A robot programmed to act like a 7-year-old girl works to combat fear and loneliness in hospitals

Days after Meagan Brazil-Sheehan’s 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, they were walking down the halls of UMass ...

How robots are being used for deliveries to prepare for the holiday retail rush

When you buy online, a robot could be helping to fill your order. A behind-the-scenes look at an Amazon fulfillment center ...
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Robot That Acts Like a Young Girl Works to Combat Fear and Loneliness in Hospitals

Days after Meagan Brazil-Sheehan's 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, they were walking down the halls of UMass ...

OpenAI Ramps Up Robotics Work in Race Toward AGI

The company behind ChatGPT is putting together a team capable of developing algorithms to control robots and appears to be ...

How Ukrainian Soldiers Are Building Their Own Battle Robots

Ukraine is racing to build a robotic army as the war is increasingly transforming into a technological contest with Russia.

Icarus raises $6.1M to take on space’s “warehouse work” with embodied-AI robots

Icarus just raised a $6.1 million seed round led by Soma Capital and Xtal, with participation from Nebular and Massive Tech ...
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Engineers show humans and robots can build smarter, safer and faster

Monash University researchers have trialed a new system demonstrating how humans and robots can team up on the job to make ...

How autoworkers are retraining for the robot revolution

Though automation reduces the number of jobs in the auto industry, there are still plenty of human workers needed to oversee ...
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Scientists build insect-inspired robots that float, paddle, and stride on water surfaces

Scientists build insect-inspired soft robots on water using HydroSpread, a new fabrication method for flexible films.