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Euroviews. Why Andrew Yang is totally wrong about robots replacing workers ǀ View

In a world of job-killing automation, you'd expect to see an epidemic of unemployed workers. Right now the unemployment rate is at a 50-year low.

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Robots, drones and the future of farming

In partnership with The European Commission

On this week's episode of Futuris, Euronews visits a hazelnut orchard in Italy to see how the new generation of robots can help farmers and agronomists make agriculture cheaper and more environmentally friendly.

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Robots take up pole dancing at French night club

Donning high heels and standing on elevated platforms at a dimly lit club, humanoid robots moved their hips as they pole danced in front of their majority male audience at Nantes' SC-Club

Kazakhstan

Watch: Russian robot takes solitary rocket trip to final frontier

Russia has tested a new rocket by sending an (almost) unmanned mission to the International Space Station. Fedor the robot took the commander's seat, holding a small Russian flag.

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Beijing hosts robot extravaganza

Superheroes, exoskeletons, and musical robots are all on show in Beijing. They're part of this year's World Robot Conference which highlights not only robots for play but also for the workplace.

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Euroviews. Europe will be left behind if it focuses on ethics and not keeping pace in AI development ǀ View

AI will be important to Europe’s future, but ethics alone will not be enough for the EU to pull ahead of its competitors.

United Kingdom

'Breakfast means breakfast': Robot waitress named after Theresa May

The real Theresa May is out of a job, but this English tearoom has a robot waitress named after the former Prime Minister.

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Robotic bartender serves up cocktails for Prague clubbers

For revellers at one Prague megaclub, gone are the days of being squashed at the bar waiting to get a watered-down cocktail.

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Robots may reach the moon before humans return to it — NASA project

A NASA sponsored lab in Colorado, USA, is aiming to send robots to the moon to construct telescopes capable of looking back in time.

USA

Euroviews. The killer robots are coming. Here's our best chance at stopping them ǀ View

The US shouldn't propel the killer robot arms race by building bigger, faster, deadlier machines of our own. It should cut it short.

United Kingdom

Meet the robot artist set for her first solo exhibition in the UK

Meet the robot artist set for her first solo exhibition in the UK

World

How will AI improve our lives? Governments meet businesses in Dubai

Over 130 experts from more than 80 countries are in Dubai to discuss how artificial intelligence can be used to improve our everyday lives. The meeting will see decision makers find solutions to problems from global health to national security using the latest technologies.

Germany

German sci-fi-loving professor paints observatory as Star Wars' R2-D2

The observatory was painted by a German professor, who loves Star Wars and gives Star Trek lectures on his free time.

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Japanese robot delivers Buddhist teachings

A robot is drawing worshippers to a temple in Kyoto, Japan, by delivering the teachings of Buddha.

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Robots serve up food and fun in Budapest cafe

The robots at the Enjoy Budapest Cafe can do it all — they can serve up food and drink, tell jokes, dance with the kids, or just hang out for a chat with customers.

Italy

Ciao, textbooks! How robots are helping teach at one school in Italy

Ciao, textbooks! How robots are helping teach at one school in Italy

World News

Watch: Robots try to replace humans

The World Robot Summit in Japan showed the latest tech advancements.

China

Is this how drugs will be delivered around your body in the future?

A tiny robot has been developed that could be one day used to move drugs around the human body.

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Robots ensure bees get the buzz

European scientists are trying to save the bee population by creating robotic helpers to warn them of dangers, by reproducing the insects' hive mentality, and communication techniques.

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SMOKEBOT undergoes a trial by fire

Smokebot is a wifi-controlled robot that can asses the risks in a fire when visibility is very low.