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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 · Nov 26, 2022

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 · Nov 24, 2022

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 · Nov 24, 2022

‘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

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2022

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

The Guardian - US · Nov 20, 2022

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

Daily Mirror · Nov 17, 2022

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…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Nov 17, 2022

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

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

Axios · Nov 17, 2022

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.

Reason · Nov 15, 2022

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

The Guardian - US · Nov 11, 2022