Technology trends 2021: What to expect Home office remains New chance for VR Security chips from the IT giants Ultra broadband radio flourishes Internet for white people Patches: Satellite Internet How robots learn to grip Cryptocurrency is becoming more environmentally friendly A 3D model of the whole world Car makers sell extras online When it comes to grasping, are People still superior to machines. Homo sapiens can easily pick up a wide variety of objects without crushing or dropping them. But the emphasis is on “still”: There is not much left until robots, for example, clear the shelves in Amazon’s warehouses. And the people who have been doing that so far? They may then take on more varied activities – but may also have to tremble for their jobs.

Gripping robots are an example of how technology will change our world in the next few years. We will focus on such trends in this article. Among other things, we explain how Google and Amazon use machine learning and spatial vision to train robots to become efficient grippers.

American tech giants are driving the rest of the world in other areas as well. Google, Apple and soon Microsoft use security chips to control which software is running on PCs and smartphones. On the one hand, this ensures more security, but on the other hand endangers the freedom of choice of users and ultimately also the digital sovereignty of Europe.

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