Tye Brady, chief technologist for Amazon Robotics, joins us on a new episode of the GeekWire Podcast to talk about the company’s latest warehouse robots, explaining how they represent the… Read More
Seattle-based Olis Robotics has raised $4.1 million to explore new markets for tools that make it possible to monitor and control industrial robots remotely and securely. The funding round was… Read More
The agenda is set, the speakers are ready, and we’re looking forward to seeing hundreds of you for the GeekWire Summit this Thursday and Friday in Seattle and online. If… Read More
Picnic, a Seattle-based automation startup, is partnering with Domino’s to test its pizza-assembly machine in a functioning Domino’s store in Berlin, Germany. The two companies have been working together since… Read More
PITTSBURGH — The biggest potential for robots and automation isn’t taking jobs from humans, but instead making those jobs better by allowing people to do what they do best. That’s… Read More
PITTSBURGH — In his 22 years at Amazon, including his role as the first CEO of the company’s Worldwide Consumer business, Jeff Wilke always kept the place he was raised,… Read More
Two of Seattle’s retail icons are collaborating on a store for the first time. The first “Starbucks Pickup with Amazon Go” will open Thursday in New York City. The space… Read More
Order up! Picnic, the Seattle food automation startup, announced Tuesday that it is accepting pre-orders from U.S. customers for its Picnic Pizza System, designed to reduce costs and labor in… Read More
Seattle-based food automation startup Picnic added an additional $4.2 million in funding to a Series A round that previously raised $16.3 million, the company’s CEO announced this week. Clayton Wood… Read More
New funding: Picnic, the Seattle-based food automation startup that’s been perfecting a pizza-making robot, has raised $16.3 million in new financing, the company announced Tuesday. The Series A round includes… Read More
Washington state could become a national leader in regulating the technologies of the future, thanks in part to a bill up for debate that would establish new guardrails on government… Read More
WiBotic, Seattle-based makers of a wireless charging system that uses high-power transmitters and receivers to power up batteries on drones, robots and more, has received authorization for the equipment from… Read More
The only thing more attention grabbing than the technology at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas might be the food that keeps attendees fueled at the massive conference.… Read More
The doomsday headlines about automation and job displacement continue to pile up. Nearly half of all jobs are at risk, one report said. Another found that white-collar jobs once thought… Read More
After three years of quietly toiling away on a robotic food system, Seattle startup Picnic has emerged from stealth mode with a system that assembles custom pizzas with little human… Read More
Sometimes even Bill Gates’ crystal ball is cloudy. The Microsoft co-founder became one of the most successful tech moguls of all time by foreseeing and capitalizing on world-changing trends, but… Read More
Amazon is embarking on a $700 million effort to retrain its U.S. workforce, in a high-profile acknowledgment of the impact of technology and automation on jobs and the workforce. The… Read More
Amazon gave a detailed look at its new warehouse robots and delivery drones, discussed its plans for a satellite constellation, and talked about the future of artificial intelligence, machine learning… Read More
Amazon is rolling out machines that could automate boxing up orders across the company’s network of warehouses and phase out humans doing that work today. Reuters reported that Amazon has… Read More
Next fall, as you browse the produce section at your local grocery store, pay close attention to the apples. You might be witnessing American history. For the first time, some… Read More
The nature of work is changing dramatically in the U.S. and experts say this is just the beginning. Economists estimate that anywhere from 14 to 80 million American jobs are… Read More
Bright Machines, a company working to transform manufacturing automation and efficiency, just launched a year ago. And software engineer Olga Zinoveva only came onboard in Seattle about a month ago.… Read More
Nintex, the Bellevue, Wash.-based workflow automation company, announced this morning that it is getting into the electronic signature business. In a direct challenge to electronic signature company DocuSign, which was… Read More
Boeing’s moves to automate its manufacturing processes and streamline the quality assurance process for its airplanes has sparked discussions with union officials over the effect on jobs. The controversy came… Read More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is heading to the nation’s capital for a meeting at the White House Thursday. He’ll be joined by Google CEO Sundar Pichai, IBM’s Ginni Roomette, and… Read More
Many economists see automation as a major threat to jobs, but experts in the world of the Internet of Things speaking at the GeekWire Summit leaned into the concept, saying… Read More
News Brief: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says the coming age of wider automation and smarter artificial intelligence will require upgrades in educational and training systems — as well as improvements in… Read More
Tesla relied too much on robots, and not enough on humans. That’s what Elon Musk admitted on Friday, tweeting that “excessive automation at Tesla was a mistake.” Yes, excessive automation… Read More
The majority of links on Twitter are shared by bots, a term for accounts that use automation in place of human decision-making. That’s according to a study released this week… Read More
A working paper written for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development estimates that about 14 percent of the jobs in 32 OECD countries, including the U.S., are at high… Read More
