Robotics

Amazon hosted a secretive robotics conference in Florida

Machine-Learning, (Home) Automation, Robotics, and Space Exploration. Those four areas were the focus of the MARS conference that Amazon hosted at a...
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Domino’s wants to use this autonomous robot to deliver pizzas

Robots are very close to reaching the point where they can start taking over our everyday jobs, and when that happens,...
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Alphabet is reportedly planning to get rid of Boston Dynamics

Remember Boston Dynamics, that robotics company that Google acquired back in 2013, the same one that posted that video of the...
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The world’s first fully automated farm is being built in Japan

Japan’s population is aging at a frightening pace, and it’s already experiencing labor shortages as a result. The shortages are only...
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Robots could account for half of Japan’s workforce by 2035

Japan’s population is expected to start shrinking at an alarming rate in the years to come, and the country has already...
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China has a trio of death-dealing attack robots to fight global terror

While the Japanese are busy building robots that assist the elderly, and the Swedes are busy building robots that help tourists...
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Spencer is a robot that helps travelers navigate airports

All airports are difficult to navigate, but the Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam takes things to the next level. The airport is practically...
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Self-driving taxis will be hitting Japanese roads next year

If there are two things that Japan is one of the undisputed masters of, it’s robotics and transportation. That’s why it’s...
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Volvo wants to replace trash men with robots

There’s no denying that trash men have an essential job, but it’s also a very simple one, so simple, in fact,...
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Scientists have created a robot that can have babies

Okay, so scientists haven’t ACTUALLY created a robot that can have babies, but something somewhat similar was achieved during a recent experiment....
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This is one of those things that can only happen in Japan

Much of what goes on in Japan is strange or borderline incomprehensible to Westerners, so much so that it has become...
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The Robo-Mate exoskeleton can give its wearer superhuman strength

Replacing human workers with robots is easier said than done. The development and production of robots is expensive, and even modern...
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SoftBank has received $236 million to develop its household robot

Last year, SoftBank proved to us that household robots will be within our reach in the future when it unveiled Pepper. A...
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Sex dolls are SO last-generation, it’s all about sex robots now

Artificial intelligence and robots are becoming incredibly advanced, which is opening doors to things that, just a few decades ago, were...
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Amazon is investing in a future where robots replace human workers

Amazon doesn’t plan on replacing human workers with robots anytime soon, but that’s simply because technology hasn’t progressed to the point...
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Not even Foxconn can make robots that perform better than humans

Not even poor Chinese workers can compete against robots that don’t even need to be paid. At least, that’s what the...
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