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Opinion: Artemis should be the last NASA mission to send astronauts to the Moon

The Artemis mission is using NASA's brand new Space Launch System, which is the most powerful rocket ever – similar in design to the Saturn V rockets that sent a dozen Apollo astronauts to the Moon.

Inverse

Co-op robots to roam streets of Leeds and deliver food to shoppers' homes

Residents will be able to order via an app and will be able to tell the robot where they want it to go

Leeds Live

Co-op expands its army of robot delivery carts

Customers can order their delivery to arrive in under an hour and watch the robot travel in real-time via an interactive map

Wales Online

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AI and robots used to enable faster detection of UTIs

Researchers from both Edinburgh University and Heriot-Watt University are working on the project.

The Independent UK

San Francisco Votes To Allow Killer Robots

Plus: Same-sex marriage bill passes Senate, Montana "mountain man" takes property rights case to SCOTUS, and more...

Reason

Police approve use of killer robots equipped with explosives to 'incapacitate' suspects

Despite a tense debate, an oversight board has granted permission for San Francisco police to use robots to deliver explosives in dangerous emergency situations

Daily Mirror

San Francisco police given power to use killer robots

The decision to approve the use of the remote-controlled equipment followed a two-hour emotionally charged debate.

Al Jazeera

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San Francisco may allow police to deploy robots that kill

The Democratic San Francisco Board of Supervisors could allow police to use potentially lethal, remote-controlled robots in emergency situations

The Independent UK

San Francisco considers allowing law enforcement robots to use lethal force

From sci-fi to the streets, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors considers a policy proposal on whether the San Francisco Police Department can use robots as a deadly force.

WEKU

Robots Don't Kill People (at Least Not Yet); People Use Robots to Kill People

San Francisco is considering authorizing its police department to sometimes use remote-controlled robots to kill: The robot might deliver a bombs or a grenade, or perhaps might even include a remote-controlled firearm (though I'm not sure which options would be available at the outset). This has been reported with headlines…

Reason

The Amazon warehouse with thousands of robots next door to Manchester Airport

The processes and technology taking from order to delivery blew our mind on our behind-the-scenes tour of this warehouse

Manchester Evening News

Human-free farms could solve a major food problem

After decades of research, robots are finally starting to take over farms — it isn't clear how human workers will be affected.

Inverse

San Francisco police propose using robots capable of ‘deadly force’

City’s board of supervisors to consider proposal involving remote-controlled devices

The Guardian - US

Robocop becomes reality as San Francisco police approve killer robots

Police can now legally deploy droids with lethal force.

Evening Standard

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The Conversation

Artemis: why it may be the last mission for Nasa astronauts

Neil Armstrong took his historic “one small step” on the Moon in 1969. And just three years later, the last Apollo astronauts left our celestial neighbour. Since then, hundreds of astronauts have been launched into space but mainly to the Earth-orbiting International Space Station. None has, in fact, ventured more…

AAP

Robots could bring in $4.5bn for NSW

Harnessing new technology from robotics to renewable energy could turbo charge NSW coffers by up to $4.5 billion in the next 13 years, a report has found.

Bangkok Post

Bangkok conference examines the future of robotics

Universal Robots, a leader in collaborative robots, or cobots, is hosting "Collaborate APAC 2022", the largest such conference in the Asia Pacific region, at The Athenee Hotel, Witthayu Road, tomorrow from 9am to 5pm.

The Guardian - UK

‘Part of the kill chain’: how can we control weaponised robots?

From armed robot dogs to target-seeking drones, the use of artificial intelligence in warfare presents ethical dilemmas that urgently need addressing

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The Guardian - US

Power-hungry robots, space colonization, cyborgs: inside the bizarre world of ‘longtermism’

Sam Bankman-Fried said his billions would save the world – but his philanthropic ideas ranged from the worthy to the severely outlandish

Daily Mirror

Army of spider robots designed to sneak through pipes may soon be crawling in your home

Known as SPD1, the army of spider robots have been designed by the firm to crawl through underground pipes in Japan after a lack of workers willing to do the dirty work

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Robots that mimic handwriting, holiday food drives, and many calls. Real estate agents go after clients in a slower market

PHILADELPHIA — Over the last two months, Darlene E. Jamison, team leader of the RE/MAX-affiliated Jamison Team, has been sending more texts and making more calls. She and her husband, Kevin, are "planting the seeds" by asking past clients to keep them in mind for future moves and trying to…

Axios

Amazon can't get enough human workers — so here come the robots

Amazon is rolling out an army of new, smarter warehouse robots.

Reason

The End of Astronauts: Should We Send Robots to Space Instead?

Robots don't get cabin fever, develop cancer from cosmic radiation, miss their families, or go insane.

The Guardian - US

Amazon enters the age of robots. What does that mean for its workers?

People have predicted robots will destroy the labour market, but Amazon believes investment in robotics could create jobs

Evening Standard

Sarina Wiegman to rotate Lionesses squad as World Cup looms in busy calendar: ‘They are not robots’

England boss Sarina Wiegman says her players are “not robots” and she will look to rotate her side in the build-up to next year’s World Cup to keep the Lionesses fresh.

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