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PepsiCo is using robotics and AI-powered crop planning to transform its supply chain
PepsiCo uses robotics, satellites, and sensors to optimize its supply chain, from the farm to the f…
John Kell
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You can buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000
Ohio-based company Throwflame is selling the device, which can shoot out fire up to around nine met…
Jyoti Mann
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An Indian startup that builds robots for farmers raises $5 million
The company had previously raised $2 million in seed funding round in March 2019, taking the tot…
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A robot crushed a man to death after it mistook him for a box of vegetables: reports
A robotic arm used for packing bell peppers lifted a worker and pushed him against a conveyor belt …
Joshua Zitser
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From smart toilet seats to Samsung's Pixar-like robot, here's what I'm still thinking about after a week at CES
A rundown of everything that stood out during the massive CES tech conference.
Dan DeFrancesco
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Boston Dynamics' talking robot dogs have different personalities now, from '1920's Archaeologist' to 'Shakespearean Time Traveler'
"Shakespearean Time Traveler" only speaks in rhyming couplets, while another personality, which Bos…
Kylie Kirschner
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Hannah Towey
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Boston Dynamics' robot dog has a new job herding sheep in New Zealand — here's how it works
Recently, the robot has also been used to enforce social distancing in Singapore, and to screen COV…
Mary Meisenzahl
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FarmBot automates tending, weeding, and watering a garden and makes it as easy as playing a video game to feed a family of 4 — here's how it works
The idea is a high-tech garden or small farm that can monitor just about every aspect of plants whi…
Mary Meisenzahl
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Nokia's new robotics lab with IISc will explore 5G use cases and other emerging technology
The Nokia Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Networked Robotics will promote interdisciplinary resea…
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Costco's iconic $5 rotisserie chicken is under fire from animal rights activists
Costco is well-known for its commitment to keeping rotisserie chickens priced at only $5, but that …
Mary Meisenzahl
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Boston Dynamics' $75,000 Spot robot dog will soon come with an arm and 'someday' be available for household uses like folding laundry
Spot became available for commercial sale earlier in June, listed at $74,500.
Mary Meisenzahl
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Boeing's fired CEO's next act involves self-driving electric tractors made by a former Tesla executive
Boeing's embattled 737 Max plane returned to the skies this year, as the company's former CEO heade…
Graham Rapier
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The FAA has given approval for commercial drones to fly over people. It means autonomous deliveries by companies like Amazon are one step closer to reality
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday finalized rules allowing commercial drones to fly ove…
Kevin Shalvey
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Boston Dynamics' Spot robot was thrown into an army field test - but it ran out of battery mid-combat
The French military exercise was to determine how useful robots like Spot might be in real-life com…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Farmers are using AI to spot pests and catch diseases - and many believe it's the future of agriculture
"We can tell when a leaf is developing and if there are any nutrient deficiencies, necrosis, whatev…
Nisha Stickles
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A futuristic farming startup raised $260 million from Jeff Bezos and SoftBank on the promise of upending agriculture. Insiders are raising questions.
"Most excitingly, [Plenty] is building a 100,000 square foot vertical-farming warehouse in Kent, Wa…
Erin Brodwin
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The idea of a 'robot tax' is gaining steam as a way of dealing with automation that's killing jobs
Such a tax could also conceivably create another source of federal revenue in an economy governed b…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Debt-saddled Millennials face a dim workforce future as robots wipe out more jobs
The bottom line: The future of work for millennials looks no rosier than it has been the last decad…
Steve LeVine, Axios
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Walmart has hinted that it may want to make crop-pollinating robot bees
The researchers believe these RoboBees could soon artificially pollinate fields of crops - a develo…