Robotic Food Delivery in Metro DC
It was bound to happen. Robots are delivering meals in the Mosaic District.…
Automated Doughnuts
Robots will soon frost and fill Krispy Kreme's Doughnuts.…
Robot Followup
Minnesota is sending eight robots to nursing homes in the state. These models can even "teach" yoga classes.…
Moxi, a robot assistant for nurses
Delivery-focused assistants provide much needed relief for nurses stressed by the pandemic.…
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 flipping burgers. Robots will assist…
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 distancing,…
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 is replacing human drive-thru…
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]…