While this plan is not yet an accepted solution, Gates has stated that we need to at the very least start talking about what we will do about job loss in this age of automation, according to Futurism. It’s possible ...
Read More »Robot Physical Therapist Helps Kids with Cerebral Palsy
A young girl in Atlanta manages the symptoms of cerebral palsy with regular physical therapy, which normally means a visit to a doctor’s office, or hours of boring, repetitive actions on her own. Recently though, she began taking instructions, at ...
Read More »European Parliament Calls For Robot Law, Rejects Robot Tax
European lawmakers called on Thursday for EU-wide legislation to regulate the rise of robots, including an ethical framework for their development and deployment and the establishment of liability for the actions of robots including self-driving cars, Joinfo.com reports with reference ...
Read More »Future Robots May Be Considered “Electronic Persons”
“If a machine can think, decide and act on its own volition, if it can be harmed or held responsible for its actions, should we stop treating it like property and start treating it more like a person with rights?” ...
Read More »Chinese factory replaces 90% of human workers with robots, sees productivity spike
It’s been long discussed that robots and computers will start taking our jobs “in the near future” — well that near future is upon us and we’re not really prepared to deal with it. The Changying Precision Technology Company focuses ...
Read More »Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk endorse 23 principles to ensure humanity benefits from AI
Machines are getting more intelligent every year and researchers believe they could possess human levels of intelligence in the coming decades. Once they reach this point they could then start to improve themselves and create other, even more powerful AIs, ...
Read More »Meet Bat Bot: The First Flying Robot
Bat Bot, a lightweight flier with thin silicone wings stretched over a carbon fiber skeleton, can cruise, dive and bank turn just like its namesake, researchers report February 1 in Science Robotics, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Science News. Such a ...
Read More »Robot Barista Serves You Coffee And Saves Your Time
One robot barista has been serving coffee in Cafe X at the Hong Kong Science Park for a while now, but the first American kiosk opens today at the Metreon shopping center in San Francisco, after months of preparation, Joinfo.com reports with ...
Read More »‘Emotionally aware’ robots could help solve social care crisis
An international team is working on a $2.5 million (£2 million) project to develop versatile robots to help look after older people in care homes or sheltered accommodation, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. The robots will offer support ...
Read More »World’s first robotic nurse assistant can lift up human in its arms
Nurses often suffer injuries by having to move or lift patients in bed or after an emergency. The problem is very common and many times there no one around strong enough to lift a patient immediately after one of these ...
Read More »Scientists create a first robot which could replace firefighters
A new creature, which was developed by engineers from Italy, can deal with dangerous situations and operate human tools, Joinfo.com reports with the reference to the Daily Mail. It is believed that the Walk-Man (a name of the machine) could ...
Read More »A terrifying video shows how robots learn to disobey human
It is known that scientists do a lot to improve artificial intellect, but the video, which was published not long ago, looks really terrifying, Joinfo.com reports with the reference to the Mirror. On this video robots have shown how they ...
Read More »Humanoid robots at the World Robot Exhibition in Beijing
On November 24 in Beijing opened the World Robot Exhibition. The exhibition is a part of the three-day World Robot Conference, which also includes a forum and a robot contest for elementary school and junior high school teams, Joinfo.ua reports ...
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