robot

New York to hand out ‘robot companions’ to elderly

New York state is distributing robot caretakers to some 800 elderly adults in an effort to combat a burgeoning epidemic…

2 years ago

Russian skating star Medvedeva ‘robbed’ by robot in China (VIDEO)

Prominent Russian figure-skater Evgenia Medvedeva found herself in a comic situation in China when a food delivery robot refused to…

2 years ago

Mind-reading robot tested on humans – reports

Chinese scientists have built a wearable robot that can reportedly read a human mind by monitoring brain waves and muscle…

2 years ago

China unveils new plan to spearhead robot revolution

China has unveiled its new plan for smart manufacturing – it intends to digitize the operations of 70% of its…

2 years ago

Human-like robot’s reaction ‘freaks out’ creators (VIDEO)

A newly posted video demonstration of the interaction shows the robot, called ‘Ameca’, tracking a moving finger before furrowing its…

2 years ago

Robot shocks with how human-like it is (VIDEO)

‘Ameca’ has been described by its British developers at Engineered Arts as “the perfect humanoid robot platform for human-robot interaction.”The…

2 years ago

‘Why didn’t you kill it?’: Robot dancing with Missouri cheerleaders creeps out Americans

In a video of the performance, Spot – a $75,000 robot that can traverse gravel, grass, and stairs, and carry…

3 years ago

Rise of the killer robot: An autonomous drone hunted down a human target in Libya last year & no one is talking about it

When I was studying international human rights law at university almost a decade ago, I recall our lecturer stating that…

3 years ago

Off to live on a cyberfarm? NYPD retires robot cop dog after public outcry over ‘creepy’ & ‘dystopian’ tech

Deputy police commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism John Miller told the New York Times on Wednesday that the robot, named…

3 years ago

Byte worse than its bark? Armed robot dogs don’t belong in the US police – Black Mirror is not an instruction manual for officers

"DigiDog," the nickname given to Boston Dynamics' robo-canine monster by the New York Police Department, has been tested over the…

3 years ago