US Army Purchases 624 Robotic Mules For Combat Use
By Tyler Durden In an effort to rapidly modernize before the next large-scale military conflict, the US Army has purchased 624 robotic mules from General…
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U.S. Military Seeks A.I. “Quarterback” to Call Plays for The Internet of Battlefield Things
By Nicholas West Similar to its civilian counterpart, The Internet of Things, the military has been trying to increase the integration between physical objects, data…
Now Even Sex Robots Have Rights — And More Stories From This Week’s Absurd News Files
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world…
Robo Realtors Invade Tennessee Housing Market — “It’s Like A Segway With An iPad”
By Tyler Durden As you might remember, if not, we’ll refresh your memory, we reported on a real estate technology company several years ago that…
“Dramatic Change” Ahead: Robots Are Coming For 200,000 US Banking Jobs
By Tyler Durden A new report by Wells Fargo & Co. warns that nearly 200,000 US banking jobs are at risk of being displaced by…
ATLAS Video Shows Massive Evolution in DARPA’s Humanoid Robot
By Activist Post As most readers of Activist Post know, we have been chronicling the evolution of humanoid robots for years. Jason Bermas breaks down…
Meet The Robotic Welder That Will Soon Be Putting Construction Workers Out Of Jobs
By Tyler Durden While claiming to address the “shortage” of skilled welders, a company called Hirebotics has now engineered the first “robotic welding solution for…
Man’s Best Friend? A.I. Robo-Dog Gets a Doberman Head
By Nicholas West While I don’t subscribe to the idea that there are inherently bad breeds of dogs, Hollywood has done its best to create…
Amazon’s Facial Recognition Technology Can Now Detect Fear in People: Claim
By Jessica Corbett Privacy advocates are responding with alarm to Amazon’s claim this week that the controversial cloud-based facial recognition system the company markets to law enforcement…
A.I. “RoboCops” Continue Rolling Out Across U.S. Collecting Biometrics and Creating Blacklists
By Nicholas West The move toward using robots in law enforcement, private security, and even to scare away the homeless, has been a decade-long trend…
AI-Trained Robots Set To Automate Recycling Centers, Will Displace Countless Jobs
By Tyler Durden AMP Robotics, an artificial intelligence and robotics company that is automating the recycling industry, has rolled out new trash-picking robots for recycling…
Science Fiction No More: Researchers Develop ‘Terminator’-Like Liquid Metal
By John Anderer James Cameron’s 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day is considered a cinematic classic, in large part due to its iconic villain: a…
RoboBee Insect Drone Does Not Need a Power Source to Take Flight for Surveillance
By Nicholas West For many years we have been discussing the arrival of drones that are designed to mimic nature. The concept of insect drones,…
Spying Police Robots (Daleks) Coming To A City Near You
By MassPrivateI Six years ago, I predicted that Knightscope robots (Daleks) might replace police officers, and it appears that I was right. According to CBS Los…