LJUBLJANA – Electrical equipment-producer Yaskawa, which is building an industrial robot factory in Slovenia, has decided to build another factory in the country to produce electrical components. The new factory will make inverter drives, servo drives and servo motors, Yaskawa said Monday. "Expanding our production capacity will enable us to further improve the supply chain, shorten our lead times and enhance the service for our European customers," Manfred Stern, head of Yaskawa Europe, said in a statement. Yaskawa did not reveal the value of the new investment, but according to local media it will be worth some €25 million ($30 million) and will create up to 250 new jobs. The company already makes industrial robot parts in Slovenia.

The robot factory Adidas built in Germany is now fully functional and ready to start making the first Speedfactory shoe that will be sold to the public. Adidas has revealed that it plans to use its Speedfactory's robots to manufacture a series of Adidas Made For (AM4) kicks designed specifically for six of the world's biggest metropolises. The first one called AM4LDN was tailored for London and will be available in the city on October 19th. That will quickly be followed by AM4PAR (Paris) on October 26th, while the other four -- AM4LA (Los Angeles), AM4NYC (New York City), AM4TKY (Tokyo) and AM4SHA (Shanghai) -- will come out in 2018. The AM4 models are all lightweight and designed using athlete data to conjure up the most comfortable shape and form.

When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), perhaps very few people can claim they fathered a huge part of it. One such man is Jürgen Schmidhuber. Schmidhuber is considered the"father of very deep learning," and the pioneer of deep learning neural networks. In fact, he built the foundations for many of the AI systems we find in our smartphones today. If anyone can predict how far AI will go in the next couple years, it's him. During a talk at WIRED2016, Schmidhuber presented the future of AI as something beyond just taking over jobs.

YC gathers founders from different industries together in each investment cycle. The organization hosts interdisciplinary demo days and "dinners," which are more like half-day sessions for knowledge sharing across founder teams, with big names in tech coming in to speak as well. YC even started mixing non-profits alongside for-profits in 2013. However, the trend across accelerators and early stage funds in recent years has been to home in on a particular industry or technology type. The "accelerator VC" SOSV, runs programs for very early stage biotech-, hardware-, food-, mobile and smart city-startups; Acceleprise and AngelPad back b2b startups only; Yield Lab, Thrive and Terra are agriculture tech accelerators; while Starburst and LightSpeed Innovations work with aerospace and aviation startups.

When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), perhaps very few people can claim they fathered a huge part of it. One such man is Jürgen Schmidhuber. Schmidhuber is considered the"father of very deep learning," and the pioneer of deep learning neural networks. In fact, he built the foundations for many of the AI systems we find in our smartphones today. If anyone can predict how far AI will go in the next couple years, it's him. During a talk at WIRED2016, Schmidhuber presented the future of AI as something beyond just taking over jobs.

While there is some human assistance during the assembly process, as shown in the video below, the majority of the crafting is done by the machines. What's more, the design itself relies heavily on data from ARAMIS, a motion capture technology that maps an individual's skin, bone and muscle to create a more comfortable shoe. Adidas says the M.F.G. (aka "Made for Germany") is only the beginning, with more products expected to come over the next few months. The company has been pushing the envelope with its Futurecraft line recently, which also includes sneakers made partially with 3D-printed materials. Don't hold your breath if you want a pair of Futurecraft M.F.G., though, since only 500 pairs will be available for an undisclosed price.

Last last year, Adidas began rolling out its plans for Speedfactory, a set of robot-staffed manufacturing facilities located in Germany and, soon, the US. Today, the sportswear giant revealed the first silhouette developed through this new project, known as Futurecraft M.F.G. It's a sleek running shoe that features Adidas' trademark Primeknit upper and Boost midsole, similar to what you see on popular models like Kanye West's Yeezy 350s. While there is some human assistance during the assembly process, as shown in the video below, the majority of the crafting is done by the machines. What's more, the design itself relies heavily on data from ARAMIS, a motion capture technology that maps an individual's skin, bone and muscle to create a more comfortable shoe.