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- Cyberrunner – robot playing Labyrinth board game https://www.cyberrunner.ai/ 15 comments
- Building Steel Lattice Structures with a Robotic Arm and Laser Beam Welding https://www.tetmet.net/post/this-is-what-we-do 2 comments
- Adidas abandons robot-staffed Speedfactories in Germany and the US. Originally meant to bring sneaker production back to Western markets the processes will now be adopted by two suppliers in Asia https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/11/adidas-abandons-robot-speedfactories-in-germany-and-the-us/ 6 comments worldnews
- Post-labor economics: Will capitalism work when the robots take over? - The fundamental balance between people, government and capital will be radically altered in a post-work society https://newatlas.com/technology/post-labor-economics-shapiro/ 320 comments futurology
- Scientists Have Taught Robots How to Work Together - Science News https://chemhelps.com/scientists-have-taught-robots-how-to-work-together/ 23 comments futurology
- Amazon Robotics Janus framework lifts continual learning to the next level https://www.amazon.science/latest-news/amazon-robotics-continual-learning-reinforcement-learning-janus-framework 2 comments robotics
- Hyundai Will Build 4x4s With Wheeled Robot Legs https://newatlas.com/automotive/hyundai-utv-robot-legs/ 4 comments technology
- "We are not robots" — Amazon workers stage large-scale protests across U.K., Europe: Labor activists across Europe use Black Friday to raise awareness about Amazon's working conditions, alleged abuses https://www.salon.com/2019/12/01/we-are-not-robots-amazon-workers-stage-large-scale-protests-across-u-k-europe/ 8 comments technology
- Rust job (Tokyo, robotics startup) https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/bo1lvn/rust_job_tokyo_robotics_startup/ 32 comments rust
- ISS robot accuses crew of being mean https://www.cnet.com/news/iss-cimon-robot-accuses-crew-of-being-mean/ 7 comments nottheonion
- MEPs vote to ban 'killer robots' on battlefield http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45497617 14 comments europe
- Robotics Legend Simone Giertz has Brain Surgery https://mashable.com/2018/05/30/simone-giertz-shitty-robots-brain-surgery/#topyn5w_ukqf 7 comments technology
- Are robot cops the future of efficient, bias-free policing? http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/are-robot-cops-the-future-of-efficient-bias-free-policing/article/2647771 8 comments technology
- Sophia the robot is now a citizen of Saudi Arabia https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/10/29/sophia-the-robot-is-now-a-citizen-of-saudi-arabia.html 5 comments worldnews
- Top US general warns against rogue killer robots http://thehill.com/policy/defense/342659-top-us-general-warns-against-rogue-killer-robots 13 comments technology
- Afghan girls robotics team competes after visa obstacles https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/07/18/afghan-girls-robotics-team/486693001/ 5 comments politics
- Robot 'commits suicide' at mall https://www.theladders.com/p/24160/drowned-robot-and-human-superiority 8 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
- Dubai police have enrolled a robotic officer, the first in a unit that aims to make up a quarter of the force by 2030. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/afp/2017/06/uae-dubai-police-robot.html 7 comments worldnews
- Logistics Robots Clumping at Roboports https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/4y1gw0/logistics_robots_clumping_at_roboports/ 20 comments factorio
- Sharp’s adorable robot phone is a not-so-cute $1,800 http://60abc.com/sharps-adorable-robot-phone-is-a-not-so-cute-1800/ 60 comments technology
- "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
- Check out Toshiba's giant nuclear cleanup robot http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2016/01/18/toshiba-built-a-giant-robot-to-help-clean-up-fukushimas-dangerous-nuclear-reactors/?utm_source=social 7 comments technology
- Israel gets $20m to create robot workers for China http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-gets-20m-to-create-robot-workers-for-china/ 42 comments worldnews
- Robots pass the classic "wise-men puzzle", showing a new degreee of self-awareness. http://phys.org/news/2015-07-robots-wise-men-puzzle-degree-self-awareness.html 10 comments science
- Thanks to an automated robotic telescope, scientists have spotted three new super-Earths in our cosmic backyard. The planets orbit a star just 54 light years away from Earth. "The three planets are unlike anything in our solar system, with masses 7-8 times the mass of Earth" http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/04/29/automated-planet-finder-spots-three-new-super-earths-orbiting-a-nearby-star/?tid=rssfeed 6 comments science
- Russian Scientists Develop 'Underwater Wi-Fi' to Control Sea Robots http://sputniknews.com/science/20150124/1017293139.html 4 comments russia
- What Happens to Society When Robots Replace Workers? https://hbr.org/2014/12/what-happens-to-society-when-robots-replace-workers 9 comments business
- Real implementation of self-balancing platform, model inputs and robot actuation. Torque and wheel velocity? http://kot.rogacz.com/Science/Studies/14/Conrob/lecture/Module4.pdf 8 comments robotics
- New noninvasive system allows people to control flying robot using only their mind http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130606/new-noninvasive-system-allows-people-to-control-flying-robot-using-only-their-mind.aspx 9 comments science
- roshask - Stream-oriented Robotics Programming http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~acowley/papers/roshask.pdf 10 comments haskell
- US Navy's X-47B: World's first unmanned robot aircraft piloted by artificial intelligence http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/us-navys-x-47b-worlds-first-unmanned-robot-aircraft-piloted-by-artificial-intelligence/articleshow/17570651.cms 16 comments technology
- This Burger Was Made Entirely by a Robot. There are cca 3 million workers employed in food preparation and serving in the USA alone. How do you think unemployment will progress in the future thanks to the automated economy? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elie-ayrouth/burger-robot_b_2160251.html 122 comments economy
- Fidel Castro: A Robot Would Make a Better President Than Obama --- Is Fidel joining the Republican party ;-)? http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/01/10/fidel_thinks_americans_should_vote_for_a_robot_over_obama 2 comments politics
- I've created a 30 acre Sustainable Farm design that will produce up to 10 times any farm the same size and needs only 6 people, 6 Robots and 2 dogs with cell phones to produce food for up to 300 people year round. http://www.solarmaxfarm.com 32 comments technology
- Robot Jason Heyward is the next twitter you should follow http://twitter.com/#!/robotheyward 9 comments baseball
- Obama's robot wars endanger us all - "The drones have killed some jihadis. But the evidence suggests they create far more jihadis than they kill - and make an attack on me or you more likely with each bomb" http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann--hari-obamas-robot-wars-endanger-us-all-2106931.html 11 comments politics
- South Korea deploys robots capable of killing intruders along border with North http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/southkorea/7887217/south-korea-deploys-robot-capable-of-killing-intruders-along-border-with-north.html 90 comments worldnews
- Really cool video of a four wheeled jumping robot http://hackaday.com/2010/06/25/jumping-robot-looks-like-a-product-of-doctor-wily/ 5 comments robotics
- Giant, Python Powered Robots http://entitycrisis.blogspot.com/2009/01/giant-python-powered-robots.html 40 comments programming