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Preparing for the domestic rise of the robots

Automation is everywhere at annual robotics fest Innorobo in Paris.

USA

Euroviews. How to stop a technological take-over

Technological progress brings far-reaching benefits, but it also poses increasingly serious threats to humankind. With governments and citizens already struggling with the consequences of recent innovations – from job displacement to security risks – technology policy is likely to take center stage

Syria

Euroviews. Could military robots enforce safe havens in Syria?

Real Economy

Working in the future: how humans need to adapt

As we enter the fourth phase of the Industrial Revolution, humans need to embrace technology to work alongside robots

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Euroviews. Robots could destroy society or reinvigorate it - we decide: View

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Robo-Mate helps industrial workers lift heavy loads, reducing spinal injuries

Robo-Mate looks like a superhero accessory, but actually it is a tool designed to help industrial workers.

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Takeaway: the body-enhancing exoskeleton

This exoskeleton is designed for handling manual tasks It helps industrial workers reducethe risk of injuries Over 25 percent of Europeans suffer back pain due to work The worker’s effort is reduced,

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Ocado develops robotic hand to pick groceries for customers' orders

A UK-based online grocery retailer is developing a robotic hand that could one day pick fruit and vegetables for customers’ orders.

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Five hundred years of robots at the British Science Museum

A new exhibit at London’s Science Museum traces five-hundred years of robotic development, from early clockwork-automation – such as the impressive Silver Swann from 1773- to interactive…

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Robots start work on the farm

Smart connected farms were a hot topic at the ‘International Green Week’ in Berlin.

World News

MEPs demand EU-wide rules on robots and AI

MEPs have called for the adoption of EU-wide rules on how humans and robots interact.

United Kingdom

OPINION: Robots could put most humans out of work. What then?

By Sean Welsh, researcher in robot ethics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand Robots will replace many humans: perhaps most humans in the workplace.

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HyQ - the four-legged robot for disaster zones

As Italy is slowly recovering from a series of deadly earthquakes, researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology of Genoa are developing a new generation of robots to work in disaster…

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Coming soon: robot cops on Dubai's streets

“Robot cops” will soon be patrolling the streets of Dubai.

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Robot can beat you at table football

And you thought you were a table football star?

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Really useful robots coming to a home or factory near you

Robotics technology is getting faster, smarter and more talkative, but just how useful can robots be?

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NASA prepares humanoid robots for trip to Mars

Humanoid Robots to pioneer Mars colonisation?

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Takeaway: monitoring sea pollution

This robot boat is not a toy… Developed by scientists, it monitors sea pollution.

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Dealing with danger: busy geniuses and watchful robots

In this edition of Futuris, we look at wasps, hawks and donkeys – not animals but special robots which can help save people in danger in the Alps.

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Takeaway: watchful robots

Obedient wasps, somehow stubborn donkeys, watchfull hawks, surrounded by Alpine peaks… In fact, they are robots developed in the framework of the