(Metro) — Tech company Promobot is on the lookout for a face for its humanoid robot assistant to work in hotels, shopping malls and other crowded places. The company is searching for a ‘kind and friendly’ face to be reproduced on potentially thousands of versions of the robots worldwide. The company is ready to pay […]
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World’s First Living Robots Known As ‘XENOBOTS’ Have The Ability To Self-Heal And Reproduce On Their Own
The world’s first living robots — known as ‘Xenobots’ — can now reproduce, US scientists have revealed. Now, the scientists at Tufts University, the University of Vermont and Harvard who made the Xenobots say the tiny blobs can also self-replicate. Back in October, we did a Bible study on some keys Bible words that either […]
Living Robots That Can Reproduce Created by US Scientists
In a staggering new breakthrough that appears to be straight out of the pages of science fiction, scientists have created the first-ever living robots that can self-replicate. The team of biologists and computer scientists from Tufts University, the University of Vermont, and Harvard University have published their living robots research in the Proceedings of the […]
“Scientists Have Created the First-Ever Living Robots That Can Reproduce”
What could possibly go wrong? In response to any ethical concerns the public might have, the team stress Xenobots are entirely contained in a lab, are easily extinguished, and are vetted by federal, state and institutional ethics experts. Via: Daily Mail: In a potential breakthrough for regenerative medicine, scientists have created the first-ever living robots that […]
Robocop Is Here: Singapore Deploys Robots To Detect “Undesirable Behavior” Including Groups Of “More Than Five People”
lowly but surely, the world is transforming into a 1984-Robocop-Terminator-Minority Report–Judge Dredd fusion dystopia. And while we wait for Elon Musk’s dancing humanoid robot (wonder how much the deposit on that particular pipe dream will be), Singapore is wasting no time, and according to Mothership the small Asian nation is deploying ground robots on trial to patrol […]
IDF Forces Deploy New Semi-Autonomous Robots To Gaza Border
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) appear to have deployed a new semi-autonomous robotic ground tank called the Jaguar that patrols the Gaza border and removes soldiers out of harm’s way from sniper attacks by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad groups. The Jerusalem Post said Israel Aerospace Industries’ Elta systems develop the unmanned ground vehicle in close […]
Knightscope’s Robots Have Scanned Billions Of Cellphones, Millions Of People And License Plates
During the height of the pandemic, Knightscope posted a blog titled “By The Numbers” with the above image. Their blog is basically a primer into everything that is wrong with unchecked corporate surveillance masquerading as public safety. “Knightscope is the only company in the world (that we know of) commercially operating fully autonomous vehicles 24 hours a […]
Police State Future: Robots & Drones Force the Vax
by Admin · Published May 8, 2021 · Updated May 8, 2021 Comment: If this is the future I will plan ahead and get a MEGA magnet for my front door to trap these robots and drones LOL then I will submerge them in water till they rust and short circuit! They can jam their […]
Scientists Have Created Programmable Robots Made of Living Tissue — What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
By Robert Wheeler Everyone knows that robots aren’t living beings right? Well, we did. That is, until scientists and developers recently announced how they have bridged some of that gap between living and non-living beings. This new development is a combination of artificial intelligence and biology. In fact, only this week, a research team of […]
Robots used to pour and deliver beers in Seville bars during pandemic
Robots are serving drinks in the bars of Seville to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Spot, a robot created by Boston Dynamics and partner Spain-based Macco Robotics, delivers beers to customers, therefore minimising contact and maintaining virus safety measures. Another machine pours the beers at the bar, using advanced engineering to ensure the perfect […]
Company Plans Mass Rollout of Humanoid Robots to Replace Workers in Healthcare, Education
By PFW News A Hong Kong-based robotics company plans to mass produce humanoid robots to replace workers across industries such as healthcare and education. Hanson Robotics is set to launch a mass rollout of human-like robots that can compete with human workers, something the company’s founder says is needed to keep people safe in the […]
Ancient Greek Shipwreck Is Now Protected By Underwater AI Robots
Only 15 years ago scientists dreamed of a future in which new technologies would enable us to peer through tree canopies and see beneath the ground in our search for ancient lost cities, temples, and territorial boundary walls. And then LIDAR technology arrived and suddenly their dreams came true! On August 3, 2020, an ancient […]
Robots Are Being Used In Hospitals To Detect And Fight CV
By Aaron Kesel Robots are now also taking over healthcare jobs worldwide as its safer for a droid to help disinfect a hospital or help a covid patient than a human who risks getting infected by the still yet mysterious virus. Virus-zapping robots are being used in the fight against CV in various areas around […]
Amazon Using Over 100,000 Warehouse Robots
Amazon Using Over 100,000 Warehouse Robots June 4th, 2018 Warehouse robots to the horizon… Via: MIT Technology Review: Amazon’s fleet of automated warehouse robots, now more than 100,000 machines strong, is working alongside human employees to help meet the e-commerce giant’s massive fulfillment demand. […]
As 40% of Americans Can’t Pay $400 Bill, Pentagon Spends $1 BILLION Developing Killer Robots
By John Vibes The Pentagon reportedly plans to spend more than $1 billion over the next few years developing advanced robots for military applications that are expected to complement soldiers on the battlefield, and potentially even replace some of them. As the US government uses $1,000,000,000 of your tax dollars to build killer robots, a new report just […]
Robots Fight Weeds in Challenge to Agrochemical Giants
Robots Fight Weeds in Challenge to Agrochemical Giants May 22nd, 2018 Via: Reuters: In a field of sugar beet in Switzerland, a solar-powered robot that looks like a table on wheels scans the rows of crops with its camera, identifies weeds and zaps them […]
India eyes developing autonomous killer robots for military
The 17-member AI task force, which includes officials from the Indian military, defense ministry, arms contractors and research organizations, was formed in February. New Delhi sees AI technologies as potentially reshaping national security and defense and wants to keep up with leaders in the field. Among the goals which the group works on is “developing […]
Boston Dynamics Is Going to Start Selling its Creepy Robots in 2019
The robot apocalypse has been tentatively scheduled for late 2019. Boston Dynamics, the SoftBank-owned robotics firm (that was once Alphabet’s headache), will begin to commercialize its research next year. Marc Raibert, the company’s founder, announced onstage at a TechCrunch robotics conference May 11 that Boston Dynamics will begin selling its dog-shaped robot, […]
Experts warn that sex robots have caused a disturbing shift in our sexuality; now people avoid actual physical relationships because robots are "easier"
(Natural News) As if the human race hasn’t already diminished to the point of near-total soullessness, thanks to the rise of smartphones and social media, new research suggests that things could soon get a whole lot worse with the introduction of “sex robots.” According to one self-professing expert on the subject, the […]
World’s First Bank Entirely Run By Robots Opens Up In China
By Aaron Kesel China’s second-largest lender by assets, China Construction Bank (CCB), has opened a Shanghai branch run entirely by robots that greet customers and manage accounts, Mirror reported. The bank doesn’t just utilize robots; it’s packed full with new technology including virtual reality, artificial intelligence and facial recognition. According to the South China […]