In December, an AI-powered traffic policing robot was also put on duty in Hangzhou, in east China's Zhejiang Province. The deployment of these robots underscores China's broader push to bring embodied ...

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The warning, however, came not from a human traffic officer, but from a humanoid robot standing upright on a safety island. Donning a police uniform, a reflective vest and a white cap, the robot ...

At around the same time as Europol was predicting robo-geddon, meanwhile, another disturbing new report claimed to provide figures showing that AI was already linked to 50,000 global job losses in ...

If the robots don't always give a totally accurate representation of where commercial deployment is at the moment, they do ...

It is not in the realm of science fiction that a humanoid robot will be walking side by side with the police officers in Shenzhen but rather it is a calculated entry into the Chinese bid to bring ...

Come for the sharp political analysis, stay for the clever writing. This year, Editorial Page Editor Nancy Kaffer dove deep from Washington, D.C. to Lansing, but gave special attention to her own ...

The Chinese government is betting that robots will drive economic growth. But the bots can’t really do much yet. By Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan Robots made by Chinese ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Roughly 2,000 investors, entrepreneurs and others attended a Mountain View summit that showcased robots that ...

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Robot maker 1X made a splash back in October when it opened preorders for its Neo humanoid robot for home use, not least because of its $20,000 price tag. Now it's making another splash with a deal ...

In the agricultural sector, labor shortages are increasing the need for automated harvesting using robots. However, some fruits, like tomatoes, are tricky to harvest. Tomatoes typically bear fruit in ...