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Robot arms are replacing shelf stockers in Japan’s stores

Telexistence Inc. and FamilyMart Co. are rolling out a fleet of AI-driven robots to restock shelves in 300 convenience stores across Japan.

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S&P bakeries install robots as costs soar

SET-listed S&P Syndicate Plc, the operator of the S&P bakery and restaurant chain, is to adapt its business operation to cope with high operational costs, with the launch of various tools such as work automation in the second half of this year.

Bangkok Post

'Westworld' Season 4 is finally fixing the show’s original sin

For the first time since 2016, 'Westworld' is finally about something other than robot tropes. Here's why in Season 4, episode 7, 'Westworld' has matured into serious science fiction.

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Why "Stepford Wives" still resonates

Sure, suburban living turned women into robots, but this telling also reveals the complicity of husbands

Salon

"Stray" and why we fancy being a cat

Yo ho, yo ho! A stray cat's life for me

Salon

Global consumer service robotics market to continue to grow through 2025, report says

The research firm estimated that the market for personal and education category robots would exceed $4.5 billion by 2025

The Hindu

A robot fools humans in a new twist on the Turing test

This time it's more about body language. In a game of Simon Says, the human was fooled by a robotic companion a room over.

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‘Necrobotics’ research sees scientists turn dead spiders into robots

Arachnophobes steer clear – zombie spiders are now a thing.

Evening Standard

California's strawberry fields may not be forever. Could robots help?

In a strawberry field surrounded by strawberry fields on the outskirts of Santa Maria, a pair of robots have been picking berries all summer.

Los Angeles Times

A robot breaks the finger of a 7-year-old: a lesson in the need for stronger regulation of artificial intelligence

Disturbing footage emerged this week of a chess-playing robot breaking the finger of a seven-year-old child during a tournament in Russia.

The Conversation

Seemingly benevolent chess robot snaps boy's finger during tournament

"This is, of course, bad," says the president of the Moscow Chess Federation.

Input

Germany Wins Robot Soccer World Cup

This is the moment robots take part in a bizarre soccer tournament – and just like in real life the German side turns out to be the terminators.

Zenger

'Suburban living did turn women into robots': why feminist horror novel The Stepford Wives is still relevant, 50 years on

On August 26 1970, 50,000 women marched down Fifth Avenue in New York City in a Women’s Strike. Organised by feminist activist Betty Friedan, the march highlighted the fact women still performed the vast majority of domestic work.

The Conversation

Why feminist horror novel The Stepford Wives is still relevant, 50 years on

'Suburban living did turn women into robots': why feminist horror novel The Stepford Wives is still relevant, 50 years on.

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Birmingham Post

Mastermind behind human touch robot skin awarded The Princess Royal Silver Medal

Dr Atif Syed is one of only five people in the country to be awarded the coveted medal

Inverse

'Stray' review: The best cat game ever made and a serious 2022 GOTY contender

'Stray' sends you on an emotional journey to escape the clutches of a closed off city, with an adorable cat as the lead role. It's one of 2022's best games.

The Guardian - UK

Stray review – press paws for adorable life as a post-apocalypse pussycat

Pattering through a ruined city, being petted by robots and watched over by a friendly drone, cat lovers may regret finding the escape

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson and a robot from Abba? Someone put out an SOS…

The latest scandal involving the prime minister and a mysterious woman is beyond satire – well, almost

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Salon

Blade Runner's robot rebellion lesson

It's been 40 years since Ridley Scott's sci-fi flick warned us – not about the evils of technology – but humanity

Zenger

Space Robots: Independent Thinking Robots Will Explore Deep Space And Hazardous Environments

The Robotics and AI Collaboration (RAICo) has been established in Cumbria, in England's north, as a joint research program.

Inverse

This experimental robot replicates a distinctly human sense — embodiment

Using artificial intelligence, mechanical engineers teach a robot to learn about its body.

Wales Online

Medical breakthrough sees tiny robots created to treat life-threatening illnesses

'Neutrobots' can deliver drugs to precise locations in the body after being directed by laser beams

Asharq Al-Awsat

Chinese Scientists Develop Robot Fish that Gobble up Microplastics

Robot fish that "eat" microplastics may one day help to clean up the world's polluted oceans, says a team of Chinese scientists from Sichuan University in southwest China. Soft to touch and just 1.3 centimeters (0.5 inch) in size, these robots already suck up microplastics in shallow water. The team…

Wales Online

Scientists discover the reason why babies kick in the womb

It could be key to treating illnesses

Axios

So, a robot walks into a nursing home...

Robots can entertain the elderly — and remind them to take their medicine.

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