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Could a robot do your job?

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Machine automation has been rising rapidly since the 1960s. And now the push toward robotization is getting stronger.

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Euroviews. How to survive a robot apocalypse according to films

Film and TV offer a wealth of examples of the robots taking over, can we learn some tips?

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Amazon drone deliveries to take off in California this year

This would be a major milestone for Amazon’s drone delivery project, which has been almost a decade in the making.

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Is Google’s AI bot sentient? Here’s why one engineer believes it is

Blake Lemoine shared transcripts of an "interview" he had with Google’s LaMDA language model, in which they discuss personhood, death - and Les Misérables.

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Watch: Scientists test 'living skin' on robot that can heal when cut

The skin is water-resistant, has self-healing properties, and can move and stretch with the movement of the robotic body parts.

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800 robot companions trialled in New York to tackle elderly loneliness

The ElliQ device can carry out daily check-ins with users and remind them to take their medication.

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Forget doing household chores: Dyson robots will do it for you

Dyson is planning to bring a long-standing promise of sci-fi films to life.

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Exhibition celebrates "100 years of robots" in Rio de Janeiro

The Centro Cultural Oi Futuro of Rio de Janeiro celebrates 101 years of robotics creation with the exhibition “100 years of robots”.

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Meet the convulsing child robot helping to train Japan’s dentists

The life-like bot was co-developed by robotics start-up Tmsuk and a local dental school to simulate a child’s response to receiving dental treatment.

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Can tiny robots sent into our brains help fight tumours?

The micro-robots, which will start clinical trials in two years, could help target otherwise unreachable areas of the brain to treat cancer or Dandy-Walker Syndrome.

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This robot is helping wheelchair users stand up and walk

A French tech company called Wandercraft is developing a cutting-edge exoskeleton enabling wheelchair users to walk.

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Artificial fingertip gives robots a near-human sense of touch

Researchers say giving machines the ability to feel surfaces could make robots more dexterous and improve prosthetic hands.

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UK: A humanoid robot paints portraits

A robot called Ai-Da can paint portraits like humans thanks to its new arm equipped with robotics and artificial intelligence technologies.

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This new bot on wheels can stand up like a human and drive like a car

The Swiss company hopes its robot could be used by rescue teams in dangerous environments.

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Panasonic steers us towards a greener future in mobility and business operations

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For Panasonic, achieving carbon neutrality stretches far beyond its own offices, employees and day-to-day operations.

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A robot that makes fondue? It has to be Switzerland...

Tradition is wonderful. Automation is brilliant.

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US tests robotic dogs to patrol border prompting outcry

The plans have been dubbed “a civil liberties disaster in the making” by rights groups in the US.

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Tesla shifts focus from EVs to building a humanoid robot

Tesla said the robot will measure 5-foot-8-inch (1.73m), weighs around 56kg and its purpose is to take over dangerous tasks from humans.

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This hiking robot dog could swap the Swiss Alps for other planets

Its creators hope the dog, which uses its sense of touch to navigate, will help humans get to previously inaccessible, dangerous places.

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Developers try to conquer humans' fear of robots at Las Vegas CES

Developers at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas are hoping to prove that humans have nothing to fear when it comes to robots.