Robotics
This Robot Will Sail for Months on the Lookout for a Tsunami
An oceangoing robot that watches for tsunamis may be just the thing to save lives when disaster is on its ...Socially Sensitive AI Software Coaches Call-Center Workers
Next time you call customer support, the person on the other end of the line may be getting a little ...Robotic Grocers Have Learned How to Handle Your Vegetables
A robot that can pick up bags of fruit or individual vegetables may get us a step closer to fully automated ...An AI Poker Bot Has Whipped the Pros
Humans have been bested by a computer in yet another game once considered too difficult for artificial intelligence to master. ...Boston Dynamics Has a New “Nightmare-Inducing” Robot
Say hello to Handle, the latest robot to be developed by the Google-owned Boston Dynamics. But unlike its siblings, Handle ...Botnets Could Meet Their Match in Robot Hackers
Last summer the Pentagon staged a contest in Las Vegas in which high-powered computers spent 12 hours trying to hack ...These Paper Drones Are Built for One-Way Missions
Not many people would sign up for a one-way mission—thank goodness there are now drones to do the job for ...This Robot Will Carry Your Stuff and Follow You Around
Inside an industrial building in Somerville, Massachusetts, I’m watching a robot follow someone around like an eager puppy. The light-blue ...FedEx Bets on Automation as It Prepares to Fend Off Uber and Amazon
When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight, your FedEx package might someday be delivered by a robot. Rob ...Rethink’s Sawyer Robot Just Got a Whole Lot Smarter
Rethink Robotics, pioneers in the field of collaborative industrial robotics, has made a massive upgrade to its Sawyer robots. Designed to help ...