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AI-powered software robots are getting into the sales business
Curated from www.technologyreview.com - August 24th, 2018 by RobotShop

AI-powered software robots are getting into the sales businessHR chatbot company Talla is expanding its artificial-intelligence software into sales.

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A Robot Will Become A Real-Life Movie Star
Curated from futurism.com - August 24th, 2018 by RobotShop

Director Tony Kaye's next movie with have a robot star, an AI-powered bot that he claims will be trained in acting techniques.

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Kroger starts testing self-driving grocery delivery in Arizona
Curated from www.engadget.com - August 24th, 2018 by RobotShop

You now have a chance to try Kroger's self-driving grocery delivery... if you happen to live in the right part of Arizona. The chain has launched it

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Haru: An Experimental Social Robot From Honda Research
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - August 24th, 2018 by RobotShop

The Honda Research Institute gives an in-depth look at the design of its newest social robot prototype

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Who's Gonna Charge Autonomous EVs? Seems Like It Might Be This Robot.
Curated from futurism.com - August 24th, 2018 by RobotShop

Researchers create an EV-charging robot that can autonomously charge vehicles, potentially solving the problem of charging autonomous cars.

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The Boring Company will build a rapid transit system to Dodger Stadium
Curated from www.engadget.com - August 23rd, 2018 by RobotShop

LA's baseball fans and concertgoers might be among the first to ride The Boring Company's high-speed pods. Elon Musk's company has announced that it'

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Baseball Players Are Sick of Fallible Umpires. Robots Should Make Calls Instead.
Curated from futurism.com - August 23rd, 2018 by RobotShop

A baseball player got ejected from a game after saying that players would prefer an electronic strike zone to human umpires.

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"Lifeguard drone" rescues swimmer in Spain
Curated from newatlas.com - August 23rd, 2018 by RobotShop

​This Wednesday, a group of seven swimmers located about 70 m (230 ft) from the beach at Spain's port of Sagunto found themselves caught in an undertow. After they signalled one of the lifeguards, an onsite Auxdron Lifeguard Drone was flown out to perform a rescue.

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China shows off automated doctors, teachers and combat stars
Curated from phys.org - August 23rd, 2018 by RobotShop

Nonetheless a great robotic leap forward has already been made.

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Neato Robot Vacuum Update Shows Why Persistent Mapping Is So Useful - IEEE Spectrum
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - August 22nd, 2018 by RobotShop

New features leverage maps of your home to make your robot vacuum smarter

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A Mean Robot Supervisor Could Make You a Better-Performing Employee
Curated from futurism.com - August 22nd, 2018 by RobotShop

In a new study, people performed better at a cognitive task when a robot supervisor was in the room — but only if the robot was mean.

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Saint Louis University is placing 2,300 Echo Dots in student living spaces
Curated from www.theverge.com - August 22nd, 2018 by RobotShop

Saint Louis University has announced that it will be placing Echo Dot devices, powered by Alexa for Business, in every student residence hall room or student apartment on campus. While other colleges, like Arizona State University, have put Echo Dots in student housing before, SLU says this is the f...

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This robot maintains tender, unnerving eye contact
Curated from techcrunch.com - August 22nd, 2018 by RobotShop

Humans already find it unnerving enough when extremely alien-looking robots are kicked and interfered with, so one can only imagine how much worse it will be when they make unbroken eye contact and mirror your expressions while you heap abuse on them. This is the future we have selected.

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RobotShop Expands Operations to Spain
Curated from www.prweb.com - August 22nd, 2018 by RobotShop

RobotShop.com, the world's leading source of robotics technology, continues expansion in the European market by undertaking new operations in Spain.

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Yuneec's Mantis Q drone packs 4K and voice control for $500
Curated from www.engadget.com - August 21st, 2018 by RobotShop

DJI's Spark isn't the only game in town if you want a small, relatively powerful drone with a semi-reasonable price tag. Yuneec has launched US pre-orders fo

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After Hiatus, BattleBots is Back and Better Than Ever
Curated from www.designworldonline.com - August 21st, 2018 by RobotShop

The main match of the night was about to begin. The announcer began to warm up the restless crowd with a little trash talk. In the red square, this bot is like Superman. His girlfriend is Lois Pain. And you’re about to be Clark Dent. Here he comes to slay the day! It’s Captain Shrederator!…

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UT Austin Patent Gives Robots Ultra-Sensitive Skin
Curated from www.therobotreport.com - August 21st, 2018 by RobotShop

University of Texas at Arlington researchers have developed "smart skin" that will give robots more sensitive tactile feeling than humans.

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TechDen fights your kids’ tech addiction using... a box
Curated from www.theverge.com - August 21st, 2018 by RobotShop

TechDen, which is currently being funded through a Kickstarter campaign, claims to "help kids develop healthy screen habits," by combining an app to manage your child’s screen time with a literal white box that stores and charges up to two phones or tablets. It can also recognize each device, and se...

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This robot uses AI to find Waldo, thereby ruining Where’s Waldo
Curated from www.theverge.com - August 20th, 2018 by RobotShop

Developed by creative agency Redpepper, There’s Waldo is a robot that finds Waldo using Google’s AutoML vision.

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This company embeds microchips in its employees, and they love it
Curated from www.technologyreview.com - August 20th, 2018 by RobotShop

Last August, 50 employees at Three Square Market got RFID chips in their hands. Now 80 have them.

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MORPH: A new soft material microfabrication process - YouTube
Curated from www.youtube.com - August 20th, 2018 by RobotShop

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Children are susceptible to peer pressure from robots
Curated from www.theverge.com - August 20th, 2018 by RobotShop

If a robot told you to jump off a bridge, would you?

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5 Robots Walmart is Testing for Retail Innovation
Curated from www.therobotreport.com - August 17th, 2018 by RobotShop

A look at the robots Walmart is testing inside and outside its stores to lower costs, improve operational effiencies and keep up with e-commerce demands.

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High school students learn to build big ideas
Curated from news.mit.edu - August 17th, 2018 by RobotShop

High school students learned what it takes to be an engineer — and a bit more about themselves — at the MIT Edgerton Center’s annual Engineering Design Workshop.

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