More: Robotics
Education and healthcare are set for a high-tech boost
By CALEB DAVIES
In a Swiss classroom, two children are engrossed in navigating an intricate maze with the help of a small, rather cute, robot. The...
Robot assistants in the operating room promise safer surgery
By Gareth Willmer
In a surgery in India, a robot scans a patient’s knee to figure out how best to carry out a joint replacement. Meanwhile,...
Futuristic fields: Europe’s farm industry on cusp of robot revolution
By Sofia Strodt
In the Dutch province of Zeeland, a robot moves swiftly through a field of crops including sunflowers, shallots and onions. The machine weeds...
New robots in Europe can be workers’ best friends
By GARETH WILLMER
For decades, the arrival of robots in the workplace has been a source of public anxiety over fears that they will replace...
Robochop makes garden trimming a snip
by Andrew Dunne
Automation and computer-aided designs are seeding the future of home gardens. With the onset of designer gardens as a service and rose-pruning robots,...
Artificial intelligence and moral issues: The cyborg concept
San Francisco, California, March 27, 2017. Entrepreneur Elon Musk, one of the masterminds behind projects such as Tesla and SpaceX, announced his next venture,...
Artificial intelligence and moral issues: The essence of robotics
Are intelligent robots a threat to humanity? It is anyway only a matter of time before they become self-aware. Or will it be the...
Robot dogs take a walk on the wired side
Robots are learning to walk and work. While robot dogs are not yet man's best friend, real autonomy and reasoning will make them useful...
Elderly care? Bring in the robots!
Robots have come a long way. For years they have been supporting human activity – enabling exploration in dangerous and unreachable environments like out...
Top Trends Impacting Global Economy, Society and Technology
The new technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, such as artificial intelligence (AI), the cloud and robotics, are changing the way we live, learn...