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- Robotic face makes eye contact, uses AI to anticipate and replicate smiles https://techxplore.com/news/2024-03-robotic-eye-contact-ai-replicate.amp 2 comments
- Robot EMG Face Control https://youtu.be/Tw8vxp7Slu8 3 comments robotics
- AI warning: Robot soldiers only 15 years away from ‘changing face’ of warfare - expert https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1361130/ai-warning-expert-robot-soldiers-war-military-artificial-intelligence-evg 26 comments artificial
- Robotics company will pay you $130,000 to use your face on all its robots https://geomiq.com/blog/public-appeal-applicants-needed-to-find-face-of-new-line-of-robots/ 15 comments worldnews
- Aflac’s toy robot for kids facing cancer is the smartest toy of all https://www.theverge.com/ces/2018/1/11/16874724/aflac-special-duck-robot-toy-children-cancer-therapy-ces-2018 2 comments technology
- Sawyer is a new face in collaborative robots http://phys.org/news/2015-03-sawyer-collaborative-robots.html#ajTabs 3 comments robotics
- Robots face new creativity test http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30144069 6 comments artificial
- Migrant Workers in China Face Competition from Robots http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428433/migrant-workers-in-china-face-competition-from/#.uaqactgr-sm.reddit 8 comments business
- Not only humans but most advanced Robot has also face struggle on sand http://www.itvnews.tv/sci-tech/science/sand-is-a-robots-nightmare-too.html 2 comments science
- "Could Roboy Be The Most Advanced Humanoid Robot Yet?" (tendon driven, face recognition) http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/could-roboy-be-the-most-advanced-humanoid-robot-yet 10 comments technology
- Finally, a Robot That Can Punch You in the Face http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/diy/finally-a-robot-that-can-punch-you-in-the-face 9 comments robotics
- Elon Musk faces skeptics as Tesla gets ready to unveil vaporware robots https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/elon-musk-faces-skeptics-tesla-gets-ready-unveil-optimus-robot-2022-09-20/ 299 comments futurology
- Japan shop deploys robot to check people are wearing face masks https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/16/japan-shop-deploys-robot-to-check-people-are-wearing-face-masks 5 comments technology
- Queen's birthday honour for robot sex expert Adrian Cheok to face challenge | Australia news https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jun/19/queens-birthday-honour-for-robot-sex-expert-adrian-cheok-to-face-challenge 4 comments nottheonion
- 'Keep robot brothels out of Houston': sex doll company faces pushback https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/01/houston-robot-brothel-kinky-s-dolls-sex-trafficking 10 comments technology
- June 2016: America and Japan to face off in giant robot combat http://www.gizmag.com/kuratas-suidobashi-megabots-giant-robot-battle-2016-gundams/38352/ 5 comments technology
- Obama must face the rise of the robots http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/f6f19228-6bbc-11e2-a17d-00144feab49a.html#axzz2jsqeekoi 54 comments economy
- The robot that can pull faces just like a human being http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1085059/pictured-the-robot-pull-faces-just-like-human-being.html 3 comments technology
- Robot-surgery firm from Sunnyvale facing lawsuits, reports of death and injury http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/22/robot-surgery-firm-from-sunnyvale-facing-lawsuits-reports-of-death-and-injury/ 7 comments technology
- If a construction robot had a face would it be the left one or the right one? https://i.reddituploads.com/053719b68af848d7b602837e6f0c04f9?fit=max&h=1536&w=1536&s=87e0527cf0b5faf2b525ebddd24d940b 42 comments factorio
- Facing very odd errors in Gazebo-ROS with Swarm Robotics https://answers.gazebosim.org/question/25406/swarm-robotics-in-ros-gazebo-facing-very-odd-errors/ 5 comments robotics
- Four-Legged Walking Robot Is Smaller Than an Ant's Face https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/four-legged-walking-robot-is-smaller-than-an-ants-face 3 comments technology
- Mozilla faces blowback after slipping Mr Robot plugin into Firefox https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/16/16784628/mozilla-mr-robot-arg-plugin-firefox-looking-glass 67 comments firefox
- I am robot, here’s your pizza - Autonomous delivery robots hit the streets while drones face regulatory hurdles. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/i-am-robot-heres-your-pizza/ 54 comments technology
- Positive Pregnancy Test Immediately Sprouts Robotic Legs, Scans Woman’s Face With Laser https://www.theonion.com/positive-pregnancy-test-immediately-sprouts-robotic-leg-1849598590 5 comments technology
- This chest-mounted robot feeding arm could stuff your face when you’re too full to move https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2018/11/22/18107810/robot-feeding-arm-chest-mounted-social-augmented-eating 5 comments technology
- Will the future of space exploration evolve into a hybrid of human and robotic expeditions, one which may change the face of humanity in space? http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2011/11/is-the-human-species-entering-an-evolutionary-inflection-point.html#more 8 comments space
- Big Dog Army Robot Will Change the Face of War Forever (article & video). Incredible "Walking Platform" which walks, balances, and interacts with the physical environment autonomously. http://i.gizmodo.com/5160863/big-dog-army-robot-will-change-the-face-of-war-forever 5 comments technology
- This robot with human-like face can detect coronavirus infections and enforce face mask rules https://mazech.com/2020/11/this-robot-with-human-like-face-can-detect-coronavirus-infections-and-enforce-face-mask-rules/ 7 comments economy
- An experimental robot with an animated cartoon face has been sent to the International Space Station (ISS) on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Dubbed Cimon (Crew Interactive Mobile Companion), the device is intended as an "an AI-based assistant for astronauts". https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44655675 8 comments space
- IBM is launching a flying 'robotic brain' into space that will work with and monitor astronauts - the robot, called the Crew Interactive Mobile Companion (CIMON), will have an animated face, talk, and fly around. http://uk.businessinsider.com/cimon-ibm-watson-artificial-intelligence-iss-2018-2 53 comments worldnews
- Aaron Rodgers on how pundits have treated his career: “There’s an underlying, ‘Shut up and dribble.’ ‘Shut up and play.’ I’ve never been a robot. I’m not a cliche guy. I’m not a game-faced guy. I’m the guy that shoots from the hip and speaks from the heart." https://www.outkick.com/aaron-rodgers-girlfriend-blu-of-earth-reacts-to-qbs-self-love-journey-via-a-psychoactive-brew-called-ayahuasca/ 718 comments nfl
- [N] How googly eyes solved one of today’s trickiest UX problems: « Why do humans have such a strong reaction to such a simplistic design? It may be because we tend to turn anything into a face, something that robot designers have exploited to encourage people to interact with robots. » https://www.fastcompany.com/90395110/how-googly-eyes-solved-one-of-todays-trickiest-ux-problems 3 comments robotics
- Facing the robotic revolution - "So maybe we need to pay people to consume, maybe through some basic income. I think it is inevitable that we go in that direction. It's good news. The possibility now exists we can put over a lot of the work we don't like to robots and AIs." http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39028030 12 comments technology
- The real risks of artificial intelligence: "Fears of a robot apocalypse mask the actual problems that we face by increasingly letting our lives be run by algorithms" http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161110-the-real-risks-of-artificial-intelligence 18 comments technology
- Björn Wahlroos, Finnish banker and chairman of the board for multiple companies in the Nordics, says robots are replacing labour. He predicts many workers will soon be faced with two options: low-paid work or unemployment and says that basic income only viable solution in face of massive job losses. http://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/banker_wahlroos_basic_income_only_viable_solution_in_face_of_massive_job_losses/9246444 194 comments worldnews
- Everybody Knows Robots Will Take Our Jobs, But We Can't Admit It. Why? Millennials are facing a massive financial crisis and no one—including millennials—seems worried. http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a42876/millennial-financial-crisis-technology/ 48 comments politics
- Now You're Talking: Human-Like Robot May One Day Care For Dementia Patients -- "With her brown hair, soft skin and expressive face, Nadine is a new brand of human-like robot that could one day, scientists hope, be used as a personal assistant or care provider for the elderly." http://www.reuters.com/article/singapore-humanoid-iduskcn0w9120 14 comments cogsci
- What's Better Than A Total Eclipse Of The Sun? On Aug. 20, 2013, NASA's robot Curiosity was sitting on a Martian plain and one of its cameras looked up at the sky and saw the little moon Phobos passing across the face of the sun. Curiosity's camera snapped a picture every 3 seconds http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2014/07/22/331798896/whats-better-than-a-total-eclipse-of-the-sun-check-this 10 comments space
- Obama must face the rise of the robots - Technology will leave a large chunk of the US labour force in the lurch http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f6f19228-6bbc-11e2-a17d-00144feab49a.html#axzz2jxjqqn2c 7 comments politics