How robot carers could be the future for lonely elderly people
The film Robot and Frank imagined a near-future where robots could do almost everything humans could. The elderly title character was given a “robot butler” to…
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A ToM-based human intention estimation algorithm
The trajectory of the human worker in the Warehouse test area. The location data is provided by the Hololens’ localization algorithm. On the top right the…
Research explores the ethical implications of creating sentient and…
Credit: Media Drum, used by the Express online at: express.co.uk/pictures/pics/8667/Sex-love-dolls-realistic-picturesSo far, robots have…
In the Coming Automated Economy, People Will Work for AI
Illustration: Alamy In Texas, a company called Alegion is helping disabled veterans take part in the new digital economy. The vets’ job: preparing data so…
Walmart, Brain to Expand Self-Driving Floor-Cleaning Robots in Stores
The Auto-C, powered by BrainOS, joins Walmarts technology ecosystem. Source: Brain Corp.
Brain Corp announced today it has entered into a…
Robotics Firms Receive Early Holiday Gifts
It wasn’t just consumers who used the post-Thanksgiving ‘holidays’ of Black Friday and Cyber Monday to begin their holiday shopping. Investors also opened…
Omnirobotic Launches On-Site Testing for Industrial Painting Robot
Source: Omnirobotic Canadian startup Omnirobotic today announced it would soon begin on-site field testing for its industrial painting robot to locations in…
Toyota’s humanoid robot will rock in action mode
Credit: ToyotaGood things happen when Toyota cozies up to the next generation 5G technology. The news is not about self-driving cars but…
A new approach to achieve efficient and fluent human-robot interaction
Credit: Chand Gudi et al.Researchers at the Innovation and Enterprise Research Laboratory (The Magic Lab) of the University of Technology Sydney have…
Robots in the field: farms embracing autonomous technology
Faced with seesawing commodity prices and the pressure to be more efficient and environmentally friendly, farmer Jamie Butler is trying out a new worker on his…