Restaurateurs Begin To Automate Amid Labor Shortage
By Tyler Durden Restaurant owners are blaming generous unemployment benefits for the current labor shortage. Ahead of the busy summer season, some restaurateurs are warning they might…
Robots
New York City Public Squashes Dream of Police to Use Robot Dogs on the Streets
By Nicholas West The creator of Black Mirror – the dystopian sci-fi series – has famously said that he chose to stop making episodes because…
New Documentary Reveals The Merging of Humans and Machines Is Here
By Jenny Punter The Toronto-based Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival opens Thursday with the world premiere of “A.rtificial I.mmortality,” which explores advancements in…
China Unveils “AlphaDog” — An Affordable Alternative To The Terrifying “Robo-Dog”
By Tyler Durden For years readers have read our countless notes on Boston Dynamics‘ four-legged Spot robot. Now there’s a new robo-dog in town, and its name is…
Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog Tested In War-Training Exercise
By Tyler Durden Boston Dynamics’ robot dog has generally been used for corporate applications, such as surveying a Ford Motor Co. factory or working on…
Meet “Stretch” — The Warehouse-Worker Union-Busting Robot From Boston Dynamics
By Tyler Durden Boston Dynamics on Monday revealed a new warehouse robot called “Stretch,” designed to move 800 boxes per hour, equivalent to a typical human employee….
Meet “Digit,” A Humanoid Robot Testing Package Delivery From Curb To Doorstep
By Tyler Durden The virus pandemic has accelerated the push by some companies to develop driverless automobiles for deliveries. But there’s a common problem developing…
Robots Are Coming for Millions of Blue-Collar Jobs … But Won’t Stop There
By Jim Hightower Some people find hunting for sport to be abhorrent, so hunters have come up with euphemisms to make what they do sound…
SOCOM Fields Killer Robots “For Immediate Force Protection”
By Tyler Durden A new R&D budget document from the Office of the Secretary of Defense reveals that Special Operation Command (SOCOM) has already acquired…
Robo-Waiters Prove To Be A Necessity For Contactless Portland-Area Bistro
By Tyler Durden About one year into the virus pandemic, the return to normalcy for the restaurant industry is unlikely. More than 100,000 restaurants have…
Robocop? Las Vegas Apartment Complex Deploys Human-Sized Robot To Fight Crime
By Tyler Durden It was inevitable that security robots would one-day patrol low-income neighborhoods around the clock to ensure everyone was abiding by the rules….
A World First: Robot Able to “Hear” Through the Ear of a Locust
A technological and biological development that is unprecedented in Israel and the world has been achieved at Tel Aviv University. For the first time, the…
“Drunk” Roomba Robots Aimlessly Roam Homes Amid Major Software Glitch
By Tyler Durden Here’s an instance where smart internet of things (IoT) automation devices are miserably failing. Users on Reddit and other forms of social media…
Scientists Have Created Programmable Robots Made of Living Tissue — What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
By Robert Wheeler Everyone knows that robots aren’t living beings right? Well, we did. That is, until scientists and developers recently announced how they have…