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SEOUL, South Korea— An industrial robot grabbed and crushed a worker to death at a vegetable packaging plant in South Korea, police said Thursday, as they investigated whether the machine was defective or improperly designed. Police said…
The COVID pandemic had a disastrous effect on Japanese schools, raising the number of students not attending classes. In response, Kumamoto City proposed a unique solution: robots. It will launch a pair of robots enabling students to…
GENEVA – Robots presented at an AI forum said Friday they expected to increase in number and help solve global problems, and would not steal humans’ jobs or rebel against them. But, in the world’s first human-robot…
Have you ever thought about saying goodbye to a robot? Fans of NASA’s InSight Mars Lander did that as it sent a final goodbye message on Twitter: “My power’s really low, so this may be the last…
Three robots, catchy music and the old-fashioned twist: robotics company Boston Dynamics is wishing you a Happy New Year. On Tuesday, robotics specialist Boston Dynamics published a YouTube video where the company’s robots, Atlas, Spot and Handle,…
SAN FRANCISCO — Long maligned as job-stealers and aspiring overlords, robots are being increasingly relied on as fast, efficient, contagion-proof champions in the war against the deadly coronavirus. One team of robots temporarily cared for patients in…
Eleven-year olds, Mark Andre Regolacion, Jamaica Mae Yong, and Marie Iroy are not your ordinary sixth graders. At daytime, they attend classes, socialize with their classmates, and play, as any pupil of the Lapu-Lapu City Central Elementary…
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…
ROBOTS that can detect bombs and explosives will help policemen protect world leaders and foreign delegates during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Metro Manila on Nov. 17 and 20. The “new recruits” of the…
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