Tech News update Airline Unveils Robot Avatars It Hopes Will Replace Flying Oct 15, 2019 Commercial air travel is something of a necessary evil. Want to spend Christmas with your parents on the opposite coast? You’ll need to spend hours…
Designing Robot Valets Will Drag Your Car Into a Parking Spot at UK Airport Jan 29, 2019 The Valet Way Travelers needn’t worry about tipping Gatwick Airport’s new parking valets. In August, the U.K. airport will begin a three-month-long…
Designing Artificial intelligence made this robot dog a very good boy Jan 23, 2019 Meet ANYmal—a four-legged robot whose name is pronounced “animal.” The 73-pound dog-like machine is a Swiss-made contraption that, thanks to…
Innovation Experts Want to Give Robot Surgeons a Sense of Touch Jan 15, 2019 Out of Touch Robot-assisted surgery is the future of medicine, say experts. But while the machines are already an invaluable tool for many in the…
Innovation Australian Autonomous Train Is The “World’s Largest Robot” Dec 29, 2018 Robot Train Mining corporation Rio Tinto says that an autonomous rail system called AutoHaul that it’s been developing in the remote Pilbara region…
Robotics Gideon Brothers Launches Commercial Logistics Robot Dec 26, 2018 Croatian robot maker Gideon Brothers today unveiled its first commercial product, an autonomous logistics robot designed to move safely around…
Innovation People With Paralysis Control the Robot Waiters at This Cafe Dec 8, 2018 People with paralysis are finding their way back into the workforce — thanks to a four-foot-tall robot. On November 26, a pop-up cafe unlike any…
Innovation Study: People Are Chill With Robot Brothels — for Singles Dec 5, 2018 Red Light Robots Soon, visiting a sex worker might not be as stigmatized as it is today — as long as you’re single and the sex worker is a robot.…
Innovation ISS’ first robot crew member glitches in demo video Dec 5, 2018 The online debut of the International Space Station’s first robotic crew member could have been smoother if it didn’t start glitching halfway through…
Innovation This Self-Driving Car Uses a Fold-Out Robot Arm to Deliver Parcels Dec 4, 2018 The Last Mile This self-driving car can now do more than just transport packages to customers’ homes — it can actually deliver the goods. On…