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A survey recently found that as much as a fifth of British adults believe they are already co-existing in harmony with robotics and autonomous systems.

Following the successful conclusion of two Marine-i high-profile events, there are growing signs that the marine robotics and autonomous systems sector in the U.K. is set for prolonged growth.

The final phase of the global Ocean Discovery competition puts rapid, unmanned, high-resolution mapping of the sea floor to a real-world test.

Emerging tech employment remains strong in the U.S.

At Day 1 of RoboBusiness 2018, conversations around AI and innovation, international challenges, and new applications were major themes.

There's plenty of room for improvement in robot grasping, notes UC Berkeley Prof. Ken Goldberg. He gives a preview of his session, in which he will describes an approach with wide commercial application.

Autonomous sailboat competition tackles challenges of moving robotic boats on the water and avoiding collisions.

CSAIL project shows that robots picking items could be vastly improved through computer vision breakthroughs.

Katie Stebbins, a speaker at RoboBusiness 2018, urges employers, higher education, and governments to talk about population shifts and demographics and plan for workforce retraining so that employees are helped, not harmed, by robotics and automation.

Electronics manufacturing is changing because of transformative technologies including robotics, AI, and the cloud, finds IHS Markit. Physical automation is a top priority, but AI is just starting.