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In the last few decades, urban schools in Kansas City have not kept up with other schools in their ability to offer high-level courses in computer science and coding. The nonprofit WeCode/KC has been providing primarily minority students access to education in a variety of tech areas for five years, in an effort to address this aspect of the digital divide.
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Greenfield Robotics, a Kansas-based company, developed robots to take on a labor-intensive process: cutting weeds down. Plus: The fur industry has a long history in the state of Missouri, and trappers want to make sure they're conserving the state's resources and traditions.
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Greenfield Robotics, a Kansas-based company, is hoping to move agriculture away from herbicides. They’ve developed robots to take on a labor-intensive process — cutting weeds down.
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The 2023 Summer of Code is a weeklong initiative dedicated to introducing underserved youths to the world of computer science and programming. It's hosted by the nonprofit WeCode KC, dedicated to bridging the digital divide in the metro.
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Using a robot designed to guide humans on a short walk, Yun Seong Song measured how a person’s arm reacted to various movements from the machine.
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Missouri State University is the first university in the state to deploy a food-delivery service that uses robots.
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Tyson Foods plans to spend $1.3 billion over the next three years to automate parts of its processing, largely chicken deboning lines. That'll eliminate a little over 3,000 roles.
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On a recent bright, clear day in eastern Nebraska, a small red machine crept through a lush field of soybeans. From the highway, it looked like a small...
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Regulate us, pleaseIn 2013, a coalition of school districts formed. They’d be laboratories for new ideas. If they could show the state they were serious…
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Seg. 1: Collision-Reducing Tech Not Used On Semitrucks. Seg. 2: Human Relationships With Technology.Segment 1: As crashes involving large trucks continue to increase, resistance to crash avoidance and mitigation technology remains.When a tractor-trailer…
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Segment 1: How will automation affect the future of work?Self-driving cars, ATMs and self-checkouts ... many fields have been affected by technology. And…
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“Makers” is a series that shares stories of why people are compelled to create something with their own hands. Names: Kansas City R2 Builders Club, Mike…