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Stores in Italy are using robots to screen customers for mask wearing and high temperatures before they can go inside as the country reopens
Shops that are open, like pharmacies and grocery stores, need to avoid becoming sources of new infe…
Mary Meisenzahl
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Neighbors are preparing candy chutes, robots, and cannons to safely interact with trick-or-treaters this Halloween
Halloween will look different this year during the pandemic, and the CDC warns against traditional …
Inyoung Choi
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A hospital in Boston is using Boston Dynamics' famous 4-legged robots to screen patients for the coronavirus — here's how it works
Spot has been used at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston for the past two weeks, according to a…
Mary Meisenzahl
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Apple reportedly relied on robots and augmented reality to build the new iPhone from afar during the early days of coronavirus lockdowns
Travel restrictions hit the US around the same time Apple typically launches manufacturing on its h…
Avery Hartmans
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Ritesh Agarwal imagines robots at OYO hotels while wondering when India will travel again
Will India travel again? The answer is a resounding yes! However, the one question we do not have a…
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Tyson Foods is ramping up development of robots that can cut meat in response to coronavirus outbreaks in meatpacking plants
According to the CDC, there have been a total of 16,233 coronavirus cases in meat processing facili…
Bethany Biron
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Universities and students are celebrating the graduating class of 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic with robots, 'Minecraft,' and 'Animal Crossing'
Graduates at BBT in Tokyo had a unique virtual ceremony involving mobile robots.BBT
Joey Hadden
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Sixth graders in the Philippines held a cyber graduations using remote-controlled robots — see how they did it
Graduates of the Senator Renato Compañero Cayetano Memorial Science and Technology High school will…
Mary Meisenzahl
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Softbank's famous robot Pepper is helping helping enforce social distancing and greeting COVID-19 patients around the world
Japanese company Softbank is behind Pepper, the recognizable robot used in some stores and hotels a…
Mary Meisenzahl
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A robot named Little Peanut is delivering food to people in quarantine amid the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak
It has spread to at least 16 countries outside of China, including Australia, Cambodia, Canada, Fra…
Lauren Frias
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Hyundai has bought robot maker Boston Dynamics from SoftBank in a $1.1 billion deal
South Korean automaker Hyundai is buying an 80% stake in Boston Dynamics for $880 million, valuing …
Grace Dean,Reuters
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How one of the world's biggest STEM programs is still teaching students to build robots during one of the most uncertain school years ever
FIRST Robotics is helping schools understand how to maintain a safe after-school program amid the C…
Lisa Eadicicco
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Amazon built a roving robot covered in UV light bulbs that could kill the coronavirus in warehouses and Whole Foods stores
In a video, the robot rolls down the aisle of a Whole Foods store, beaming UV light at the freezer …
Hayley Peterson
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Appointment-only stores, hand sanitizing stations, and robots stocking shelves: Here's how our shopping experience could change in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic
"We are working on how we come out of this, what are we going to look like, and how are we going to…
Mary Hanbury
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Forget fans: Taiwan's baseball league played in a stadium filled with robot mannequins and cardboard cutouts, and it could be a sign of what's to come in the US
Some of the cardboard cutouts in the stands at the Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium had print…
Connor Perrett
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This robot wanders New York City informing people about coronavirus, but it's already been banned from one park
Robotics company Promobot builds "service robots for business," according to its website. Early las…
Mary Meisenzahl
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There's a new competitor in the world of eerily lifelike four-legged robots — take a closer look at Unitree's robot dogs
Videos and specs from the company show how fast the new robots are.