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Company Behind AI Companion Robots for Intimacy Enters Us Schools With Humanoid Classroom Teacher

Realbotix, known for AI companion robots, is bringing its humanoid assistant Sally into a New York public school classroom.

International Business Times UK · Jul 20

Silicon Valley Is Building Armed Robots For The Battlefield. Washington Is Clearing The Way For Their Use

The debate over armed robots has intensified amid the wars in Iran and Ukraine.

International Business Times · Jul 20

Quote of the Day by Isaac Asimov: 'It is the obvious which is so difficult to see...'- A timeless lesson on self-awareness, perspective and why the most obvious truths are the hardest to see by the visionary author who changed science fiction forever

Quote of the Day by Isaac Asimov: Isaac Asimov profoundly shaped modern science fiction with his imaginative stories. His iconic robot tales introduced ethical laws which still influence AI discussions. The legendary Foundation series explored galactic civilizations and future predictions. Asimov also became a respected science writer making complex topics…

The Economic Times · Jul 20

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Chinese company BrainCo unveils first 'brain-to-robot' interface for controlling robots with your thoughts

The latest in brain-computer interfaces can work directly with robots, without any physical input or verbal instruction.

TechRadar · Jul 19

How Termite Architecture Is Teaching Engineers Ventilation and Cooling Design They Never Imagined

The mound that outperforms your air conditionerMacrotermes michaelseni, a termite species common across sub-Saharan Africa, builds mounds that can rise four to five metres above the ground and extend several metres below it. Inside, the colony maintains a temperature of roughly 30.5°C year-round. Outside, temperatures swing between 3°C at night…

Times Life · Jul 19

Labor Unions Hate Robots—and It's Stopping Democrats From Delivering on Affordability

Labor unions almost always value union jobs over technologies that save time, money, and lives.

Reason · Jul 18

3 Picks-and-Shovels Stocks Powering the Humanoid Robotics Buildout

Ambarella, Ouster, and AMETEK supply the chips, lidar, and precision motion parts behind humanoid robots, and all three now trade well below their 52-week highs after a growth-stock sell-off.

MarketBeat · Jul 17

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Ukraine wants combat humanoid robots — but expect Wall-E over Terminator, as simpler, wheeled tech still wins

Ukraine might have greenlit combat humanoid robots, but battlefield realities favor economies of scale for much simpler contraptions.

TechRadar · Jul 16

Fujitsu and leading Japanese robotics companies to use Nvidia technology in 'physical AI'

Japanese communications company Fujitsu is leading a major push in artificial intelligence and robotics using Nvidia’s technology to develop “physical AI.”

The Independent UK · Jul 16

When could humanoid robots go to war? Sooner than you think, says firm testing them in Ukraine

AI-powered humanoid robots may become weapons by 2027, robotics firm Foundation Future Industries says.

Euronews · Jul 16

He sold his last company to Palantir. Now he's betting $32 million that robots can fix construction's labor crisis

Monumental founder Salar al Khafaji is bringing his fleet of autonomous bricklaying robots to the U.S. this year, backed by a new Khosla Ventures-led round.

Fortune · Jul 15

Bite my shiny metal ass! TV’s all-time top robots

From mechanical mutts to android assassins, our cybernetic companions have been entertaining us, their organic overlords, for decades. Here are the 20 best automatons ever to grace the small screen

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15

Forget the LG CLOiD – this $8,000 household robot wants to fold your laundry for you

Weave Robotics is taking pre-orders for its Isaac 1 home robot

T3 · Jul 15

UN Secretary General says 'Killer Robots' must be stopped, calls autonomous weapons "morally repugnant"

UN Secretary General António Guterres calls for a global ban on autonomous "killer robots," arguing that life-and-death decisions must remain exclusively human.

TechRadar · Jul 15

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Bangkok Post · Jul 14

Realistic robots coming to a home near you

Robots, robots and more robots. On the one hand, we have Elon Musk developing robots with a focus to have them build the first off-world habitats on the Moon and then Mars in preparation for humans arriving and surviving. In my last article, the focus was on devices working in…

InsideEVs · Jul 13

See How Tesla Tore Down The Model S Factory To Build Robots Instead

The Fremont factory built the world’s first truly modern EV. A part of it is now being converted into a humanoid robot plant.

Creative Bloq · Jul 12

The Tesla Optimus's new rival is better dressed, but no, I still wouldn't feel "at ease" with it in my home

Meet Northstar, a more European creepy robot.

TechRadar · Jul 12

Gambling, noir detectives, and urinating robots: Warframe's long-awaited Tau update is unlike anything I could possibly have predicted

Warframe finally goes to Tau, with developer Digital Extremes aiming to take its universe in a bold new direction.

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The Independent UK · Jul 10

Humanoid robots ‘marry’ in Moscow with vows ‘to support one another through every update’

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The Independent UK · Jul 10

Humanoid robots ‘get married’ in Russian ‘wedding’ ceremony

A pair of humanoid robots “got married” in a symbolic wedding ceremony in Russia.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10

Robota review – machines on the march in next-gen version of sci-fi classic

Headlong’s take on Karel Čapek’s 1920 tale of romance and robots is rife with timely debates about tech’s threat but at times the philosophical discussions drag on

Tom’s Guide · Jul 9

Humanoid robots just helped perform live surgeries for the first time — here’s why it’s a medical breakthrough

In a world-first, humanoid robots performed surgeries in a moment that marks a major medical breakthrough that could lead to further developments in the field.

The Independent UK · Jul 9

Humanoid robot performs surgery in world first

Researchers say humanoid surgeons can be deployed ‘anywhere from rural areas, to the battlefield, and even to space’

Bangkok Post · Jul 8

Disneyland's campaign to make robots loveable

In the 1950s, automation promised to liberate humans from "drudgery" and reorient us on the "human use of human beings", in the words of computer scientist Norbert Wiener. On the 1956 campaign trail, incumbent Republican Vice President Richard Nixon predicted that Americans could look ahead to a four-day work week…

Fortune · Jul 8

Nomagic AI lab led by former Google DeepMind researcher claims success with 'AI brain' for robots

Nomagic says the company's new 'vision-language-action' model cut robot errors requiring human intervention in half at logistics customers.

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