Dave SnowdonWhy I’m not buying an apple vision pro (yet)It’s really cool, so why am I not buying one?Mar 29Mar 29
Dave SnowdonVector Escapes the CloudMany robots, particularly small ones, are limited by their onboard computing power. Due to the high energy demands of their motors, these…Oct 22, 2023Oct 22, 2023
Dave SnowdoninThe Social RobotEmpowering the Bedridden: How Robots Are Changing Lives by Enabling Work and Social EngagementIntroductionSep 16, 2023Sep 16, 2023
Dave SnowdonIs this the future of AI assistants?Auto GPT extends ChatGPT by allowing it to search the Internet and run commands on your computerApr 23, 2023Apr 23, 2023
Dave SnowdoninThe Social RobotBridging the Digital Divide: Can Humans and AIs Forge True Friendships?I just finished listening to the Bot Love podcast and that got me wondering: “can it really be possible for a human and AI to be friends?”Apr 20, 20232Apr 20, 20232
Dave SnowdonClose encounters of the tentacled kind; A review of The Mountain in the Sea, by Ray NaylorIf you read one science fiction book this year, read this oneMar 25, 20231Mar 25, 20231
Dave SnowdoninThe Social RobotState of the Chatbot — ChatGPTThere have been so many recent articles on ChatGPT that I wasn’t originally planning to write one. It’s designed to be an AI assistant…Dec 29, 20221Dec 29, 20221
Dave SnowdoninThe Social RobotHow to create a bi-directional gRPC client in C++In the previous article on gRPC I described creating a client and server in go that could stream messages using gRPC bi-directional…Dec 29, 2022Dec 29, 2022
Dave SnowdonMore than useful — Miroki, a new humanoid robot is bornWhen you think about humanoid robots, what countries do you think of? You might think of Japan, well known as a powerhouse of robotics…Nov 30, 2022Nov 30, 2022
Dave SnowdoninThe Social RobotHow to use bi-directional gRPC in goMost robots don’t have a great deal on on-board processing power and so when we considered the basic architecture of The Social Robot it…Sep 11, 2022Sep 11, 2022