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China: Beijing AI and robotics expo highlights healthcare-focused smart robots

Beijing’s International AI Application and Robotics Innovation Exhibition opened on 18 March at the China International Exhibition Center, bringing together companies, researchers and investors.

Euronews

Bristol's Just Eat Delivery Robot Trial Raises Safety Concerns After Near-Miss with Councillor's Dog

Bristol's Just Eat delivery robot trial sparks safety concerns after a near-miss with a councillor's dog, leading to a formal investigation and calls for stricter regulations on autonomous delivery robots.

International Business Times UK

Pokémon Go players have unknowingly been helping to train delivery robots

A massive databse built by players of Pokémon Go is now being used Coco Robotics to help its street delivery robots better navigate busy urban environments.

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It's no Nadal but this tennis-playing robot could change the future of the game

Galbot and researchers taught a robot how to play tennis without extensive training, and it could be a robots-in-sports game changer.

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How Pokemon Go players have been unwittingly training AI navigation robots

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US Navy's Solution for China's Growing Fleet is Wall-Climbing Robots That Crawl Warships for Speed Repairs

The US Navy is using wall-climbing robots to inspect and repair warships faster, addressing maintenance delays as China's naval fleet expands.

International Business Times UK

Pokemon Go players have been unwittingly training robots

A 30-billion-image dataset built by players over the last decade is now being used to train an AI navigation system

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Humanoid Robot 'Arrested' After Elderly Woman Is Taken To Hospital

A humanoid robot in Macau was 'arrested' after startling an elderly woman, raising questions about the interaction between humans and advancing technology.

International Business Times UK

AI Memory Breakthrough Grows as Elon Musk's xAI Grok Lawsuit Raises Safety Fears

A new AI memory layer promises smarter wearables and robots, but a lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI raises urgent safety concerns while scientists push AI into extreme materials research.

International Business Times

Forget Tesla’s Optimus: Renault’s Robot Is Already Doing Backbreaking Work

Renault is deploying 350 humanoid robots at its Douai EV factory in France.

InsideEVs

Robot dogs priced at $300,000 a piece are now guarding some of the country’s biggest data centers

AI companies are turning to quadruped robots, better known as “robot dogs” for security solutions to protect their vast data centers.

Fortune

Macau Police Detain Humanoid Robot After 'Harassing' 70-Year-Old Woman Hospitalised Following Street Encounter

A humanoid robot startled a 70-year-old woman in Macau, sparking a global debate on the regulation of advanced machines in public spaces.

International Business Times UK

STMicro to deploy humanoid robots to its legacy fabs in Europe — over 100 humanoid robots to be used for routine and physically demanding tasks in fight for efficiency

As cheap Chinese chips threaten to invade various sectors of the economy in Europe, STMicroelectronics is on track to improve the efficiency of its own fabs

Tom’s Hardware

‘No ordinary clean-up operation’: EU deploys drones and robots to remove litter from the sea floor

The EU-funded initiative is helping tidy up the litter-filled sea floor, and could even be used to detect hidden mines.

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Robots that can tow 500kg: Dubai deploys AI-powered drones, aquatic rescue bots on beaches to enhance coastal safety

Dubai is enhancing beach safety with new technology. Aquatic rescue robots and aerial drones are now assisting lifeguards. This system helps respond faster to emergencies at sea. The robots can reach swimmers quickly and tow them to safety. Drones provide aerial surveillance and deliver flotation devices. This integrated approach aims…

TechRadar

New studies find Brits are the most anxious when it comes to robots — and they don't want data centers in their back yards either

UK adults show widespread unease around robots and local data centers, driven by security, environmental concerns, and limited firsthand exposure.

Fortune

Ex-presidential candidate Andrew Yang says it's time to 'stop taxing labor' and make AI foot the bill instead

Andrew Yang said on CNBC the U.S. shouldn’t tax something like labor in the age of AI.

The Independent UK

Human-level robot hand can pick up a pringle without breaking it

FORTE system could transform household robots, as well as industries like health care and manufacturing

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“I’m actually hoping we might see more robots on our streets” — this Texas city used robots to improve its sidewalks, and I hope it isn’t the last

Damaged sidewalks are frustrating to most pedestrians, but this robot could help.

International Business Times

How Automation and Robotics Are Transforming Jobs and the Future of Work Globally

Automation robotics jobs are reshaping industries, creating new roles while displacing routine tasks. Future of work technology drives reskilling globally.

Euronews

Inside China’s 'robot school' where humanoid machines are learning everyday tasks

Using VR headsets and controllers, Chinese researchers are teaching humanoids to carry out everyday tasks.

International Business Times UK

TCS Bets Big On 'Physical AI' With New Michigan Centre As Race To Automate Manufacturing Heats Up

Tata Consultancy Services unveils its seventh Gemini Experience Centre in Troy, Michigan, focusing on Physical AI for manufacturing, in collaboration with Google Cloud.

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Olympic Hero Alysa Liu Reveals “Insane” Rules That Drove Her To Retire From Figure Skating

“Mad respect for calling it out - athletes aren’t robots.”

RideApart

After Using AI In Its Photos, BMW Now Has Robots That'll Likely End Up Build ingMotorcycles

BMW seems to want to be on the forefront of new technologies, including using AI-generated images in its press photo materials. Now the company is touting its use of full-scale humanoid robots, and I'm not sure that's a great idea.

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Before The Matrix and The Terminator, there was 'The Creation of the Humanoids' — how an obscure 1962 B-movie set the scene for robot takeover and introduced the concept of centralized intelligence

Before modern robots, a 1962 B-movie and 1990s MIT research reshaped machine intelligence.

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