Tag: Robots

China, which is working hard to develop AI-powered killing machines, has suddenly called for them to be banned.

Robotics manufacturers and their affiliates are campaigning for a limited “electronic personality” to be granted to their high-tech automatons, but experts around the world are pushing back.

NASA has granted funding to a plan that will send bee-like aerial drones to explore the vast surface of Mars.

Over 50 AI researchers from 30 countries have agreed to boycott the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology over concerns with its weapons research.

The United States Army is developing compact weapons platforms “optimized for fighting in dense urban terrain.”

Most Americans think A.I. will destroy more jobs than it creates, however less than a quarter are afraid of being replaced themselves, according to a report.

Futurist Professor Michio Kaku claimed smart robots could “become dangerous,” and that humans may have to “merge” with machines, during an “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) session on Reddit this week.

Adult streaming website CamSoda has partnered with sex doll manufacturer RealDoll to create an online sex doll experience in virtual reality.

A robot shop assistant in Scotland was fired after just one week due to customers avoiding him, according to a report.

An LA hotel has begun using robot butlers to deliver items to guests rooms — but are robot butlers more effort than they are worth?

A Californian sex robot company is considering the production and sale of transgender sex robots.

Robot surgeons are making it difficult for junior doctors to learn how to perform operations, according to a report.

Searches for sex robots and virtual reality porn went up exponentially in 2017 on two popular porn websites: xHamster and PornHub.

Jack in the Box CEO Leonard Comma claimed “it just makes sense” to replace human workers in the restaurant industry with robots as the minimum wage increases.

A pair of robot strippers are performing at a gentleman’s club in Las Vegas during the CES tech conference this week.

Bloomberg writer and mathematician Cathy O’Neil claimed in an article that sex robots might make men obsolete, even adding she’d gift one to her daughter.

LG Electronics is planning to sell robots that will replace human workers in hotels, airports, and supermarkets.

PRAGUE (Reuters) – These days artificial intelligence is so advanced that robots trade shares, make restaurants suggestions and diagnose diseases. But can a robot get a dance floor jumping?

According to data gathered by the Pew Research Center, humanity has real concerns about the automated future of our economy. A national survey conducted by Pew suggests that as much as 65% of Americans are deeply concerned that robots will replace

More than a quarter of millennials would date a robot, with men three times more likely to do so than women, according to a report.

Dr. Neil McArthur, an associate professor at the University of Manitoba, has claimed we “must be prepared” for the rise of “digisexuals” who use technology as their primary sexual outlet.

After numerous failed attempts, the Fukushima reactor’s melted uranium has been located by a remote-controlled drone the size of a shoebox.

SoftBank’s Boston Dynamics robotics company published a video to YouTube demonstrating a far less creepy version of their four-legged SpotMini robot.

Utah-based robotics company Sarcos is focused on augmenting, rather than replacing, human workers with robots.

Saudi Arabia became the first country to grant a robot citizenship this week, prompting critics to note the robot may have more rights than women in the country.

On October 17, American robotics company MegaBots chainsawed its way to a decisive victory over Japan’s Suidobashi Heavy Industries in the second of two giant robot duels.

As his half-trillion dollar corporation prepares to dive headfirst into the age of artificial employees, Alibaba founder Jack Ma would appreciate it if the millions of potentially displaced workers around the world would set aside what he called “empty worries” about robots.

More than 4,000 Americans were surveyed about the ever-increasing presence of robots in our daily lives, with over 70% expressing concern over robots replacing humans.

Four million British private sector jobs could be replaced by robots within ten years, according to a report.

Pisa (Italy) (AFP) – Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli’s voice soars to the rafters of the Tuscan theatre, but all eyes are on the orchestral conductor beside him — a robot with an apparent penchant for Verdi.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham claims that intelligent machines will soon replace teachers in the classroom as part of an education revolution that will focus on individualized learning approaches.

Deutsche Bank CEO John Cryan has claimed that a “big number” of his employees will be replaced by robots eventually.

While Rice University Professor of Computer Science Moshe Y. Vardi and other experts suggest that few jobs are safe from automation, not many actual workers seem to be concerned.

California could soon be the first U.S. state to impose a “robot tax” to mitigate the economic effects of the replacement of factory workers by machines — if one San Francisco Democrat gets her way.

TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese company has introduced a new role for SoftBank’s humanoid robot “Pepper” – a Buddhist priest for hire at funerals.

Robot bricklayers and exoskeletons are the “future of construction,” according to a new report.

The American economy is being held back by stalled wages, but rising wages are boosting Japan’s robots-and-no-immigration economy, says the editor of a globalist publication owned by progressives billionaire Mike Bloomberg.

Sex robots are being made to look like customers’ dead wives in an effort to combat grief, according to a report.

In one of the strangest examples of automation to date, China claims it has been successful in cleaning up court dockets using a swarm of little robot attorneys.

Kalashnikov, the Russian weapons manufacturer behind the most effective killing machine in history, has stepped into the future of warfare, announcing its development of autonomous AI-controlled combat robots.

General Paul Selva issued a warning to lawmakers about allowing the military to advance artificial intelligence-powered weapons systems for use in warfare.

President Donald Trump intervened directly this week when a group of young girls from Afghanistan were unable to enter the country to compete in a US robotics contest.

A new report from the Foundation for Responsible Robotics considers the problems that could arise from sex robots, including social isolation, love, prostitution, and pedophilia.

An automated crab-cutting robot could save jobs in Canada, after the crabs were previously sent to be dismembered abroad, according to a report.

Based out of Silicon Valley, Zume Pizza uses robots to produce freshly-baked, artisanal pizza. With their new van, which contains on-board ovens, they can deliver their pizza to customers as quickly as four minutes after it was ordered.