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United to Use Antimicrobial Spraying Robots

Sep 17, 2020 | Featured, Robots

United Airlines is turning to a 100-pound robot in its latest effort to reassure customers that flying during the COVID-19 pandemic is safe. United intends to use the robot, MicroSonic Solution’s NovaRover, during some of its aircraft’s “deepest...

Artificial Skin Lets Robots React to Pain

Sep 10, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Robots

Researchers at RMIT University have developed a new electronic artificial skin that can react to pain just like real skin. The artificial skin opens the door for improved prosthetics, smarter robotics, and non-invasive alternatives to skin grafts. Researchers say that...

Robots in UK to Reduce Loneliness

Sep 10, 2020 | Aging, Featured, Robots

Robots that can hold simple conversations and learn people’s interests are to be deployed in some UK care homes after an international trial found they boosted mental health and reduced loneliness. The wheeled robots, called “Pepper”, move independently and gesture...

The Robots Occupying Our Sidewalks

Aug 12, 2020 | Robots

The robot, shaped like a large cooler on wheels, zipped along somewhere ahead of me. My left hand clasped the smooth leather harness of my German shepherd guide dog. “Mylo, forward.” The speed of his four short legs complemented the strides of my longer two — call it...