Smart Tech Today 103: Facebook's Robots Are Beginning To Feel

Facebook's AI research team is improving upon technologies that let robots "feel," GM's Cruise embarks on its first completely driverless ride in San Francisco, and GE releases a "Turkey Mode" software update for its smart cooking appliances. Microsoft's Mesh for Teams brings mixed reality to work Facebook is enabling a new generation of touchy-feely robots Miso Robotics made its Flippy kitchen robot faster and even more autonomous University of Adelaide built a robot spider to scan Australia's Naracoorte Caves Leak suggests a Sonos Voice Assistant launch is imminent Cruise launches driverless robotaxi service in San Francisco Apple Wants iPhones to Detect Car Crashes, Auto-Dial 911 Cooperative Perception' Could Help Autonomous Vehicles See Pedestrians Around Corners Arlo's latest LTE camera is cheaper and captures 1080p footage Traeger now ships full barbecue meals for you to cook on its smart grills Gobble, gobble: GE Appliances wants you to trust its smart oven to cook the perfect turkey Picks of the week Jason: Google One users in 4 countries can get a free 2nd-gen Nest Hub by upgrading to 2TB annual plan Mikah: LED Strip Light Connector Kit Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jason Howell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/smart-tech-today Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/smart-tech-today/episodes/103 Sponsor: UserWay.org/twit