Discovering how animals learn to walk and learn from stumbling was the goal of a study carried out by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS). They created a four-legged, canine-sized robot to aid them in comprehending the specifics.

Researchers trained robots on artificial intelligence exhibited racist and sexist behavior, bringing concerns for the future of automation.

As every athletic or fashion-conscious person knows, our body image is not always accurate or realistic, but it's an important piece of information that determines how we function in the world. When you get dressed or play ball, your brain is constantly planning ahead so that you can move your body without bumping, tripping, or falling over.

Amazon has unveiled its first fully autonomous mobile robot. While it looks very much like a robot vacuum, Proteus is designed for transportation not cleaning.

Hospitality businesses look to hi-tech gadgets amid staff shortages after Covid pandemic and Brexit

Orders for workplace robots increased by 40 per cent in the first three months of 2022 amid a labour shortage in the US, according to new figures. A report by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), first cited by the Wall Street Journal, found that orders worth $1.6bn (£1.3bn) were placed between January and March.

The next raspberries you eat might have been picked by a Kraken-like four-armed robot, rather than a human. Fruit harvested by what is believed to be the world’s first raspberry-picking robot in commercial operation is now on sale in British supermarkets.

Creating a machine that can perform the delicate work of picking an apple is tricky – and farmworkers say it could be a benefit

Dyson has been getting into more and more offbeat products these days, like the Zone noise-canceling headphones that blow purified air at your face. Now, the company has revealed that it has an entire division that's secretly been developing robot prototypes that do household chores.

Venture capital firms are eager to allocate money into robotics firms in a wide range of industries from shipping to healthcare as more automation became a focus during the global pandemic. In 2021, funding globally for robotics and drone companies rose to $14.9 billion, according to PitchBook.

AI content delivery has the potential to change education, we are already seeing startups blow past traditional methods. How far can we go?

Driverless forklifts help address the labor shortage and can move supplies around factories more safely. A self-driving forklift may be the next wave of warehouse and factory innovations, saving companies on labor and, ideally, making industrial settings safer for everyone.

Americans on average die three years sooner than their counterparts in other wealthy nations. This can be brought on by many factors, but researchers find that automation is a major source of the decline of US manufacturing jobs leading to this.

In a few years, it will probably be pretty ordinary to see robots delivering packages and transporting goods in cities. Delivery companies are always on the lookout for the next big innovation in the sector. In the US, companies like Starship Technologies have seen huge growth as a result of the pandemic, and others like Coco are also scaling quickly.

Automation is reaching more companies, imperiling some jobs and changing the nature of others.

As the hospitality industry continues to experience major staffing shortages, one restaurant is attempting to continue serving customers in a creative way. Eat District in Boca Raton, Florida, recently introduced a new server named Bella. Developed by Pudu Robotics, she is touted as providing "an unprecedented food delivery robot experience." She debuted this week to Eat District patrons, who reportedly loved the new waiter.

Among the deluge of robotics predictions you're bound to encounter this year, there's one you should pay particular attention to: The way robots "see" is fundamentally changing, and that's going to have a huge impact on the utility cost and proliferation of robotic systems.

A growing number of tech firms have developed robots the say could replace bar staff.

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In the middle of the French lockdown in October 2020, a new restaurant launched on Deliveroo and UberEats in Paris: Cala. Its pasta dishes started at €8 each, causing some customers to wonder about the high quality to price ratio — particularly compared to some other Parisian outlets.