In Terminator, killer robots from the future send one of their number back in time to our present, intending to kill a rebel leader before he can overthrow their mechanical hegemony. The “Terminator” unit they deploy, so memorably played by…
New anti-bullying robots prevent verbal abuse among gamers
Playing video games is an intense experience. How many times have gamers felt the rush of exuberance as they take down the final boss, the nail-biting tension of stalking through a dangerous encounter zone, the flicker of rage as you…
Robots will soon be able to perform colonoscopies
BY: NADIA ZAIDI I’m surprised that Robots haven’t yet replaced humans. From jobs to performance, they have beaten us at our own game. Ironically, humans make them, and apparently a little too well. You don’t need a surgeon’s steady hand…
Study shows that people can gain emotional well-being from robots
BY BROOKLYN PINHEIRO The producers of the Jetsons weren’t far off from predicting the 21st century mode of care giving with the character of Rosie the robot maid. Rosie could cook, clean, light cigars, and became a part of the…
Robots could steal your job in the next 25 years, and here’s why
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS If you’ve even tuned into the news at least once over the past twenty months, you’ve probably heard a certain “someone” talking about jobs, and how to best bring them back to American shores. Regardless of…
Robot bees could successfully pollinate crops and save our food supply
BY: JESSICA BEUKER It’s a simple truth that humans need honeybees for survival. Without them, plants go un-pollinated and eventually over a third of our food sources will deplete and we’ll starve. It might sound grim, but it’s time to…
This new technology will allow us to download a dead person’s personality into a robot
BY: STEFANIE AWRONSKI The 20th and 21st centuries have been deemed the innovative technological centuries. From the invention of the World Wide Web to smartphones, the depths that technology has reached have been absolutely endless. Artificial Intelligence (AI), or simply…
In 2016 packages could be delivered by a fleet of autonomous robots that roam the streets
BY: DAVID LAO “What a time to be alive.” Words associated with the growing modernity of our age, our advancement as the human race as well as the progress we’ve accomplished—it’s also the name of Drake and Future’s newest mixtape.…
Autonomous cars are coming and they will change the face of transportation
BY: DANIEL KORN Think about your last couple purchases from Amazon. Maybe your cart contained a new videogame, or a wolf t-shirt, or a box of fresh Abba-zaba, or a bag of 1500 live ladybugs. There’s a lot of different…
A Japanese Scientist Started A Revolution Of Robots That Look Freakishly Human
BY: KATY WILLIS On first glance, Otonaroid and Kodomoroid look like humans. As they read the news, they sound like humans. Touch their silicone skin and they even feel human. But, of course, they’re not humans. Otonaroid and Kodomoroid are…