The Latest Breaking News on Robotics

Robot food delivery pilot program gets green light from City Council committee

If the full council endorses the plan, a year-old, pandemic-inspired test would expand to an area bounded by Halsted Street, Ogden Avenue, Roosevelt Road and the Eisenhower Expressway.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 16, 2022

Pacific Islands remain divided on deep-sea mining as trial begins to extract precious metals from ocean floor

Pacific countries remain divided as a deep-sea mining company prepares to test a system to extract minerals and metals from the ocean floor.

ABC News · Sep 14, 2022

Auto supplier Magna bringing electric delivery robots to Metro Detroit

DETROIT — Canadian auto supplier Magna International Inc. is building an autonomous, electric delivery vehicle, it said Wednesday at the North American International Auto Show.

Tribune News Service · Sep 14, 2022

Before the holiday season, workers at America's busiest ports are fighting the robots

As the shipping industry pushes for more automation at West Coast ports, the powerful union representing dockworkers is fighting back, saying robots will only kill good American jobs.

WEKU · Sep 11, 2022

Cloud labs and remote research aren’t the future of science – they’re here

At high-end labs in the US and UK, anybody, anywhere, can conduct experiments by remote control. Is the rise of the robot researcher now inevitable?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2022

These cyborg cockroaches could save your life — and be a privacy nightmare

While researchers have spent decades making robo-bugs, a new concept from a Japanese lab could transform this potentially life-saving technology.

Inverse · Sep 9, 2022

Grapes, berries and robots: is Silicon Valley coming for farm workers jobs?

The global ag-tech revolution has sped up in recent years, spurring a debate on how it will affect the workforce

The Guardian - US · Sep 8, 2022

Why household robot servants are a lot harder to build than robotic vacuums and automated warehouse workers

With recent advances in artificial intelligence and robotics technology, there is growing interest in developing and marketing household robots capable of handling a variety of domestic chores.

The Conversation · Sep 7, 2022

Editorial: It's past time to prepare for a future where the workforce has as many robots as people

There's a scene in the movie "I, Robot" where a robot-hating police officer, played by Will Smith, is questioning the manufacturer of a robot suspected of murdering a human. The conversation gets testy, and the robot maker, played by Bruce Greenwood, looks Smith in the eye and says, "I suppose…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Sep 7, 2022

The Champions League rule change that could affect Dinamo Zagreb vs Chelsea amid VAR controversy

The Blues were subject to a controversial VAR call at the weekend but a different version of the technology will be available to help with close offside decisions in the Champions League this season

Football London · Sep 6, 2022