
Some assembly required to boost robot ratings
Robot makers may want to follow Ikea's strategy for customer satisfaction and give people a chance to partially assemble their new robots to ease acceptance of the devices, according to Penn State r ... more
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Coming to a hotel near you: the robot humanoid receptionist
In a hotel not in a galaxy far, far away, a robot bids you welcome as you pull into the driveway. ... more
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SDA expands Tracking Layer satellite awards and related missile defense contracts
Space Systems Command activates System Delta 80 for assured space access
Rheinmetall ICEYE Space Solutions to provide SAR reconnaissance data to German military
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GM buys self-driving technology startup Cruise
General Motors said Friday it is buying automated driving technology startup Cruise Automation to boost its efforts to develop self-driving cars. ... more
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Mars robot launch now scheduled for May 2018: NASA
The launch of a robot that will delve deep beneath the surface of Mars has been rescheduled for May 5, 2018, US space agency NASA said Wednesday. ... more
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In emergencies, should you trust a robot
In emergencies, people may trust robots too much for their own safety, a new study suggests. In a mock building fire, test subjects followed instructions from an "Emergency Guide Robot" even after t ... more
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Engineered swarmbots rely on peers for survival
Duke University researchers have engineered microbes that can't run away from home; those that do will quickly die without protective proteins produced by their peers.
Dubbed "swarmbots" for t ... more
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Watch Google's AlphaGo computer take on world's best Go player
Artificial intelligence has dominated Jeopardy and bested chess masters. Now, computers are aiming to master Go, a 3,000-year-old abstract board game. ... more
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