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The hardest thing about robots? Teaching them to cope with us

Technology

The hardest thing about robots? Teaching them to cope with us

Humans are spectacularly weird and unpredictable. Computer scientist Anca Dragan is working on helpful robots that understand how we get things wrong

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A human hand shakes a robot hand

Technology

Most people would rather lose their job to a robot than another human

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A boat and a robot sub

Technology

UK navy will use AI-guided robot submarines to find explosive mines

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A picture of the tiny robot next to a coin

Technology

Cockroach robot won't break after being repeatedly stamped on

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robotic lens

Technology

A robotic lens can be controlled by simply looking around or blinking

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A micromotor

Technology

Tiny drug-filled capsules motor around the body to target cancer cells

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Spinning magnetic droplets

Physics

Weird new type of magnetic liquid could be used to control soft robots

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Artificial skin can sense 1000 times faster than human nerves

Technology

Artificial skin can sense 1000 times faster than human nerves

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robot butler

Technology

Electronics projects for beginners: Make a robot biscuit butler

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The jellyfish robot

Technology

A tiny jellyfish robot could swim inside the bladder to deliver drugs

A tiny jellyfish-like robot could be used to deliver drugs in the body. It is only 3 millimeters across and is controlled by magnetic fields

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Technology

Tiny flying insect robot has four wings and weighs under a gram

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Technology

Will robots take my job? No, but they will break it into tiny bits

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Question

What is a robot?

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Working hypothesis: From DJ sets in space to ancient bagels

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