robots
Finally, a sex robot that wants to be your friend
The AI remembers that you are 32 years old and like to eat sushi, except on Thursdays.
The term ‘AI’ overpromises: Here’s how to make it work for humans instead
Is there actually anything deserving of the term AI?
Could we replace lawyers with robots? In some cases, yes
You don't need to completely automate a job to fundamentally change it.
Squirrel parkour: How leaping squirrels could inspire more nimble robots
While a squirrel's life may look simple to human observers – climb, eat, sleep, repeat – it involves finely tuned cognitive skills.
What robots can learn from fish and fancy math
A new tuna robot leads the way to more agile underwater robots and drones.
Robots may be more like animals than humans
Meet MIT's Kate Darling, a robot ethicist who says that we should rethink our relationship with robots.
The suction speed of an elephant’s trunk is 330 miles per hour
That's as fast as a bullet train in Japan.
Looking for something? A team at MIT develop a robot that sees through walls
It uses radio waves to pinpoint items, even when they're hidden from view.
Cornell creates the world’s tiniest self-folding origami bird
The bird demonstrates cutting-edge technology for devising self-folding nanoscale robots.
Dyson spheres: The key to resurrection and immortality?
Creating an afterlife—or a simulation of one—would take vast amounts of energy. Some scientists think the best way to capture that energy is by building megastructures around stars.
Introduce your child to the world of STEM with these DIY projects
These DIY learning kits focus on topics like coding, robotics, and AI, and are on sale for as low as $41.99.
Meet the robot ‘dog’ NASA is sending to Mars
Boston Dynamics' notorious robot goes on an interplanetary mission.
Mind uploading: Can we become immortal?
Is the quest to upload human consciousness and ditch our meat puppets the future—or is it fool's gold?
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10 ways to prepare for the rise of intelligent machines – MIT study
A new MIT report proposes how humans should prepare for the age of automation and artificial intelligence.
“What to Expect When You’re Expecting Robots”
New book explores a future populated with robot helpers.
AI and robotics are revolutionizing restaurant kitchens—here’s how you can invest
Miso Robotics has already served up over 12,000 hamburgers.
The fastest drummer in the world is a cyborg
An accident left this musician with one arm. Now he is helping create future tech for others with disabilities.
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Can a robot guess what you’re thinking?
It's a very human behavior—arguably one of the fundamentals that makes us us.
Can universal basic income fix a crisis that’s already begun?
COVID-19 may strengthen the case for universal basic income, or an idea like it.
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Better reskilling can future-proof jobs in the age of automation. Enter SkillUp’s new coalition.
Coronavirus layoffs are a glimpse into our automated future. We need to build better education opportunities now so Americans can find work in the economy of tomorrow.
Does conscious AI deserve rights?
If machines develop consciousness, or if we manage to give it to them, the human-robot dynamic will forever be different.
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Is AI a species-level threat to humanity?
Some of the world's top minds weigh in on one of the most divisive questions in tech.
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Scientists create robot skin that stores liquids
The smart skin can "sweat" like human skin and also self-heal.
This wearable robot arm can hold fruit and punch through walls
Researchers are making progress in the effort to develop safe and practical supernumerary robotic limbs.
Ask Sophia the Robot: Is AI an existential threat to humans?
Should humans fear artificial intelligence or welcome it into our lives?
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Researchers create soft, free-wheeling hybrid robot
A team of scientists created a new type of robot inspired by an octopus, and it could be a major breakthrough in the field.
Want to help design a moon robot? NASA needs you.
A NASA-sponsored competition asks participants to improve the design of a bucket drum for moon excavation.
Ask Sophia the Robot: What can AI teach humans?
Through experiencing time in a nonlinear way, can artificial intelligence provide us more perspective?
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Ancient animistic beliefs live on in our intimacy with tech
Our social emotions are now being hijacked by robots.
Automation apocalypse: Too many robots? More like not enough.
Ezra Klein offers good reasons to take a skeptical look at automation apocalypse theories.
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