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The age of killer robots may have already begun
A drone that can select and engage targets on its own attacked soldiers during a civil conflict in Libya. Why it matters: If confirmed, it would likely represent the first-known case of a machine-learning-based autonomous weapon being used to kill, potentially heralding a dangerous new era in warfare.
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Mark Russell's 'Not All Robots' is a parable of toxic masculinity & AI supremacy in our capitalist hellscape
"Human obsolescence... is it a good thing?" How's that for a premise for a comic book? Not All Robots is the next creator-owned project from writer Mark Russell. Together with superstar artist Mike Deodato Jr., he's created a pitch-black parable about a dystopian vision of future Earth in which an AI-driven robot workforce has made the human race largely unnecessary. The five-issue limited series from AWA Studios debuts on Aug. 4.
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Robot That Senses Hidden Objects – “We’re Trying to Give Robots Superhuman Perception”
System uses penetrative radio frequency to pinpoint items, even when they’re hidden from view. In recent years, robots have gained artificial vision, touch, and even smell. “Researchers have been giving robots human-like perception,” says MIT Associate Professor Fadel Adib. In a new paper, Adib’s team is pushing the technology a step further. “We’re trying to give robots superhuman perception,” he says.
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New York Returns Its Police ‘Robodog’ After a Public Outcry
City residents and elected officials pushed back after videos showed the Boston Dynamics robot in action.
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Robots are coming and the fallout will largely harm marginalized communities
COVID-19 has brought about numerous, devastating changes to people’s lives globally. With the number of cases rising across Canada and globally, we are also witnessing the development and use of robots to perform jobs in some workplaces that are deemed unsafe for humans.
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How 'Superstore' nailed the chaos and complexities of robots in the workplace
It's hard not to feel like technology is taking over when you turn on the TV and see some of your favorite characters dealing with their own personal robot revolution.
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Robots are animals, not humans
Humans have worked alongside animals for centuries. So why are we so obsessed with comparing robots to ourselves? In the early 2000s, a Russian man named Boris Zhurid struck a deal to sell the Iranians a large collection of weaponry. He chartered a transport aircraft to make the delivery from Sevastopol, the largest city on the Crimean Peninsula, in the Black Sea, to the Persian Gulf.
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This Robot Taught Itself to Walk in a Simulation—Then Went for a Stroll in Berkeley
Recently, in a Berkeley lab, a robot called Cassie taught itself to walk, a little like a toddler might. Through trial and error, it learned to move in a simulated world. Then its handlers sent it strolling through a minefield of real-world tests to see how it’d fare.
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Robot artist sells art for $688,888, now eyeing music career
Sophia is a robot of many talents — she speaks, jokes, sings and even makes art. In March, she caused a stir in the art world when a digital work she created as part of a collaboration was sold at an auction for $688,888 in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT).
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Scientists Made Living, Self-Healing Robots From Frog Skin Cells
The line between animals and machines was already getting blurry after a team of scientists and roboticists unveiled the first living robots last year. Now the same team has released version 2.0 of their so-called xenobots, and they’re faster, stronger, and more capable than ever.
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Don’t Arm Robots in Policing
A new bill would “prohibit the New York City Police Department (NYPD) from using or threatening to use robots armed with a weapon or to use robots in any manner that is substantially likely to cause death or serious physical injury.”
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Robotization could reverse progress made to close gender pay gap
Industrial robotization in the workforce is projected to worsen the gender pay gap, according to new research using data from across Europe, signaling that any progress toward closing the gap may be quickly eroded without intervention.
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15+ Futuristic Technologies Showcased at CES 2021
'Tis the season. The CES season, that is. CES 2021 is jam-packed with exciting new technology. This week's completely digital event saw presentations from leading tech industry experts, thought leaders, influencers, and entrepreneurs. Things were obviously different this year, as the world continues to battle the current pandemic. Rather than have thousands of people flock to Las Vegas for in-person presentations and tech booths, this year was dominated by virtual press conferences.
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Robots are disinfecting hotels during the pandemic. It’s the tip of a hospitality revolution.
Major brands are increasingly turning to the world of high-tech disinfection to strengthen their protocols.
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Pennsylvania legalizes delivery robots that weigh up to 550 pounds, classifies them as pedestrians
Pennsylvania has legalized autonomous delivery robots that roam sidewalks to deliver goods same-day from business-to-business or from point of sale to the buyer. The use of delivery robots which can weigh up 550 pounds, was legalized after the bill was approved 105-97 last month, making Pennsylvania the twelfth U.S state permitted to use autonomous devices for deliveries.
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Military robots perform worse when humans won't stop interrupting them
A US project has found that AI-controlled military robots perform worse when humans interrupt them – but letting the robots operate alone raises serious ethical questions.
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The robot kitchen that will make you dinner – and wash up too
Finally, the ultimate kitchen gadget you never knew you wanted is here – but it will cost you about the same as the average UK house. For those stumped as to what to buy the super-rich person in their lives this Christmas, how about a fully robotic kitchen that promises to whip up a choice of up to 5,000 recipes at the press of a button?
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The Plan to Turn Scrapped Rockets Into Space Stations
In early October, a dead Soviet satellite and the abandoned upper stage of a Chinese rocket narrowly avoided a collision in low Earth orbit. If the objects had crashed, the impact would have blown them to bits and created thousands of new pieces of dangerous space debris. Only a few days prior, the European Space Agency had published its annual space environment report, which highlighted abandoned rocket bodies as one of the biggest threats to spacecraft.
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Walmart scrapped plans to let these 6-foot-tall robots check inventory at stores, after reportedly finding that it's simpler to let humans do the job
After a three-year trial that saw Bossa Nova robots rolled out to 500 stores, Walmart has reportedly found that staff can do the job effectively.
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Machines to 'do half of all work tasks by 2025'
Half of all work tasks will be handled by machines by 2025 in a shift likely to worsen inequality, a World Economic Forum report has forecast. The think tank said a "robot revolution" would create 97 million jobs worldwide but destroy almost as many, leaving some communities at risk.
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