NASA humanoid robot will oversee oil rigs for remote testing

Dale Arasa 07/13/2023

NASA’s new humanoid robot will prepare for space missions in The Land Down Under. On July 6, 2023, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said it would test its human-like robot in Australia. Its first mission is…

Orchestra-conducting robot wows Seoul crowd

Agence France Presse 07/02/2023

SEOUL — A South Korean-made robot made its debut as an orchestra conductor before a sellout crowd in Seoul on Friday, wowing the audience with a flawless performance in place of a human maestro. Named “EveR 6,”…

Israeli scientists develop sniffing robot with locust antennae

Reuters 02/06/2023

TEL AVIV, Israel — A new sniffing robot equipped with a biological sensor that uses the antennae of locusts could help advance disease diagnosis and improve security checks, its Israeli developers said. Locusts have an acute sense…

Robot reminds Japan shoppers to wear masks

AFP 11/21/2020

Asking someone to put on a mask is a touchy subject, so one shop in Japan has enlisted a robot to make sure its customers wear them during the pandemic. “I’m sorry to bother you, but please…

Robot’s debut in UK parliament invites ‘Maybot’ mockery

AFP 10/17/2018

LONDON, United Kingdom — A walking and talking robot appeared in Britain’s parliament for the first time on Tuesday, prompting Twitter users to seize the chance to heap more mockery on Theresa May. The latest round of…

Robot teachers invade Chinese kindergartens

AFP 08/29/2018

BEIJING, CHINA — The Chinese kindergarten children giggled as they worked to solve puzzles assigned by their new teaching assistant: a roundish, short educator with a screen for a face. Just under 60 centimeters (two feet) high,…

Johansson as stiff, passionless ‘The Major’

Jeff Ruffolo 03/30/2017

THE MOST beautiful woman in the world is a mere shadow of her former self as Scarlett Johansson (“The Avengers”) is transformed into a cyborg assassin in “Ghost in the Shell.” Directed by Rupert Sanders (“Snow White…

12 countries join robotics competition

Norman V. Mendoza 06/03/2016

Twelve countries from around the world are participating in the First Lego League (FLL) Philippine Islands Invitational Robotics held in Lapu-Lapu City. The 500 or so participants from Australia, India, Indonesia, Italy, Israel, Japan, Philippines, South Korea,…

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