- Bezos says Amazon workers aren’t treated like robots, unveils robotic plan to keep them working https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/15/22385762/bezos-letter-shareholders-amazon-workers-union-bessemer-workplace?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter 20 comments technology
- Sanctuary AI aims to develop human-like intelligence in robots - Temporal Eternity https://temporaleternity.com/2019/07/15/sanctuary-ai-aims-to-develop-human-like-intelligence-in-robots/ 6 comments artificial
- Elon Musk likes anime and says it's time to build a giant robot https://www.rt.com/usa/441242-musk-anime-mecha-robot/ 42 comments technology
- Disney’s flying robot stunt double can pose just like a superhero https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/30/17517512/disney-robot-stunt-double-animatronic-superhero 31 comments technews
- 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
- Putting a cockroach-like shell on a small robot allows it to slip through cluttered environments, using "terradynamic" streamlining. https://www.braindecoder.com/watch-this-cockroach-inspired-robot-1211704622.html 8 comments science
- Robot Funded By The US Military Can Sprint And Jump Just Like A Cheetah http://nowtrendz.com/robotcheetah.php 5 comments robotics
- 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
- 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
- Be afraid: DARPA unveils Terminator-like Atlas robot | Crave http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57593396-1/be-afraid-darpa-unveils-terminator-like-atlas-robot/ 29 comments technology
- “It was like talking to a robot. No expression, no feeling,” http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/blogs/bostonspirit/2012/09/romney_a_wimp_not_so_much_acco.html 4 comments politics
- What are the implications of an anatomically functional humanoid robot like PETMAN? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_Grand_Challenge#2012_Robotics_Challenge 36 comments robotics
- Don't give me death, I was brainwashed like a robot: Kasab - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/dont-give-me-death-i-was-brainwashed-like-a-robot-kasab/articleshow/10303907.cms 17 comments india
- Iran unveils human-like robot: report http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=cng.80c425d08e43bd8ab419c2b2bb578795.141&show_article=1 3 comments reddit.com
- Engineers program tiny robots to move, think like insects https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171214141923.htm 5 comments technology
- Robot finds likely melted fuel heap inside Fukushima reactor http://abcnews.go.com/technology/wirestory/robot-finds-melted-fuel-heap-inside-fukushima-reactor-48797095 145 comments worldnews
- Fukushima robot finds potential fuel debris hanging like icicles in reactor 3 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/07/21/national/fukushima-robot-finds-potential-fuel-debris-hanging-like-icicles-reactor-3/ 54 comments worldnews
- The new show "Westworld" reminds us of how like us robots could be http://phys.org/news/2016-10-westworld-robots.html 4 comments artificial
- NASA JSC robot looks like a storm trooper http://www.dailytexanonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_main_image/public/images/2013/11/valkyrie.jpg?itok=ykjFNBS0 6 comments robotics
- It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's ... a New Seagull-Like Robot Spy Drone! http://www.fastcompany.com/1742584/flying-robot-spy-drones-can-fly-like-convincing-seagulls-freak-jonathan-out 6 comments technology
- Robot Uses Air Powered Muscles To Run Like A Human (video incl.) http://singularityhub.com/2010/12/23/robot-uses-air-powered-muscles-to-run-like-a-human-video/ 5 comments robotics
- 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
- Would you like to program a robot to fold T-Shirts? You can! Use the PR2 Simulator! http://www.ros.org/wiki/pr2_simulator 4 comments programming
- "When you work for Walmart you are joining a cult, they become your family. At least until they replace your underpaid butt with an automated check-out machine. Eventually the greeters will be life-like robots." http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyid=121576791 5 comments reddit.com
- Amazing Robo Fish - Video (This robot can swim like real fish) http://nonk.nonk.info/pages2/robot_fish_swim_in_pool.php 2 comments reddit.com
- New Israeli robot scurries like a cockroach, runs like a lizard – swims, too https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-israeli-robot-scurries-like-a-cockroach-runs-like-a-lizard-swims-too/ 3 comments technology
- [JeredWeaver] I don’t feel like AAA would be a good place for Robot umpires.. would be weird for a pitcher who gets called up and down a lot. That’s just me though https://twitter.com/Weave1036/status/1484330438856302592?s=20 55 comments baseball
- Microsoft's Raunchy Nazi Robot, TayTweets, was likely intentional https://medium.com/@robbiewinters/tricked-by-a-crazy-nazi-sex-robot-c357ab6508f#.7auk6zr1a 21 comments artificial
- The Navy’s New Robot Looks and Swims Just Like a Shark http://www.wired.com/2014/12/navy-ghostswimmer-robot-fish/ 17 comments technology
- The future of self-driving looking less like Elon Musk and more like Domino’s pizza robots https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/10/self-driving-looking-less-like-elon-musk-more-dominos-pizza-robots.html 55 comments technology
- We can’t ban killer robots – it’s already too late: Telling international arms traders they can’t make killer robots is like telling soft-drinks makers that they can’t make orangeade https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/22/killer-robots-international-arms-traders 114 comments technology
- A Chinese company accused of ripping off Apple designs unveiled a new humanoid robot that looks a lot like Tesla's https://www.businessinsider.com/xiaomi-unveils-new-bot-that-looks-like-teslabot-2022-8 147 comments technology
- It’s a buoy, it’s a life raft, it’s Emily — the robotic craft that’s saving refugees off the coast of Greece - "roboticists are trying to make Emily even more effective in large-scale crises like refugee shipwrecks — by making the craft more autonomous." https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-05-01/it-s-buoy-it-s-life-raft-it-s-emily-robotic-craft-s-saving-refugees-coast-greece 2 comments technology
- Giant NASA spider robots could 3D print lunar base by heating iron nanoparticles to create solid, ceramic-like blocks http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/03/giant-nasa-spider-robots-could-3d-print-lunar-base/ 10 comments space
- OMRON's amazing ping pong robot can serve, takes smashes, and looks like it could kill you if it loses. https://www.engadget.com/2017/10/08/omron-table-tennis-robot-serve-smash/ 15 comments robotics
- A new deep-learning based motion-capture software, DeepFly3D uses multiple camera views to model the movements of a fruit fly in three dimensions. The ultimate aim is to use this knowledge to design fly-like robots. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/deepfly3d-the-deep-learning-way-to-design-fly-like/ 17 comments science
- My favourite Opportunity throwback: that time Oppy took photos of amazingly Earth-like clouds in the Martian skies. Sleep in peace, little robot, you did good. https://www.space.com/603-mars-earth-clouds-type-rock.html 16 comments space
- Acting Like a Muscle, Nano-Sized Device Lifts 165 Times its Own Weight. Materials scientists discover effect that could benefit robotics, aviation, medicine, and other fields. http://news.rutgers.edu/research-news/acting-muscle-nano-sized-device-lifts-165-times-its-own-weight/20170829#.wachj8h95dj 17 comments science
- Foam heart could pump inside you just like the real thing: Researchers inspired by soft robots have built a pumping artificial heart that could one day replace the real deal. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28267-foam-heart-could-pump-inside-you-just-like-the-real-thing/ 3 comments science
- A newly developed robot walks and flies like a vampire bat, adept on both land and in the air, making this new animal-inspired technology advantageous for certain multi-terrain missions in the future. http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/12222/20150124/robot-walks-flies-like-a-vampire-bat.htm 3 comments technology
