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A robot visited a Cincinnati department store in 1977, attempting to sell coats and make friends. He wasn’t always a success. The robot was named Sam Struggle Gear. He told the reporter there were 25 ...

In the 1950s, Isaac Asimov published his Robot novels, picturing a society in which autonomous robots were fully integrated into human society. His book probed the advantages and disadvantages of such ...

Teams at Google Research and Everyday Robots are teaching androids to make sense of natural language commands. Human language is complex and can be difficult for people to understand, let alone robots ...

"Redundancy was also a critical factor," stated Jomaa. "We needed a system that could keep running even when an issue arose. Attabotics offered that reliability. Even in rare cases of disruption, the ...

Robots don’t need humans watching their every move. But the employees responsible for ensuring the robots perform properly must be technologically adept, another sign of the changing requirements of ...

Previous generations thought of robots as pure science fiction. Today, robots are a ubiquitous reality, and robotics is a thriving and fast-growing industry. Modern robots are not necessarily the ...

Co-founder & CEO at InOrbit, a leading data management platform for autonomous robots, and co-founder of Robot Operations Group. Much has been written about the impact of automation. Since the ...

One feels *** little foolish about talking to *** robot. But when I finally got Sam's struggle gear as he is called to settle down. I learned that he was in town for just today selling coats for the ...