Category archives: Robots

Be careful what you say, because the Big-I is watching. Always.

Japan is taking it up a notch on the creepiness scale as researchers unveil the new human-like Alter.

Down a side street bracketed by massage parlors and cheap hotels in this city on the banks of the Yangtze River, a humanoid food service robot trundles around the corner of a table in a cafe, red eyes flashing in tune with synthesized classical music.
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The patented SPIDER device solves one of the greatest challenges faced by the airship industry.

By promoting muscle activity, it could prevent the onset of cerebral palsy.

Wonder Workshop, which makes toy robots that teach kids how to code, said it raised $20 million in its second round of funding and was looking to expand into new markets, especially China.

Within five years, one in three U.S. surgeries is expected to be performed with robotic systems, with surgeons sitting at computer consoles guiding mechanical arms.

China’s push to modernize its manufacturing with robotics is partly a response to labor shortages and fast-rising wages.

Robots are eliminating job drudgery in hospitals, and as technology advances, they’ll take on therapeutic roles too.

“We’re building a living machine — a biohybrid robot,” project lead Victoria Webster said.