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By Zilber A robot drew cheers from the packed crowd at China’s inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games – until it spectacularly face-planted and had to be hauled off stage by …
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By Martin Amazon unveiled its new ‘Sparrow’ sorting robot that could soon replace some human workers in its warehouses. The robot is designed to identify and sort specific products along …
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By Feuer Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced Thursday evening that the electric carmaker is now branching out and working on a humanoid “Tesla bot” – with one analyst calling the project …
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By Fickenscher Walmart is ditching the massive, automated pick-up towers inside its stores that hold online purchases for customers. The retailer is removing 300 of these towers and “hibernating” another …
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By Katie TOKYO – Coronavirus patients with light symptoms arriving to stay at several Tokyo hotels are likely to get a lift from a pleasant surprise – a robot greeter …
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By Levine Sex robots are becoming more sophisticated, which is posing more psychological and moral dilemmas for their owners, researchers warn. “Some robots are programmed to protest, to create a …
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By Vega The world’s largest consumer technology show kicks off Tuesday in Las Vegas with a controversial appearance by Ivanka Trump, who’s getting heat for taking center stage despite her …
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By Ben Here’s your chance to be the literal face of a robotics company. A tech firm is looking for the right person to lend their likeness to a new …
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By Byrne It’s a brave new world for the IRS: taxing robots. Uncle Sam is padding the Treasury with millions of dollars to assess bots at the same time that …
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By Alisa SAN FRANCISCO — When a robot “dies,” does it make you sad? For lots of people, the answer is “yes” — and that tells us something important and …
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By A.P TOKYO — It can’t dribble, let alone slam dunk, yet Toyota’s basketball robot hardly ever misses a free throw or 3-pointer. The 207-centimeter (six-foot, 10-inch) tall machine made …
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A campaign has been launched calling for a ban on the development of robots that can be used for sex. Such a use of the technology is unnecessary and undesirable, …
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