Robots aren’t replacing everyone, but a quarter of U.S. jobs will be severely disrupted as artificial intelligence accelerates the automation of existing work, according to a new Brookings Institution report. Thursday’s report from the Washington think tank says roughly 36 million Americans hold jobs with “high exposure” to automation — meaning at least 70 percent […]
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Robots an increasing presence in Maine operating rooms
The number of robot-assisted surgeries continues to rise, sparking debate about cost and competition. The nearly 7-foot-tall, white-and-black DaVinci xi robot whirred to life, moving from its post at the operating room’s wall next to the bedside of the 63-year-old patient, Mark Kuzio. “Robot deployed,” said a mechanical robot voice. The DaVinci robot is the […]
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St. Dom's robotics team preparing for weekend competition
St. Dominic Academy junior Nick Welsh, 17, programs his team’s robot at the Auburn campus Sunday. Welsh is one of 12 students and two mentor coaches from St. Dom’s who will compete during The Pine Tree District FIRST Robotics Competition at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on March 22-24 in Lewiston. The Saint Dominators robotics team […]
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Maine robotics company fighting for billion-dollar Army contract
A Maine robotics company is in the running to build the Army’s next generation of battlefield support vehicles. Waterboro-based Howe and Howe Technologies is competing with three other firms for a massive government contract to build autonomous vehicles that will carry ammunition and supplies into combat with Army ground forces. “It is going to be […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Bill and his bots forging ahead
NORWAY — One of his robots got smashed and buried in a New Zealand mine and one got delayed by many months, but Bill Lovell and his bots are forging ahead in 2017. Through his company, c-Link Systems, Lovell has set out to design bots to work autonomously or give humans a hand: cleaning up […]
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Mr. Robot: Building robots in the woods in Western Maine, because he can
NORWAY — Off a rural country road, up a steep dirt driveway, rests a white geodesic dome — think Epcot, in miniature — jammed with wall-to-wall tech. And, oddly, dragons. Though maybe that’s not so odd given the stone gargoyle perched above the main entrance. In here, Bill Lovell builds robots. An easy-going Vietnam veteran […]
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Building robots at LAC summer camp
Logan Ouellette and Brady Corson, both 10, of Greene, operate a self-built robot over an incline Thursday at University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College. The boys were among 17 youngsters who attended the Maine Robotics Summer Camp. Children ages 9 to 12 learned basic programming and engineering design, said camp instructor Jim Rowe, also an Auburn […]
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Auburn camp hones robot skills
LEWISTON — Gavin Therriault and Ben Lasselle spent three days building their little robot and training it to navigate a maze — and they couldn’t wait to tear it apart. The pair’s Lego robot continually got hung up crossing from an open spot in the middle of the maze to a piece of black guide […]