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Lunar robots put to the test on Sicily’s Mount Etna

A robot wheels across a rocky, windswept landscape that looks like the surface of some distant planet from a science fiction film. But it...

Impact of job-stealing robots a growing concern at Davos

WASHINGTON: Open markets and global trade have been blamed for job losses over the last decade, but global CEOs say the real culprits are...

China turns to robots as workers age

WUZHEN: Flat, orange robots glide under stationary cars and ferry them to empty Chinese parking bays, using space more efficiently and, their creators say,...

Robots show their ‘personality’ at CES 2017

LAS VEGAS: Professor Einstein rolls his eyes, sticks out his tongue, and can give a simple explanation of the theory of relativity. With his...

Meet Kirobo Mini; Toyota’s robot baby

TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp on Monday unveiled a doe-eyed palm-sized robot, dubbed Kirobo Mini, designed as a synthetic baby companion in Japan, where plummeting birth rates have left many women childless.

From robots to websites, British firms curb spending due to Brexit

LONDON: Heavy machinery whirrs and clanks on the factory floor of precision metalworking firm Robert Bion & Co, where a planned three-meter robotic arm would have been speeding up output by now, if Britain had not voted to leave the European Union.

New crop of robots to vie for space in the operating room

CHICAGO: Even though many doctors see need for improvement, surgical robots are poised for big gains in operating rooms around the world.

Rise of the machines: Pakistani roboteers hunt global football glory

ISLAMABAD: The little striker wearing a crescent moon and star jersey lines up his penalty and kicks right, netting his goal as the keeper dives the wrong way and hits the ground yelping in pain.

Elon Musk’s new company will build robots for housework

Everyone hates the dreaded household chores and despite living in the age of modern technology we still do not have Irona the robot to do our housework.

Scientists use underwater robots to study India’s monsoon

NEW DELHI: Scientists from Britain and India will release underwater robots into the Bay of Bengal in a bid to more accurately predict the Indian monsoon critical to millions of farmers, they said Tuesday.

Intelligent robots threaten millions of jobs

WASHINGTON: Advances in artificial intelligence will soon lead to robots that are capable of nearly everything humans do, threatening tens of millions of jobs in the coming 30 years, experts warned Saturday.

Scientists urge world to stop killer robots

DAVOS: The world must act quickly to avert a future in which autonomous robots with artificial intelligence roam the battlefields killing humans, scientists and arms experts warned at an elite gathering in the Swiss Alps.

Many young people fear losing their jobs to robots, survey finds

MUNICH: Four out of ten young people believe machines will be able to do their jobs within a decade, an international survey published on Monday has found.

Scientist eats, drinks and paints simultaneously

Scientists from Imperial College London have developed computer software that enables a person to control a robotic arm to paint a picture using just the movement of their eyes.

Tech leaders warn over 'killer robots'

PARIS: A group of top tech leaders, including British scientist Stephen Hawking and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, on Tuesday issued a stern warning against the development of so-called killer robots.

Children learn to write by teaching robots

BERN CITY: Researchers in Switzerland have designed a system where children teach robot students how to write, and in the process improve their own handwriting skills. This learning by teaching paradigm, they say, could engage unmotivated students as well as boost their self-confidence.

Self-healing robots take step towards disaster relief

PARIS: Scientists on Wednesday said they had created a small robot that can recover from damage, in a step towards machines that mimic the remarkable adaptive powers of humans and animals.

Cheaper, smarter robots to spark factory revolution

WASHINGTON: Rapid advances in robotics combined with falling prices will spark a new manufacturing revolution, with factories dropping workers for automation at an increasing pace, a new study said Tuesday.

China to have most robots in world by 2017

FRANKFURT: China will have more robots operating in its production plants by 2017 than any other country as it cranks up automation of its car and electronics factories, the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) said on Thursday.

Nestle Japan hiring 1,000 robots to sell espresso machines

TOKYO: Food giant Nestle said Wednesday that its Japan unit would hire 1,000 robots as sales clerks at stores across the country.
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