Alibaba opens AI 'future hotel'

Chinese Internet giant Alibaba on Tuesday opened a hotel loaded with artificial intelligence (AI) and robots, automating a series of procedures like check-in, lights control and room service. FlyZoo Hotel, opened in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, where Alibaba is headquartered, is known as the company's first "future hotel".

Customers can check into the hotel by simply scanning their faces. The facial recognition system installed in the hotel also enables customers to use their faces as key cards to open doors and access other hotel services.

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Customs thing is similar to patents in modern world. Mostly it feeds parasites.

Worldwide industrial robots installation reached only 421,000 units in 2019, slightly lower than 2018's 422,000 units, marking the first on-year drop in seven years, according to figures from International Federation of Robotics (IFR).

Japan-based Fanuc, a top-4 robots brand worldwide, saw its six-month revenues ended September 30, 2019, slip 24.4% on year with net income also dropping 50.8% on year. Another top-4 robots brand Yaskawa also reported a 14.7% on-year decline for its six-month revenues ended on August 31, 2019 with its operating profits dipping 58.2% on year.

This is how capitalism work - until live ":robots" are available cheaper they'll stop any progressive movement.

FULLY Automated Car FACTORY Tour in MEGACITY Chongqing

Historic Building moved with robotic walking legs

CNN:

Workers had to first dig around the building to install the 198 mobile supports in the spaces underneath, Lan explained. After the pillars of the building were truncated, the robotic "legs" were then extended upward, lifting the building before moving forward. Over the course of 18 days, the building was rotated 21 degrees and moved 62 meters (203 feet) away to its new location. The relocation was completed on October 15, with the old school building set to become a center for heritage protection and cultural education

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/shanghai-relocate-building-preservation-intl-hnk-scli/index.html

China’s robotics industry has fallen behind targets set out by Beijing in a plan to upgrade the industrial sector, despite production surging 19.1 per cent last year, research shows.

China buys and builds more industrial robots than any country, but its market is still dominated by Japanese companies, followed by manufacturers from Europe and South Korea, according to data from Shenzhen Gaogong Industry Research (GGII).

Robots produced by Chinese companies made up about 39 per cent of the domestic market last year, while Chinese computer chips were used in 45 per cent of locally-made machines, up from 12 per cent in 2016, according to the market research firm.

Beijing’s “Made in China 2025” plan, a strategy to upgrade the nation’s industrial sector and cut reliance on foreign technology, set a target for local robot manufacturers to supply half of the domestic market by 2020 and 70 per cent by 2025, by which time local robotics systems should be “perfected” to compete with global rivals.

https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3122430/chinas-robotics-revolution-falls-behind-target-technology