Robots

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Models and robots share the runway at Coperni fashion show
Boston Dynamics’ canine automatons steal show in Paris as maison stages modern fable, designers say

Jess Cartner-Morley in Paris

03, Mar, 2023 @10:19 PM

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Human augmentation with robotic body parts is at hand, say scientists
Extra parts, from a thumb to an arm, could be designed to help boost our capabilities

Nicola Davis Science correspondent

02, Mar, 2023 @12:59 PM

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Almost 40% of domestic tasks could be done by robots ‘within decade’
Chores such as shopping likely to have most automation, while caring for young or old least likely to be affected, says report

Alexandra Topping

23, Feb, 2023 @9:28 AM

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It’s so easy to cheat with technology that even judges are doing it | Torsten Bell
Everyone uses Wikipedia, but should it really be affecting what happens in court?

Torsten Bell

04, Feb, 2023 @6:30 PM

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Can robots really plug the workforce shortage left by Brexit? | Torsten Bell
One study shows that when workers are scarce automation can help, but that’s still impossible in many sectors

Torsten Bell

22, Jan, 2023 @10:00 AM

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How soon will M3gan become reality? Robot ethicists weigh in
The horror movie’s hi-tech star may be fiction, but concerns over the human relationship with AI are real

Alaina Demopoulos

16, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM

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Missouri is all for the right to bear arms – but the right to bare arms is up for debate | Arwa Mahdawi
The Republican-controlled state house decided to debate what sort of clothes female legislators should wear, to the dismay of Missouri Democrats

Arwa Mahdawi

14, Jan, 2023 @2:00 PM

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It’s 2023, where are the sex robots? ‘They will probably never be as huge as everyone thinks’
For at least a decade, researchers have speculated that sex with robots is just around the corner but that is yet to materialise

Tory Shepherd

13, Jan, 2023 @2:00 PM

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Self-driving sleds? Australian scientists look to robots to delve deeper into Antarctica
Researchers and engineers team up to identify new technologies to safely delve deeper into the icy continent

Henry Belot

11, Jan, 2023 @2:00 PM

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M3gan review – girlbot horror offers entertaining spin on teenage growing pains
Cheekily enjoyable chiller where a devastated girl seems saved by an eerily self-possessed robot companion – but all is not as it seems

Peter Bradshaw

04, Jan, 2023 @6:00 PM

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How expanding its vegan range is helping Hotel Chocolat grow – with a little help from robots
Additional technology – and potential extension to factory – could help raise production to up to 1bn chocolates a year

Sarah Butler

23, Dec, 2022 @11:32 AM

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Stuck in a post office queue, all I could think about was how much I hate self-checkouts | Adrian Chiles
Inching towards the human behind the counter, I saw two machines that could have saved me the wait. Of course they were out of order, writes Adrian Chiles

Adrian Chiles

30, Nov, 2022 @3:11 PM

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