Robot Followup

Minnesota is sending eight robots to nursing homes in the state. These models can even "teach" yoga classes.…

Robots at the Olympics

Via rest of world [https://restofworld.org/2022/the-technology-fueling-beijing-olympic-games/?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=website] > The Olympic Village will be populated with hundreds of robots that will help maintain distance between visiting athletes and local staff by doing everything from delivering packages to…

A robot for the pandemic

I wish this report included more details and more reader reaction. > Visit #TheFUTURES [https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheFUTURES?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] to ask Roomie a question! 🤖 Roomie is a robot designed for therapeutic treatment. During the COVID-19 pandemic, at a time of necessary social…

Pandemic accelerates automation

The New York Times featured an article this morning about the way the pandemic sped up the adoption of automation by businesses [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/03/business/economy/automation-workers-robots-pandemic.html?smid=url-share] . Big Think followed vlater in the day with McDonald's…

Care Bots

> ‘Care bots’ are on the rise and replacing human caregivers https://t.co/WjWNuwPt1i — Guardian US (@GuardianUS) June 3, 2021 [https://twitter.com/GuardianUS/status/1400392681763782660?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]…