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- Inside Anybots And The Rise of Human-Size Telepresence Robots http://singularityhub.com/2010/07/11/inside-anybots-and-the-rise-of-human-size-telepresence-robots-videos/ 3 comments
- Amazon grows to over 750k robots, replacing 100k humans https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-grows-over-750-000-153000967.html 383 comments
- Sex robots to “feel” human touch with new ‘smart skin’ https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/8030636/sex-robots-feel-human-touch-smart-skin 2 comments
- Humans 1, Robots 0 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303492504579115310362925246.html 10 comments
- Robots that read human body language promise to boost productivity without taking our jobs - Body language detection marks a new paradigm shift in human-robot interactions in an industrial setting. https://www.zmescience.com/science/robots-that-read-human-body-language-promise-to-boost-productivity-without-taking-our-jobs/ 11 comments technology
- South Koreans Build The World's First Human-Driven Bipedal Giant Robot http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/south-koreans-build-the-worlds-first-human-driven-biped-1790530310?rev=1482872246270 6 comments technology
- Scientists covered a robot finger in living human skin https://www.newscientist.com/article/2323290-scientists-covered-a-robot-finger-in-living-human-skin/ 15 comments technology
- When your boss is a robot: Workers are more spiteful to robot supervisors that seem more human https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022103122000798 5 comments science
- Russian space robot removed from Twitter after accusing human cosmonauts of being drunk in space https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/space-robot-fedor-russia-iss-twitter-b1041265.html 18 comments worldnews
- Robot racism? Yes, says a study showing humans' biases extend to robots https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/08/01/tech/robot-racism-scn-trnd/index.html?__twitter_impression=true 19 comments nottheonion
- Elon Musk admits humans are sometimes superior to robots, in a tweet about Tesla delays https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/13/elon-musk-admits-humans-are-sometimes-superior-to-robots.html 12 comments nottheonion
- Atlas robot gets an update. Now walks more like a human. http://techgenmag.com/2014/10/24/atlas-robot-gets-closer-to-walking-like-a-human/ 15 comments robotics
- Robotic fingertips are more sensitive than a human's http://www.futureoftech.msnbc.msn.com/technology/futureoftech/robotic-fingertips-are-more-sensitive-humans-836456 10 comments science
- Robot identifies human flesh as bacon. The uprising has begun. We are all doomed! http://www.wired.com/table_of_malcontents/2006/11/robot_identifie/ 4 comments robotics
- SARCOS half human half robot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj4j69eepu4 78 comments science
- 'Killer robots' and AI could wipe out humanity, report warns https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/08/10/killer-robots-ai-could-wipe-humanity-report-warns/ 52 comments technology
- [N]Russian Robot Knows How to Use Human Tools, and Now It’s Flying into Space https://www.autoevolution.com/news/russian-robot-knows-how-to-use-human-tools-and-now-its-flying-into-space-136966.html 12 comments robotics
- I'm a Google Manufacturing Robot and I Believe Humans Are Biologically Unfit to Have Jobs in Tech https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-a-google-manufacturing-robot-and-i-believe-humans-are-biologically-unfit-to-have-jobs-in-tech 18 comments technology
- Bill Gates says robots that steal human jobs should pay taxes http://www.recode.net/2017/2/17/14652880/bill-gates-robots-steal-human-jobs-pay-taxes 39 comments technology
- Russia developing killer robot that 'can detect and shoot a human from 4 miles away' http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/russia-developing-killer-robot-that-can-detect-shoot-human-4-miles-away-1591224?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous/news&yptr=yahoo 10 comments worldnews
- AI robot tells human creators it will keep them in a "people zoo" http://glitch.news/2015-08-27-ai-robot-that-learns-new-words-in-real-time-tells-human-creators-it-will-keep-them-in-a-people-zoo.html 313 comments technology
- Humans Appear (to already be) Programmed to Obey Robots, Studies Suggest http://singularityhub.com/2014/02/20/humans-appear-programmed-to-obey-robots-studies-suggest/ 11 comments technology
- This day in tech -Jan. 25, 1979: Robot Kills Human http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2010/01/0125robot-kills-worker/ 6 comments technology
- Packs of robots will hunt down uncooperative humans http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2008/10/packs-of-robots-will-hunt-down.html?dcmp=ilc-hmts&nsref=specrt10_head_pack%20hunting%20robots 37 comments science
- Here's Why Robots Will Increasingly Be Less, Not More, Human-Like http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-why-robots-will-increasingly-be-less-not-more-humanlike-2014-6 6 comments technology
- Robots can encourage risk-taking behaviour in humans https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-robots-risk-taking-behaviour-humans.html 5 comments technology
- Scientists from around the world are developing robotic skin that helps machines gain the sense of touch. By 2030, Oxford Economics estimates that robots will displace 20 million human workers worldwide. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/02/scientists-make-artificial-skin-for-robotic-androids.html 128 comments worldnews
- ''Whatever jobs robots can do better than us, economics says there will always be other, more trivial things that humans can be paid to do. But economics cannot answer the value question: Will that work be worth doing?'' https://iainews.iai.tv/articles/the-death-of-the-9-5-auid-1074?access=all?utmsource=reddit 4 comments philosophy
- Chinese factory replaces 90% of human workers with robots. Production rises by 250%, defects drop by 80% http://www.zmescience.com/other/economics/china-factory-robots-03022017/ 3 comments technews
- Whole-Body imitation of Human's Motion by a NAO Humanoid Robot https://youtu.be/VQRBHEcz_Oc 4 comments robotics
- Hybrid hydrostatic transmission enables robots with human-like grace and precision http://phys.org/news/2016-05-hybrid-hydrostatic-transmission-enables-robots.html 3 comments robotics
- Rise of the Robot Security Guards. Startup Knightscope is preparing to roll out human-size robot patrols http://www.technologyreview.com/news/532431/rise-of-the-robot-security-guards/ 13 comments robotics
- "Web entrepreneur Dmitry Itskov is behind the '2045 Initiative', an ambitious experiment to bring about immortality within the next 30 years by creating a robot capable of storing human personalities." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/03/13/media-mogul-dmitry-itskov-plans-to-live-forever-by-uploading-his/ 27 comments cogsci
- Dr. Steve Strogatz wonders if we've reached the limits of human scientific understanding, and should soon turn the reins of research over to robots. Cold, calculating robots. Meet Eureka. http://www.radiolab.org/2010/apr/05/limits-of-science/ 16 comments science
- Humanity's newfound ability to manipulate DNA, regenerate tissue and augment our abilities through robotics is putting us on the edge of becoming a new species http://www.earthweek.com/2009/ew090213/ew090213b.html 12 comments science
- Army Lays Out Plans for Robotic Combat Vehicles - Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth said the service is kicking off a new human-machine integrated formations initiative. https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2023/12/12/army-lays-out-plans-for-robotic-combat-vehicles 23 comments futurology
- Mercedes-Benz swaps robots for people on its assembly lines: Car makers switch to smaller and safer robots working alongside humans for greater flexibility http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/26/mercedes-benz-robots-people-assembly-lines 46 comments worldnews
- Researchers have built prototypes of a micro-robot, the size of a human cell, that can carry drugs into the body and eliminate the need for risk operations. Measuring 100 microns in length and 40 microns in width, the micro-robot can be injected into the human body without leaving a wound http://www.zdnet.com/cn/chinese-researchers-build-cell-size-bots-to-carry-drugs-7000020698/ 108 comments technology
- Robots are about two orders of magnitude less efficient than humans and animals in using energy to produce motion, which limits their usefulness for military and other applications, according to the DARPA. http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/info-management/240003188 33 comments technology
- The construction industry is short on human workers and ripe for a robotic takeover - Construction is one of the least-digitized industries in the world, and its productivity is suffering. https://www.recode.net/2017/6/6/15701186/robots-construction-homes-technology-drones-building-automation-productivity 3 comments technology