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$300M Raised For Startup Building Robot Brains

Jul 17, 2024 | Featured, Robots

Skild AI launched out of stealth mode Tuesday by announcing a $300 million funding round led by Jeff Bezos’ fund and Japan’s Softbank Group that will help the Pittsburgh-based startup build what it calls a “general-purpose brain” for a variety of robots. The company,...

Pupil With Cancer Able To Attend School Using Robot

Jul 11, 2024 | Healthcare, Robots

A south-west London pupil with cancer is being helped to keep up with school lessons by an interactive robot. Howard’s school attendance had dropped below 50% after he started intensive weekly chemotherapy in January, following his diagnosis of a rare kind of...

Egg-Shaped Security Robot Now Roaming Hospitals

Jul 11, 2024 | Robots, Safety

Hospital lobbies are an odd place to spend an afternoon. At any moment, the air hangs thick with collective anxiety and anticipation. It’s also incredibly busy. Clipboard-carrying healthcare workers in blue and purple smocks speed-walk their way through a maze of...

Paralysed Woman Inspires Mammogram Robot

Jul 11, 2024 | Healthcare, Robots

A woman who is paralysed from the chest down is helping scientists in York develop a robot so people with mobility issues can receive breast screening. Jane Hudson, 53, from Harrogate, was unable to get an accurate mammogram because she could not get into the right...