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Lee Cronin

Chemistry

Why creating a chemical brain will be how we understand consciousness

Unorthodox chemist Lee Cronin is leading a radical quest to use chemistry to explain consciousness and create artificial life

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Space

Japan wants people to virtually embody avatars orbiting in space

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A four-wheeled robot that can echolocate

Technology

Watch this bat-inspired robot use sound to navigate and spot plants

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A small robot next to a touchscreen

Technology

It's too soon to tell if robots help autistic children's social skills

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Technology

Practice your hoop skills with an Alexa-powered pedal bin

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Future robot swarms should copy lazy ants who let others do the work

Technology

Future robot swarms should copy lazy ants who let others do the work

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A robot looks at a crowd

Technology

Replacing your boss with a cruel robot could make you concentrate more

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Technology

Bots on Amazon's Mechanical Turk are ruining psychology studies

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Technology

Robot laws: 5 new rules that could save human lives (at least on TV)

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Robot laws: Why we need a code of conduct for AI – and fast

Technology

Robot laws: Why we need a code of conduct for AI – and fast

From election-rigging bots to potentially lethal autonomous cars, artificial intelligence is straining legal boundaries. Here's what we need to keep it in check

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Technology

This mind-controlled robotic arm lets you do two things at once

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Technology

Robotic grabber catches squidgy deep sea animals without harming them

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Technology

Robots and AI will actually create more jobs than they take

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Space

Cimon the robot blasts off to the International Space Station

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