“Drunk” Roomba Robots Aimlessly Roam Homes Amid Major Software Glitch
By Tyler Durden Here’s an instance where smart internet of things (IoT) automation devices are miserably failing. Users on Reddit and other forms of social media…
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Scientists Have Created Programmable Robots Made of Living Tissue — What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
By Robert Wheeler Everyone knows that robots aren’t living beings right? Well, we did. That is, until scientists and developers recently announced how they have…
Sewer Cleaning Robots Operating via Sensors and Frequencies “similar to WiFi and Bluetooth” — Plenty Could Go Wrong.
By B.N. Frank A recently published article about Sewer Robots reads more like a sales pitch to replace more human jobs with technology than an…
Company Plans Mass Rollout of Humanoid Robots to Replace Workers in Healthcare, Education
By PFW News A Hong Kong-based robotics company plans to mass produce humanoid robots to replace workers across industries such as healthcare and education. Hanson…
Police Robots Are Not a Selfie Opportunity, They’re a Privacy Disaster Waiting to Happen
By Matthew Guariglia The arrival of government-operated autonomous police robots does not look like predictions in science fiction movies. An army of robots with gun…
Boston Dynamics’ Robots Learn How To Dance In Creepy New Video
By Tyler Durden On Tuesday, Boston Dynamics uploaded a video to YouTube of their robots creepily dancing to The Contours’ “Do You Love Me.” The…
Airport Deploys “Virus-Killing Robots” During Holidays As Mall Santas Turn To Plexiglass Barriers And “Sanitation Elves”
By Tyler Durden Holidays during the pandemic were always going to be interesting, as fears over a second wave have been met with a flood…
Survey: Parents Worldwide Would Allow Robots and AI to Care for, Monitor and Perform Surgery on Their Kids
By B.N. Frank In 2019, a survey revealed that 82% of Americans believed Artificial Intelligence (AI) was more harmful than helpful. Also in 2019, one…
China Deploys Trash Collecting Robots Amid Automation Wave
By Tyler Durden A “smart garbage sorting robot” was recently launched on the streets in eastern China, able to pick up and sort trash for an…
The Threat Of “Killer Robots” Is Real And Closer Than You Might Think
By Ingvild Bode, University of Southern Denmark From self-driving cars, to digital assistants, artificial intelligence (AI) is fast becoming an integral technology in our lives…
Smart Homes Of 2040 Could Have Hanging “Butler Robots” To Assist Elderly
By Tyler Durden Researchers at Toyota Research Institute (TRI) have unveiled the future of robots for the smart home, with a collection of new machines…
Autonomous Indoor Serving Robots Set To Invade Restaurants Near You
By Tyler Durden Before readers know it, restaurants of the future will have their entire front-end and back-end automated, and food will be prepped by…
Mask-Enforcing Humanoid Robots Set To Invade Office Spaces
By Tyler Durden As some Wall Street banks have summoned traders and other employees back to offices, their ability to enforce social distancing measures will be…
A.I. Evolving: Beats F-16 Fighter Jet Pilot; Military Wants Self-healing Terminator Robots
By Aaron Kesel If that title didn’t capture your attention, I don’t know what will. No that isn’t clickbait, the military has been working on…