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Friendly social robots may help ease a child's anxiety at the doctor's office

When 3-year-old Cameron arrived at the UC Davis MIND Institute for a recent medical appointment, she was in for a surprise: ...

Humanoid Robot Seen Begging for Spare Change on the Street — and yes, there's a QR code

The future arrived in China and apparently forgot to budget for electricity. A humanoid robot worth around $16,000 was filmed ...

Nvidia Seeks to Make Humanoid AI Robots Safer Around Humans

Nvidia Corp. is working to make humanoid robots safer around people, arguing that they’ll need to handle split-second ...

Are humanoid robots now coming for retail jobs?

Figure AI signs commercial deal with Catalyst Brands to deploy humanoid robots at a Reno warehouse handling sorting and packing for JCPenney and more.

Could delivery robots help pay for better city sidewalks?

Next City reports that delivery robots could help fund better sidewalks as cities explore data-sharing and revenue models to ...
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Something for the weekend - people accept robots in industry, but not in homes and hospitals. Here’s why…

While Big Tech CEOs are playing down fears of a jobs apocalypse, a robotics vendor finds that people aren’t convinced that ...

Robots are being welcomed into many homes, but what about restaurants?

Americans love the convenience of having robots do repetitive chores, but when it comes to the potential for loss of work, ...
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Could Delivery Robots Help Pay For Better City Sidewalks?

A sidewalk delivery robot built by California-based Serve Robotics features an ad from dating app Tinder. (Photo by Maylin Tu) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or ...