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To Stay in Her Home, She Let In an A.I. Robot
The firefighters had come a few years earlier to help carry her husband out of the house, and now they were back with what they hoped might become her new companion. Jan Worrell, 85, lived alone near the end of the Long Beach Peninsula, on the last…
Warm-skinned AI robot with camera eyes is seriously creepy
Humanoid robots are no longer hiding in research labs somewhere. These days, they are stepping into public spaces, and they are starting to look alarmingly human. A Shanghai startup has now taken that idea further by unveiling what it calls the…
UBS Identifies When Humanoid Robots Will Invade Factory Floors
Humanoid robots are getting their ' brains ' this year, enabling them to walk factory floors and warehouses and complete repeatable tasks previously handled by humans. We've assessed that the greater risk is dual use: these bots are likely to move…
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This robot can fold some of your laundry fairly badly for $8,000 [Video]
Domestic robots have been a fixture in science fiction novels for more than a century, but in the real world we're still all doing our own domestic chores barring vacuuming. While a number of companies are working on humanoid robots, with Apple…
3D-Printed Faces for Robot Vacuums Get Messy Every Time They Bump
Robot vacuums quietly patrol floors as anonymous discs, efficient but a little eerie, especially for kids and pets who aren't quite sure what to make of a machine that roams around on its own. They slide under sofas, bump into chair legs, and dock…
Royal Navy returns to wind power with trial of robotic sailboats
The UK's Royal Navy may return to the age of sail, with a new demonstration involving a flotilla of small, wind-propelled robot boats. Made by Oshen in Plymouth, UK, the vessels, known as C-Stars, are just 1.2 metres long and weigh around 40 kilos.
Belagavi doctors begin robotic surgeries for eye operations
Doctors at the M.M. Joshi Kodkany Super Speciality Eye centre hospital have begun robotic surgeries to treat different conditions and diseases. “This is the first time such diverse robotic surgeries are being done at this scale. A team led…
Power of the collective: Modular robot boosts resilience by sharing resources
EPFL roboticists have shown that when a modular robot shares power, sensing, and communication resources among its individual units, it is significantly more resistant to failure than traditional robotic systems, where the breakdown of one element…
Dreame's latest robot vacuum is slim enough to tackle the dust hiding under your sofa
While there are plenty of great robot vacuums on the market today, most share a common limitation that makes them less than ideal for homes with low-clearance furniture. Their relatively bulky design prevents them from reaching under sofas…
Alabama's 'pretty cool' plan for robots in maternity care sparks debate
It sounds like something from a science fiction novel, but Alabama officials' plan to use robots to improve care for rural pregnant women and their babies is real. During a January White House roundtable touting the first grants to states under a…
8 Irish robotics start-ups you should know about
From automating in industry and manufacturing to space-tech, Irish robotics start-ups making a name for themselves. Robotics can automate, make warehouses cheaper to run and safer to work in. Whether it's a long arm helping in the production line…
Uncanny 'warm-skinned' robot built to feel as human as possible could show up in service worker roles
Techsperts are sounding alarm bells following the release of an eerily realistic humanoid service bot named Moya with camera eyes and, most creepily, warm skin. Dystopian footage shows the lifelike automaton interacting with guests during its debut…
A Budget-Friendly 3D-Printed Robot Arm
It's a fact: robot arms are objectively cool. For all but a few of us, however, having an industrial-grade robot in our homes is completely out of reach due to their cost, complexity, and size. Radio Shack's Armatron (IYKYK!) of the 1980s gave us a…
This Robot Can See Around Corners
At a high level, autonomous vehicles all use sensors to detect what is in front of them. Then they process this data to determine what objects are present before an onboard algorithm uses that information to determine what action to take next. The…
Cleaning up after my pet has never been easier': I just tested this sub-$200 robot vacuum that's perfect for beginners
Looking into the world of robot vacuums, but don't know where to start? I'm here to tell you that the Ecovacs Deebot N20 could be one of the best robot vacuums for beginners. The level of control over cleaning from the app is great, and the home…
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