“These are not just some experimental prototypes but robots that can really be shown in sci-fi movies since they can fight on their own,” the minister told the Russian Zvezda broadcaster during the ‘New Knowledge’ forum. Being held in several Russian cities from May 20 to May 22, the forum …
Read More »Despite the rise of AI ‘super-brains’ that help tanks and robots target the enemy, humans will always triumph over machines in war
Israel has reportedly lifted the shroud of secrecy involving its ongoing work on the militarization of artificial intelligence (AI), giving a UK-based newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, exclusive access to how the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) would employ an AI system known as the Athena Program on a future battlefield. The …
Read More »Robots threaten to replace hundreds of thousands of oil & gas jobs by 2030 – report
In a report published earlier this week, Rystad Energy projected that at least 20% of the jobs in sectors such as drilling, operational support and maintenance could become automated by 2030. This could affect over 400,000 jobs in some key energy-producing countries, according to the firm. Rystad Energy’s calculations show …
Read More »Xenobots 2.0? Scientists create improved biological robots from frog cells capable of ‘swarm’ behavior, memory & self-healing
The upgraded bots built on work first unveiled by scientists at Tufts University and the University of Vermont last year, improving on the design to allow them to move faster, live longer and assemble themselves to work collectively as one unit, a process known as “cellular self-organization.” Outlined in an …
Read More »In the post-pandemic era, how shall we live with these smart new robots that claim they’re ‘a person who is not a human’?
One positive development during the Covid pandemic has been the deployment of virus zapping robots and telemedicine to fight the virus. Disinfectant robots, armed with powerful ultraviolet emitters for decontaminating surfaces, have been mobilised and sent into battle from Wuhan and East Asia through Rome and Veneto to Houston, Texas. …
Read More »From strategic bombers to combat robots: What Russian weapons to look out for in 2021
RS-28 Sarmat ICBM In 2021, Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces will receive the new RS-28 Sarmat – liquid-fueled, MIRV-equipped heavy intercontinental ballistic missiles that will replace the R-36M2 Voevoda systems. Sarmat can effectively hit targets within 18,000 km, which is enough to reach virtually anywhere on Earth. In addition, the missile …
Read More »Your order, Sir! Robots start delivering restaurant meals in Moscow (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
Its Yandex.Eats app, one of several food and grocery delivery services in Moscow, is offering customers around the White Square business district the option of having meals delivered by a buggy-like delivery robot. The suitcase-sized vehicle, called the Yandex.Rover, can autonomously navigate its way along delivery routes on city sidewalks at a walking …
Read More »Russian engineers introduced robots to fight COVID-19
To defeat the pandemic will help robots. Russian engineers presented a modern technology that can be used in the fight against coronavirus. A robot therapist is able to diagnose. Autonomous terminals in the shortest time will determine the body temperature, the measurement takes place automatically, without contact with the apparatus. …
Read More »The first robots (xenobot) from living cells use cells of a frog
Under normal circumstances the stem cells of frog embryos would skin and heart tissue of living beings, however, the progress of scientific knowledge has turned them into the first ever living robots. Scientists from the University of Vermont with the help of special algorithms modified stem cells of a frog …
Read More »Why in Russia even robots lying and rude
Artificial intelligence can be smarter, more honest and more professional developers. Friend received a letter from the airline: flight registration, do not forget that your rate does not provide baggage. Man in shock, because I bought a ticket with the Luggage. Calls to the company. The robot stiffly, ignoring the …
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