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A new, controllable extra thumb is meant to enhance productivity

Nearly 600 members of the public tested the device, with just four unable to use it at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition in 2022.

Health news

Spanish doctors perform first robotic heart surgery on teenagers

Medics at two hospitals in Barcelona operated on two teenagers with congenital heart disorders for the first time with modernised robotic techniques.

Tech News

How do people feel about robots in most G7 countries? Uncomfortable

Most people fear that overly sentient androids will replace human jobs and social interactions, according to the results of a new survey.

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Commission plans robotics strategy early 2025

The European Commission will publish an EU-wide strategy paper next year to ensure synergy across the continent in the uptake of AI-powered robotics.

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My Wildest Prediction

How robots and 3D printers will build your next house

Robots will build everything: our clothes, our food... but they will start by constructing our homes. This is Tesla veteran Russell Varone's wildest prediction.

Tech News

AI robot wins against human for first time in mental and physical task

While AI has beaten chess grandmasters in previous man-versus-machine experiments, it has never been able to test its physical ability too.

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Printed robots with bones, ligaments, and tendons a step closer

Researchers at ETH Zurich, in collaboration with Inkbit 3D, have pioneered 3D printing of soft robots with artificial bones, ligaments, and tendons.

Work

Does adding robots to your workplace make humans lazier?

Scientists have found that humans pay less attention to their work when they think robots have already checked it.

Mobility

The humanoid robot that can pilot an airplane better than a human

The robot’s memory is so large that it can memorise all Jeppesen navigation charts, a task that is impossible for human pilots.

Health news

New bionic hand allows amputees to effortlessly control fingers

Successful testing of the bionic hand has already been conducted on a patient who lost his arm above the elbow.

Tech News

NASA’s first humanoid robot is starting a new mission in Australia

NASA says knowledge gained from this mission will potentially be used for NASA’s Artemis missions and other Earth-based robotics objectives.

Tech News

Meet China's caregiver robot to help the future elderly and patients

The GR-1 humanoid will be able to carry patients from the bed to wheelchairs and help pick up objects.

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Watch: Japanese scientists develop wearable robot with 6 bionic arms

Masahiko Inami and his team at the University of Tokyo have created a wearable - and exchangeable - multi-armed device to explore the social interaction between multiple users of the robotic limbs. The bot has six sockets that can hold fingers, arms or a claw.

Euronews Tech Talks

Generative AI: Are we facing a nuclear winter or a robotic paradise?

The risk of apocalyptic scenarios and human extinction has been an unavoidable part of the conversation around AI programmes like ChatGPT since its release. But are these concerns being blown out of proportion?

USA

ChatGPT boss calls for regulation of artificial intelligence

ChatGPT's Sam Altman says the benefits of artificial intelligence outweigh the risks, but that AI should be regulated.

Scenes

Meet the 15-year-old coding genius from Spain

In partnership with Media City

There had never been a participant as young as me in a talk of this kind. I was only eight years old. They could not find a microphone for my size

Tech News

This sprinting robot could become your next beach lifeguard

The quadruped robot, Raibo, uses AI to adjust to any type of terrain without stumbling.

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The Spider-Man robot designed to save lives by climbing up walls

A team of researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) has invented a quadrupedal robot that can climb up a wall in hopes to mitigate the growing number of negligent accidents.

Health news

Hospitals are turning to helper bots to solve chronic staff shortages

Robots currently being trialled in hospitals around the world can deliver prescriptions and work around the clock, including night shifts.

Mobility

Dutch students have designed an electric research rover for Antarctica

The group of Dutch students behind the electric rover has recently run successful test drives in Norway to prove it can withstand the harsh weather conditions.