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A fluffy pink robot may be Japan's answer to Labubu
During the buzzy Milan Fashion Week, a tiny nonhuman guest is gearing up to make its fashion world debut: Mirumi, a robot with wide eyes and soft pink fur, which clutches onto stylish handbags and shyly glances around. Mirumi is primarily a bag…
Amendment 49: Corrections to C.13 Science Transport and Robotic Innovation for Deployment and Exploration - NASA Science
C.13 Science Transport and Robotic Innovation for Deployment and Exploration (STRIDE) solicits proposals from U.S. industry to conduct design studies of advanced robotic surface and aerial mobility systems with payload transportation and deployment…
The robot umps are here: What to watch for with ABS this MLB spring training
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Ready or not, the robots are here … in … the … house. You can find them in a big-league batter's box near you, fully locked and loaded to decide baseball's most important question: What's a strike?
Rogue food delivery robot trashes LA woman's garden
Sign up for our US Editor's Picks newsletter to get all the biggest exclusive stories An automated food delivery robot tore up a Los Angeles woman's garden, got tangled in her fence and quickly drove away as she attempted to chase it down and stop…
CMU's Robotics Innovation Center Secures FieldAI as Inaugural Corporate Tenant
Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Innovation Center (RIC) has secured its first corporate tenant, bringing the high-growth robotics unicorn FieldAI to the university's new research facility at Hazelwood Green. The move, announced ahead of the…
China and the rise of the humanoid robots
Gone are the days when China's humanoid robots were something of a joke. Now these incredibly realistic pieces of technology look set to be commonplace around the globe. But should we welcome our new humanoid robot overlords? In a…
From Doraemon to dexterous hands: LinkerBot equips robots with human skills
Last August, Beijing hosted the world's first ever robotics competition, hailed as the Olympics for robotics, where human-shaped biped robots competed in sports events. Opening the grand show was a piano piece performed by a human pianist and a…
Chinese Smartphone Maker Honor Plans Humanoid Service Robot
Honor Device Co. will unveil its first humanoid robot later this week, joining a rush by Chinese companies into a burgeoning sector of new technology. The robot, aimed at consumer services such as shopping assistance, will make its debut at the MWC…
The human work behind humanoid robots is being hidden
Consider how, in the AI era, robots often learn from humans who demonstrate how to do a chore. Creating this data at scale is now leading to Black Mirror –esque scenarios. A worker in Shanghai, for example, recently spent a week wearing a…
From 'Robot Jetten' to prime minister: The rise of the Netherlands' youngest leader
Rob Jetten has become the youngest and first openly gay prime minister of the Netherlands. Before Jetten, 38, took the oath of office on Monday to lead a minority three-party ruling coalition, Christian Democrat Ruud Lubbers held the record as the…
How AI and robotics are changing your hotel stay
Travellers and hotel patrons may have some time to wait before they are greeted by friendly robots at reception, but artificial intelligence and robotics are nevertheless making rapid inroads into the world of hospitality, from booking systems…
Robot Vacuum Picks Up Your Socks With a Mechanical Arm
People have spent years waiting for robot vacuums to handle everything on the floor. The fantasy is simple: the smarter these machines get, the less you'll ever need to bend down. Yet after all the AI mapping, obstacle avoidance, and self-emptying…
AI robots may outnumber workers in a few decades, ex-Citi executive says
A former Citi executive predicted that there will be more AI robots than human workers in just a few decades. 'You can already buy a humanoid today, which gives you a payback period versus human workers of less than 10 weeks,' the executive told…
The new Arc Raiders robot dropping tomorrow is actually two new robots: a 'flying nightmare' flame drone and a meaner Pop
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Uber CEO predicts most rides could be robot-operated within 20 years
After its 2009 launch, Uber spread like wildfire across the U.S., revolutionizing the gig economy with its app-based model that connects consumers to independent contractors who use their own cars and set their own schedules. That approach has…
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