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STEM 13-in-1 Education Solar Power Robots Toys for Boys Age 8-12, Now 23% Off
The STEM 13-in-1 Education Solar Power Robots Toys for Boys Age 8-12 on Amazon is more than just a toy.…
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The Quest to Give AI Chatbots a Hand—and an Arm
Peter Chen, CEO of the robot software company Covariant, sits in front of a chatbot interface resembling the one used…
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The Man Who Made Robots Dance Now Wants Them to Think for Themselves
Some robots, including from Boston Dynamics, are already doing warehouse work. Do you expect to see that humanoid workforce growing…
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FedEx’s New Robot Loads Delivery Vans Like It’s Playing 3D Tetris
“In the last year or two, people have taken advances in AI and machine learning and said ‘we can make…
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Don’t Ask Dumb Robots If AI Will Destroy Humanity
Hanson and I talked about the idea of adding real intelligence to these evocative machines. Ben Goertzel, a well-known AI…
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Amazon’s New Robots Are Rolling Out an Automation Revolution
In a giant warehouse in Reading, Massachusetts, I meet a pair of robots that look like goofy green footstools from…
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Humanoid Robots Are Coming of Age
Eight years ago, the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency organized a painful-to-watch contest that involved robots slowly struggling (and often…
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The Elusive Dream of Fully Autonomous Construction Vehicles
When will those trials lead to autonomous construction machinery doing real work on construction sites? “We’ll get there,” Weiss says,…
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For Smarter Robots, Just Add Humans
Teleoperating a physical robot could become an important job in future, according to Sanctuary AI, based in Vancouver, Canada. The company also…
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Alphabet Layoffs Hit Trash-Sorting Robots
Teach a robot to open a door, and it ought to unlock a lifetime of opportunities. Not so for one…
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