Tag: Robot
Robots introduced to rail platforms in the UK and Japan
The influx of robots into the workplace tends to conjure images of automated warehouses and monotonous tasks taken over by an army of soulless...
US hospital deploys Moxi robot to support nurses
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas has become the first US hospital to deploy Moxi, a ‘socially intelligent’ robot from Diligent Robotics, designed to...
Amazon launching 8 new Alexa smart home devices before Christmas
Amazon is planning to launch a number of new Alexa-powered devices in time for Christmas.
The smart home devices are thought to include a microwave...
MoD, emergency services test robots, drones to fight chemical attacks
A new fleet of robots and drones designed to test for chemical agents, identify battlefield and disaster casualties, and provide 3D mapping services, has...
Wearable robots: LG to unveil robot mobility suit
NEWSBYTE South Korean electronics giant LG has confirmed that it will unveil a 'human-centric' wearable robot to the public at the IFA 2018 show...
Amazon booms as high street withers. Next up: robots and insurance
UPDATED Retail and Web services giant Amazon plans to add over 2,500 permanent jobs in the UK this year, taking its British workforce to...
SoftBank Pepper robot “astonishingly insecure”, potential “cyber weapon”
One of the world’s most popular humanoid robots, Pepper, from Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank, can easily be hacked and turned into a “cyber and...
Amazon: Alexa upgrades for memory, context, meaning = antitrust risk?
Amazon has announced three new upgrades for its Alexa AI platform on the back of healthy revenue increases, and is trailing a future of...
Serious Fraud Office hires AI lawyer: a Rolls Royce solution?
AI that can work 2,000 times faster than a human lawyer has been deployed to help tackle fraud and corruption in the UK.
The Serious...
MIT’s CSAIL lab studies aquatic life with robot fish
Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a solution to a problem faced by marine biologists around the world.
Getting a...
Robot teachers take classes at Finland primary school
A primary school in Tampere, Finland has had an altogether different supply teacher experience this week. The school has been the venue for a robot...
Predictability key to robot-human collaboration, finds Disney research
Disney has published new research on human-robot interaction.
The research's focus is to explore how to make robots move in a way that encourages human beings...