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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...

Robotic Armada to Probe Secrets of Hurricanes

Jul 16, 2020 | Climate, Featured, Robots

This year, as hurricanes race into the warming coastal waters of the U.S., an array of seagoing robots will be waiting for them. The torpedo-shaped machines will be positioned in what amounts to no man’s land, places where no ships or humans might survive and where...

White Castle to Test Robot Fry Cook

Jul 16, 2020 | Business, Robots

In one of the first trials of a robotic fry cook at a national burger chain, White Castle said it would work with Pasadena, Calif.-based Miso Robotics to test that company’s robotic chef at a restaurant in the Chicago area. It’s a  trial run for...