including The New York Times and the Financial Times of London.

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KAIST researchers have unveiled a new wearable robot developed for completely paralyzed persons that can walk to them so that the user can wear it right out of their wheelchairs without the help from others. Also, it was announced that Professor Kyoungchul Kong's team from KAIST will be participating in the wearable robot category of the 3rd Cybathlon, which is being held four years after the team's gold medal win in 2020.

The project’s technological advancements could dramatically reduce the need for large maintenance vessels in offshore wind farm operations, supporting a shift towards fully remote operations.