robotics

Amid fears over AI weaponry, who are the experts calling for a ban on killer robots?

Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence program recently taught itself how to walk. Facebook’s AI developed its own language and fully autonomous…

A security robot accidentally tumbles into a fountain and drowns

A security robot named Steve plunged into a fountain by an office building in the Georgetown neighbourhood of Washington DC…

Could sex robots turn us all into monsters?

Some days it feels like technology isn’t moving fast enough. Why can’t my Android calendar sync to my mac calendar?…

Humans and robots will work together in Amazon’s new UK fulfilment centres

Amazon has announced it will create 1,200 new jobs at a new fulfilment centre in Warrington, UK. Whilst it’s great…

MEPs decide robots’ legal status in landmark vote

In the first-ever vote of its kind, the European legal affairs committee voted in favour of proposals to grant legal status…