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8:06pm, 14th June, 2020

Crunch time for China's robot startups as pandemic brings pain and opportunities

With glowing blue eyes and trusting feline features, a new robot cat by Chinese startup Elephant Robotics seems happily oblivious to the worries of CEO Joey Song as he shows it off at the company's lab in Shenzhen.

A robot walks into a bar, helps make a cocktail

8:26am, 4th June, 2020

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A robot walks into a bar, helps make a cocktail

One robot makes cocktails from 25 bottles hanging upside-down from the ceiling, another carves perfect ice balls in the fraction of the time it takes a human with a knife and an ice pick.

Armed with disinfectant and admonishments, South Korean robot fights coronavirus spread

12:46am, 1st June, 2020

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Armed with disinfectant and admonishments, South Korean robot fights coronavirus spread

A self-driving robot equipped with cameras and an LED screen greets visitors at the lobby in the headquarters of South Korea's largest mobile operator, checking their temperature, dispensing hand sanitiser and disinfecting the floor.

South Korean cafe hires robot barista to help with social distancing

5:06am, 25th May, 2020

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South Korean cafe hires robot barista to help with social distancing

The new robot barista at the cafe in Daejeon, South Korea, is courteous and swift as it seamlessly makes its way towards customers.

Tommy the robot nurse helps keep Italy doctors safe from coronavirus

7:16pm, 1st April, 2020

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Tommy the robot nurse helps keep Italy doctors safe from coronavirus

He doesn't wear a mask but he is helping save lives from coronavirus just the same. Meet Tommy, the robot nurse.

Cat vs best and worst robot vacuum cleaners

2:13pm, 11th May, 2019

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Cat vs best and worst robot vacuum cleaners

If you’ve flirted with the idea of buying a robot vacuum you may also have stepped back from the brink in unfolding horror at the alphabetic soup of branded discs popping into view. Consumer choice sounds like a great idea until you’ve tried to get a...

How Squishy Robotics created a robot that can be safely dropped out of a helicopter

8:53pm, 18th April, 2019

Gadgets

How Squishy Robotics created a robot that can be safely dropped out of a helicopter

If you want to build a robot that can fall hundreds of feet and be no worse the wear, legs are pretty much out of the question. The obvious answer, then, is a complex web of cable-actuated rods. Obvious to anyway, whose robots look delicate but are i...

11:55am, 3rd March, 2019

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China's Xinhua presents news using robot news anchor

China's Xinhua state news agency on Sunday used a lifelike robotic news anchor that mimics human facial expressions and mannerisms to present a story about delegates attending an annual parliament meeting arriving in Beijing.

FedEx partners with Walmart, Pizza Hut to test last-mile delivery robot

3:37pm, 27th February, 2019

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FedEx partners with Walmart, Pizza Hut to test last-mile delivery robot

FedEx Corp this summer plans to begin testing a robot to handle home deliveries for partners ranging from Walmart Inc to Pizza Hut.

The new Picasso? Meet Ai-Da the robot artist

8:55pm, 10th February, 2019

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The new Picasso? Meet Ai-Da the robot artist

Can robots be creative? British gallery owner Aidan Meller hopes to go some way towards answering that question with Ai-Da, who her makers say will be able to draw people from sight with a pencil in her bionic hand.

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Crunch time for China's robot startups as pandemic brings pain and opportunities

A robot walks into a bar, helps make a cocktail

Armed with disinfectant and admonishments, South Korean robot fights coronavirus spread

South Korean cafe hires robot barista to help with social distancing

Tommy the robot nurse helps keep Italy doctors safe from coronavirus

Cat vs best and worst robot vacuum cleaners

How Squishy Robotics created a robot that can be safely dropped out of a helicopter

China's Xinhua presents news using robot news anchor

FedEx partners with Walmart, Pizza Hut to test last-mile delivery robot

The new Picasso? Meet Ai-Da the robot artist

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