Tesla Owners Ask What Happens if Full Self-Driving Isn’t Possible and Can They Sue If It Isn’t
By B.N. Frank There have been so many complaints, concerns, and warnings about Teslas, it’s been difficult keeping up with all of them. They include:…
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Meet “Stretch” — The Warehouse-Worker Union-Busting Robot From Boston Dynamics
By Tyler Durden Boston Dynamics on Monday revealed a new warehouse robot called “Stretch,” designed to move 800 boxes per hour, equivalent to a typical human employee….
Return To The Garden of “EDEN” Now
By Neenah Payne Vin Armani is the author of the 2017 book Self-Ownership: The Foundation of Property and Morality. He also wrote the 2021 book Render…
Meet “Digit,” A Humanoid Robot Testing Package Delivery From Curb To Doorstep
By Tyler Durden The virus pandemic has accelerated the push by some companies to develop driverless automobiles for deliveries. But there’s a common problem developing…
Autonomous Vehicles Will Automatically Stop For Police, Roll Down Windows And Unlock Doors
By MassPrivateI The National Institute of Justice, the RAND Corporation and the Police Executive Research Forum want to give law enforcement real-time access to autonomous…
Robots Are Coming for Millions of Blue-Collar Jobs … But Won’t Stop There
By Jim Hightower Some people find hunting for sport to be abhorrent, so hunters have come up with euphemisms to make what they do sound…
New EV Can Deliver Vaccines to Your Front Door
GovTech As the nation continues its unprecedented vaccine push to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, small electric vehicles may start stepping up to the logistical job…
Robo-Waiters Prove To Be A Necessity For Contactless Portland-Area Bistro
By Tyler Durden About one year into the virus pandemic, the return to normalcy for the restaurant industry is unlikely. More than 100,000 restaurants have…
A Whopping 91% Of US Restaurants Will Invest In Kitchen Automation, Says Survey
By Tyler Durden The virus pandemic did not change the trajectory of where the restaurant industry was headed, but it did force years of change…
“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…
500,000 Jobs At Risk As Instacart Mulls Robot-Driven Warehouses
By Tyler Durden For the more than 500,000 Instacart gig workers fulfilling grocery orders at supermarket chains such as Giant, Food Lion, Costco, among others,…
Spot, The Robot Dog, Is Now “Battery Trained”
By Tyler Durden On Tuesday, Boston Dynamics uploaded a video of Spot, the autonomous robot dog designed to inspect hazardous job sites, with a new trick….
Kroger Closes Stores as Consequence of Mandated “Hero Pay” — Golden State Grocers Association Files Lawsuit
By B.N. Frank Businesses may close if they are forced to pay a higher wage than they are able to. Or they may just replace…
California’s DMV Has Issued Permits For Baidu To Begin Testing Driverless Vehicles
By Tyler Durden While Tesla allows any old random driver to act as a human beta tester for its “full self driving” (whatever that even means anymore),…