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Alphabet is reportedly planning to get rid of Boston Dynamics
Alfie Joshua
Remember Boston Dynamics, that robotics company that Google acquired back in 2013, the same one that posted that video of the creepy robot dogs last month? Well, Google’s venture into…
The world’s first fully automated farm is being built in Japan
Connor Livingston
Japan’s population is aging at a frightening pace, and it’s already experiencing labor shortages as a result. The shortages are only going to get worse as more people grow old…
Robots could account for half of Japan’s workforce by 2035
Rocco Penn
Japan’s population is expected to start shrinking at an alarming rate in the years to come, and the country has already started running into issues with employment. Basically, more people are…
China has a trio of death-dealing attack robots to fight global terror
Sal McCloskey
While the Japanese are busy building robots that assist the elderly, and the Swedes are busy building robots that help tourists at airports, the Chinese have developed a trio of…
Spencer is a robot that helps travelers navigate airports
Carl Durrek
All airports are difficult to navigate, but the Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam takes things to the next level. The airport is practically a labyrinth, and is so difficult to navigate that Koninklijke…
Self-driving taxis will be hitting Japanese roads next year
Lorie Wimble
If there are two things that Japan is one of the undisputed masters of, it’s robotics and transportation. That’s why it’s not all that surprising to see that the country…
Volvo wants to replace trash men with robots
There’s no denying that trash men have an essential job, but it’s also a very simple one, so simple, in fact, that you could probably program a robot to do…
Scientists have created a robot that can have babies
Chastity Mansfield
Okay, so scientists haven’t ACTUALLY created a robot that can have babies, but something somewhat similar was achieved during a recent experiment. In an effort to demonstrate how robots can evolve…
This is one of those things that can only happen in Japan
Jesseb Shiloh
Much of what goes on in Japan is strange or borderline incomprehensible to Westerners, so much so that it has become somewhat of a running. If you want an example…
The Robo-Mate exoskeleton can give its wearer superhuman strength
Brian Molidor
Replacing human workers with robots is easier said than done. The development and production of robots is expensive, and even modern technology is still limited enough that humans outperform robots…
SoftBank has received $236 million to develop its household robot
Last year, SoftBank proved to us that household robots will be within our reach in the future when it unveiled Pepper. A thousand models of the intelligent robot have already been…
Sex dolls are SO last-generation, it’s all about sex robots now
Artificial intelligence and robots are becoming incredibly advanced, which is opening doors to things that, just a few decades ago, were thought of as purely science fiction… like sex robots.…
Amazon is investing in a future where robots replace human workers
Scarlett Madison
Amazon doesn’t plan on replacing human workers with robots anytime soon, but that’s simply because technology hasn’t progressed to the point where robots are as efficient as humans in many…
Not even Foxconn can make robots that perform better than humans
Not even poor Chinese workers can compete against robots that don’t even need to be paid. At least, that’s what the founder of Foxconn thought a few years ago when…
Our robot overloads could have 30% of our jobs in 10 years
Some will embrace them when they come. Some will fight. Most think that they’re already here. The mythical robot overlords who are supposed to take over society at some point…
Amazon’s shipments could get a lot faster thanks to this robot duo
You know what’s better than a robot worker? Two robot workers that work together! At least, that’s the idea behind the new system that San Jose-based Fetch Robotics has developed, which…
Google’s latest patent would allow it to control a robot army
Google’s ambitions in the field of robots are no secret, but this latest patent may be one of company’s most interesting yet. Essentially, the patent describes configuring a bunch of…
The UN wants to prevent autonomous robots from wiping us out
Terminator is probably one of the worst inspirations for painting a picture of the future, and the United Nations wants to make sure that the film’s creative dystopia never becomes…
