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86 0 0 World first: Japanese robot enrolls in high school rt.com 0 4 3675 0 0 Automated agriculture: Can robots, drones, and AI save us from starvation? In their never-ending quest for increased efficiency, many farmers are now turning to agricultural robots to cut down on operation costs. But can automation give agriculture the boost it needs to meet the demands of 9 billion people? digitaltrends.com 0 2 4930 0 0 These humanoid robots will make you question reality Robotics firm Engineered Arts makes incredibly lifelike humanoid robots using a combination of sensors, software, artificial skin and animatronics. cnbc.com 2 1 2660 0 0 Hyperloop One completes test track for near-supersonic ground transportation system Hyperloop One has announced the completion of a test Hyperloop track in Nevada, and is showcasing 11 potential Hyperloop routes across the U.S. as it pushes what it's calling its "Vision for America." Hyperloop One is the most visible of three startups now pursuing Elon Musk's pr venturebeat.com 0 1 4506 0 0 Meet Your New Robot Co-Workers A tour of the cutting edge of what machines can do-and how close they’re getting to us. politico.com 0 1 4608 0 0 Adoption of Industrial Robots helps Boost Production Efficiency The rising demand for industrial robots with Internet of Things abilities is bringing a radical change in production lines across several industries such as automotive and electronics. Next generation robots possess attributes such as intelligence, flexibility, recognition of objects, ability to lea tmrresearchblog.com 0 1 6026 0 0 How technology will influence the farms of the future and change the way crops are produced Today, a number of technologies are helping transform the industry. cnbc.com 31 0 6346 0 0 AI Companion Robots: A Potential Remedy for Loneliness Epidemic A new report suggests that AI-enhanced companion robots could alleviate the growing loneliness epidemic. neurosciencenews.com 0 0 5947 0 0 This robot can park your car for you French startup Stanley Robotics showed off its self-driving parking robot at Lyon-Saint-Exupéry airport today. While I couldn’t be there in person, the service is going live by the end of March 2019. And here’s what it looks like. The startup has been working on a robot called Stan. These gia… techcrunch.com 0 0 3787 0 0 China’s ‘robot goddess’ Jiajia fluffs live interview in English Developer says live-streamed talk with US journalist went fairly well, but observers in China say robot needs to go back to drawing board scmp.com 0 0 6259 0 0 Gas-pumping robot lets you stay in your car when it’s cold out Autofuel, a gas-pumping robot that can be installed right next to existing gas dispensers, could be the answer to our refueling woes. freethink.com 0 0 6208 0 0 Donna Cyber-Cafe With A Lifelike ’Supermodel’ Robot For A Cashier To Open In Dubai In 2023 Dubai is opening world’s first supermodel cafe with all robots and no human employees in another bid to create something unique in the world. Here’s what we know so far. indiatimes.com 0 0 1436 0 0 New Robot Doesn’t Need Humans to Control it Alter robot uses neural network to control its own limbs and facial expressions independently. newsweek.com 0 0 6159 0 0 Ketchup bottles inspire new method of moving soft-bodied robots Plastic ketchup bottles have a valve in the lid that opens to let ketchup out, and that sometimes ’sputters’ if the bottle is squeezed too hard. Dutch scientists have copied that mechanism to create an actuator that could be used in autonomous soft robotic devices. newatlas.com 0 0 6117 0 0 Amazon’s New Robot Can Handle Most Items in the Everything Store Sparrow could shift the balance between humans and machines in the company’s warehouses, using machine learning algorithms and a custom gripper. wired.com 0 0 6202 0 0 Meet the World’s First Human-Centric Logistics Robot at ProMat 2023 Agility Robotics is excited to launch Digit, the world’s first human-centric robot designed to work reliably and safely with people, globaltrademag.com 0 0 6255 0 0 Self-burying robot morphs wood to sow seeds A seed carrier engineered from oak veneer. nature.com 0 0 6257 0 0 Japan rolls out ’humble and lovable’ delivery robots From April, revised traffic laws will allow self-driving delivery robots to navigate streets across the country. japantimes.co.jp 0 0 6110 0 0 A.I.-driven robots are cooking your dinner Your next Friday night pizza may be made by robot hands. fortune.com 0 0 6097 0 0 Ambi Robotics Raises Funding for New Kind of Warehouse Robot A startup called Ambi Robotics has raised $32 million to put a new kind of robot into e-commerce warehouses. But first… bloomberg.com 0 0 6232 0 0 This Shape-Shifting Robot Can Liquefy Itself and Reform The technology could one day assemble and repair hard-to-reach circuits, act as a universal screw or retrieve foreign objects from a body, researchers say smithsonianmag.com 0 0 6220 0 0 Robot pals and AI tools: What’s ahead for tech in the classroom? The Monitor’s K-12 education reporter visited the recent CES show in Las Vegas to see how the technology on display and educator needs match up. csmonitor.com 0 0 4030 0 0 Sex robot ‘heavily soiled’ by ‘barbarians’ at tech fair A sex robot needs a little downtime after receiving a bit too much attention from randy “barbarians” at an Austrian electronics fair. The ersatz lover — an interactive silicone do… nypost.com 0 0 6082 0 0 Japanese robot to clock in at a convenience store in test of retail automation FamilyMart hopes to have robots working in 20 stores around Tokyo by 2022. japantimes.co.jp 0 0 6171 0 0 Top 10 Countries Racing to Become the Robotics Leader in 2023 Robotics is getting boosted with governments supporting it to top the robotics market. Check the top 10 countries that are leading the robotics race in 2023. analyticsinsight.net 0 0 6339 0 0 Meet New York’s robot barista Instead of a bearded hipster, customers at Brooklyn’s Botbar Coffee are served by a portly, egg-shaped robot slinging joe with long mechanical arms. fortune.com 0 0 4058 0 0 Rami Malek of ‘Mr. Robot’ Doesn’t Want to Be Alone Anymore The actor reveals why he and his character are done with isolation, some of his own paranoia, and the secret to playing Freddie Mercury. nytimes.com 0 0 4551 0 0 Please Do Not Assault the Towering Robot That Roams Walmart At over six feet tall, Bossa Nova navigates the aisles of Walmart on its own, blasting shelves with light and snapping photos. wired.com 0 0 4963 0 0 How Roboticists Are Copying Nature to Make Fantastical Machines Nature knows what it’s doing, and roboticists are more than happy to steal evolution’s ideas to make a plethora of curious and clever machines. wired.com 0 0 6080 0 0 Distributed Energy Storage: Biomorphic Batteries Could Provide 72x More Energy for Robots Like biological fat reserves store energy in animals, a new rechargeable zinc battery integrates into the structure of a robot to provide much more energy, a team led by the University of Michigan has shown. This approach to increasing capacity will be particularly important as robots shrink to t scitechdaily.com 0 0 4233 0 0 SpotMini: the headless robotic dog sure to give you nightmares Latest incarnation of quadruped robot has new design and eerily smooth motion in a perfect blend of Terminator robot and Pixar character theguardian.com 0 0 6231 0 0 Boston Dynamics’ Atlas Robot Can Now Pick Up and Throw Things A video demo shows how Atlas could help human construction workers at a building site (or possibly lead a robot uprising). pcmag.com 0 0 6238 0 0 In Japan, humanoid robots could soon become part of the family More than any other nation, Japan tends to feel comfortable with the idea of humanoid robots entering the home. freethink.com 0 0 6104 0 0 Insects offer inspiration for robot advances Invertebrates offer solutions to building microbots the size of a fly. nature.com 0 0 6411 0 0 AI approach yields ‘athletically intelligent’ robotic dog With a simplified machine learning technique, AI researchers created a real-world “robodog” able to leap, climb, crawl, and squeeze past physical barriers as never before. news.stanford.edu 0 0 6386 0 0 Toilet-cleaning robot makes us feel better about all this AI business It can really get us down watching as AIs learn to write music, poetry and technology news, but watching this clever autonomous toilet-bot mop up the bogs somehow makes it all worthwhile. It’s good to know robots are coming for the crappy jobs too. newatlas.com 0 0 6408 0 0 Archax is a $2.7 million pilotable robot for the ultra-wealthy Japanese startup Tsubame has 5 units up for preorder. arstechnica.com 0 0 117 0 0 Robot Bartenders and Virtual Skydiving: Smart Ship Cruises Into Asia Robot bartenders mixing your cocktails, 360-degree views from an observational pod, and having the option of "skydiving" at sea. That's the experience promised by what Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. calls the world's smartest ship. bloomberg.com 0 0 6261 0 0 Robot window washers are here to clean our skyscrapers Robots are faster and safer than human window washers — and don’t need lunch breaks. axios.com 0 0 6341 0 0 Scientists in Japan develop a wearable robot with 6 arms in a first step towards a cyborg future Masahiko Inami and his team at the University of Tokyo have created a wearable - and exchangeable - multi-armed device to explore the social interaction between multiple users of the robotic limbs. euronews.com 0 0 6272 0 0 Will Future Generations Use Robots as Emotional Companions? We must ensure robots enhance human relationships and social connections. psychologytoday.com 0 0 6276 0 0 OpenAI backs Norwegian bipedal robot startup in $23m round 1X Technologies in Norway (formerly Halodi Robotics) has raised $23m to commercialise its AI-enabled bipedal android robot led by OPenAI eenewseurope.com 0 0 6248 0 0 Media braces for the robot era First came social, then search, now AI. axios.com 0 0 6340 0 0 AI comes to the farm: New technology tackles acres of weeds quickly by using robotics and lasers Carbon Robotics CEO spoke of his farming technology, the LaserWeeder, and what it offers farmers. AI powers the unit as it uses robotics and lasers to rid farms of weeds quickly. foxbusiness.com 0 0 6165 0 0 Lakewood Health System’s new robot delivers Tim-E, the TUG smart autonomous robot, delivers smiles and specimens 24/7 pineandlakes.com 0 0 4576 0 0 This robot will fold your laundry in 2 to 4 minutes Due to ship in late 2019, the home device is expected to cost $980. cnbc.com 0 0 6119 0 0 Having AIs train robot dogs to balance makes them a lot cheaper An AI has been used to train robot dogs to toss cups into a garbage can or wipe a whiteboard with an eraser while cutting out hand-coding, which makes them one-tenth the usual cost newscientist.com 0 0 6059 0 0 Most people would rather lose their job to a robot than another human Most people would prefer a robot to take their job if they had to lose it, but they would prefer to see another human step in if a co-worker was going to lose theirs newscientist.com 0 0 4953 0 0 Self-driving robot delivery startup Starship Technologies raises $25 million The robots are here and one company, Starship Technologies, has raised $25 million to bring even more to the mainstream. This latest round of funding includes a follow-on investment from Matrix Par… techcrunch.com 0 0 6199 0 0 Mighty Morphin’ Turtle Robot Goes Amphibious by Shifting Leg Shape A turtle-inspired robot can morph its legs to move from land to water and back scientificamerican.com 0 0