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The owners of a restaurant employing 4 robot servers reveal the drawbacks – and explain why humans are crucial
They can chat too much, give up work when they're hungry, and run away from guests wearing lots of …
Kate Duffy
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Kerala govt hospital deploys robot to serve COVID-19 patients
"Dispensing food, medicine, collecting the trash usedby the patients, performing disinfection, enab…
PTI
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An Indian hospital is using robots with thermal cameras to screen coronavirus patients — here's how they work
India's 1.3 billion residents have been under lockdown since March 24, and last week the orders wer…
Mary Meisenzahl
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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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Female-led robotics startup Diligent raises $3.15 million in seed funding to bring its hospital assistant robot Moxi to Texas hospitals
The arrival of the Moxi robots comes amid growing anxiety over the potential for automation technol…
Megan Hernbroth
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A 4-foot-tall humanoid robot called Doozy may just be the party symbol for Tamil Nadu’s IMMK, but it can do much more than that
However, this humanoid robot was built for purposes beyond the odd photo-op. Doozy Robotics was…
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New MRI technique set to transform heart transplant care
The days of heart transplant survivors undergoing invasive biopsies could soon be over after a new …
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A robot named Mr. Bah can sense when the elderly are about to lose their balance and catch them before they fall
The robot successfully prevented all falls during a clinical trial with 29 patients, including some…
Hannah Getahun
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Reliance Retail buys 54% stake in robotics firm Addverb Tech for $132 million
Addverb said that it plans to start an innovation lab with bases in Europe, the US and India to …
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World Lung Cancer Day: Rise of disease among non-smokers a concern
Increasing incidence of lung cancer among non-smokers has become a matter of concern in the country…
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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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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.
Mary Meisenzahl
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Restaurants are starting to hire robots instead of people who are demanding higher pay
Americans are taking their time finding work. The longer they wait, the more it will kickstart the …
Ben Winck,Nick Lichtenberg
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The biggest tech show of the year usually provides a glimpse into the future. But CES 2021 was all about the past year of pandemic life.
CES 2021 was all about the pandemic, featuring smart masks with built-in microphones, disinfectant …
Lisa Eadicicco
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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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Starbucks workers say customers got ruder and more abusive during the pandemic because of clashes over mask-wearing, TikTok drinks, and product shortages
27 Starbucks workers told us about their treatment by customers in the pandemic. Their story is a c…
Grace Dean
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In Tamil Nadu, humanoid robots are set to work with Coronavirus patients in quarantine
A private software company in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirappalli has donated humanoid robots to the local…
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Beijing's 'closed-loop' Winter Olympic bubble is so strict that robots prepare meals and staff wear alarmed armpit thermometers
Chinese authorities are going to extreme lengths to try and prevent the spread of COVID during the …