My Parents’ Dementia Felt Like the End of Joy. Then Came the Robots
You learn a lot about people by hanging out with robots. QT made it plain to me how much human interaction depends on tiny movements and subtle changes in timing. …
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Insect compasses, fire-fighting vines: 2023’s nature-inspired tech
Paris – Even as human-caused climate change threatens the environment, nature continues to inspire our technological advancement. “The solutions that are provided by nature have evolved for billions of years …
Humanoid robots are arriving. Do we really need them?
By Matt O’Brien | Associated Press Building a robot that’s both human-like and useful is a decades-old engineering dream inspired by popular science fiction. While the latest artificial intelligence craze …
This company envisions a future where humanoid robots are as ubiquitous as smartphones
By Veronica Miracle and Jeffrey Kopp | CNN In the not-so-distant future, human-like robots will be as ubiquitous as the automobile or smartphone – if Agility Robotics’ vision of the …
DMV shuts down Cruise robo-taxis in San Francisco, says firm misled on safety
The California Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday shut down the problem-plagued Cruise autonomous taxis in San Francisco, saying they were an “unreasonable risk to the public” and that the …
Meet the Next Generation of Doctors—and Their Surgical Robots
While there is currently no single standardized curriculum for using the surgical robot, students generally practice on simulators, work as bedside assists for around 10 cases, and then transition to …
Japan startup develops ‘Gundam’-like robot with $3 million price tag
YOKOHAMA – Tokyo-based startup Tsubame Industries has developed a 4.5-meter-tall (14.8-feet), four-wheeled robot that looks like “Mobile Suit Gundam” from the wildly popular Japanese animation series, and it can be …
FedEx’s New Robot Loads Delivery Trucks Like It’s Playing 3D Tetris
“In the last year or two, people have taken advances in AI and machine learning and said ‘we can make a real business case here, whether it’s lowering costs or …
AI Is Building Highly Effective Antibodies That Humans Can’t Even Imagine | WIRED
James Field, founder and CEO of LabGenius. Photograph: LabGenius The tests are almost fully automated, with an array of high-end equipment involved in preparing samples and running them through the …