Ban on killer robots urgently needed, say scientists Technology now exists to create autonomous weapons that can select and kill human targets without supervision as UN urged to outlaw them The movie portrays a brutal future. A military firm unveils a tiny drone that hunts and kills with ruthless efficiency. Read more…
How to Survive a Robot Apocalypse: Just Close the Door Robots are mastering math, but hand-eye coordination continues to elude them By Daniela Hernandez Nov. 10, 2017 10:28 a.m. ET Robots may enslave us all someday. In the meantime, if one of them goes berserk, here’s a useful tactic: Shut Read more…
Watch Yamaha’s Humanoid Robot Ride a Motorcycle Around a Racetrack Yamaha has just put a humanoid robot on one of its motorcycles and pitted it against Valentino Rossi, a professional rider. The robot didn’t win, but it’s amazing that it could ride at all. Feast your eyes: What’s striking is that the bike Read more…
Saudi Arabia becomes first country to grant citizenship to a robot LONDON: A humanoid robot took the stage at the Future Investment Initiative yesterday and had an amusing exchange with the host to the delight of hundreds of delegates. Smartphones were held aloft as Sophia, a robot designed by Hong Read more…
ROBOT FARMERS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PLANTED AND HARVESTED BARLEY BY THEMSELVES WHY IT MATTERS TO YOU Robot-ran farms have the potential to increase efficiency in the agriculture industry. Humans have been cultivating plants for some 10,000 years and, for much of that time, we’ve used beasts of burden to help tend Read more…
Robot dentist completes first ever operation without any input from humans Two 3D-printed teeth successfully implanted into patient’s mouth A robot has carried out a dental operation without help from humans for the first time, carrying out implant surgery on a patient in China. Although medical staff were present during Read more…
A Robot Copilot Just Flew—and Landed—a 737 Sim Good morning from the cockpit, this is your robot speaking. A robot arm can fly an airliner. You may remember DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) from such flights as the time it piloted a Cessna. Now the robotic arm is moving up to Read more…
Farmers Are Replacing Migrant Workers With Robots The robotic pickers don’t get tired and can work 24 hours a day. Harvesting Washington state’s vast fruit orchards each year requires thousands of farmworkers, and many of them work illegally in the United States. That system eventually could change dramatically as at Read more…
Flippy, The Hamburger Cooking Robot, Gets Its First Restaurant Gig Today at Disrupt SF, we got our first look at Flippy in its final form. Miso Robotics has been showing off its burger-flipping “robotic kitchen assistant” for several months now, but today’s food robotics panel marks the first time we’ve actually seen it Read more…
Scientists create artificial muscles which could allow robots to lift 1,000 times their own weight Scientists have developed an artificial muscle which they say could allow robots to lift 1,000 times their own weight. Constructed using 3D printing, the synthetic, rubber-like device is controlled by a small electric current and Read more…
This Bot Will Help You Decide What’s For Dinner If you’ve ever tried cooking dinner for a group, you know that coming up with something that everyone is excited about can be a bit of a challenge. Dinners at my house typically involve one person coming up with three things Read more…
Uncle Sam Wants You To Fight Alongside a Killer Robot A Q&A with newly departed Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work on Kim’s nukes, Putin’s paranoia and bigger problems over the horizon. Running for president last year, Republican Senator Ted Cruz was widely ridiculed for telling a young girl that “the world’s on Read more…